A raft of measures to help tackle honour-based violence (HBV) and support hard-to-reach communities should be introduced, according to a new report by Manchester Metropolitan University researchers. The report calls on the government to create a new national framework to address HBV, alongside the appointment of a dedicated minister and new legal agreements with foreign […]

Agreements with foreign governments to investigate suspected killings abroad should be used to eradicate honour-based violence, campaigners have told MPs. Legal agreements governing the detection, investigation and prosecution of “honour killings” committed abroad could pave the way for families of UK victims to achieve justice and send a strong message to the perpetrators that they […]

Doctors on Teesside are recording an average of around seven cases of female genital mutilation (FGM) every month, figures show FGM – also known as female circumcision – is a practice which sees part or all of a girl’s external genitalia removed. The figures have been reported after a mother of three became the first […]

Nimco Ali is a Somali anti-FGM campaigner and survivor of female genital mutilation (FGM). She spoke to BBC Africa ahead of the International Day of Zero Tolerance against FGM about her mission, misconceptions about FGM and the women in Africa who are at the forefront of the fight to eradicate the practise. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-africa-47149998/fgm-and-male-circumcision-aren-t-the-same-nimco-ali

Female genital mutilation (FGM) is increasingly being performed on babies and infants in the UK, the Victoria Derbyshire programme has been told. FGM expert and barrister Dr Charlotte Proudman said it was “almost impossible to detect” as the girls were not in school or old enough to report it. In one report, in Yorkshire, a […]

Domestic abuse victims will receive a wide range of new measures to protect them in what ministers say will be landmark legislation. New laws will for the first time create a legal definition of domestic abuse, to include economic abuse and control. The long-awaited legislation will also ban abusers from cross-examining victims in family courts. […]

Campaigners tell Sky News a “massive burden” has been lifted, after Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt intervenes. Victims of forced marriages brought back to the UK will no longer be asked to take out a loan to repay the cost of their rescue. Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt said the charge would be scrapped immediately after outrage […]

The Foreign Office has been branded “morally repugnant” for charging forced marriage victims for their own rescue as Jeremy Hunt pledged to investigate the policy. The foreign secretary said Britain should always act with “compassion and humanity” after MPs criticised the practice of recouping the cost of helping citizens return home. Victims must pay for […]

British victims of forced marriages overseas are being asked by the Foreign Office to pay costs associated with their own rescue, it has been revealed. An investigation by the Times found those unable to cover flights, food and shelter were made to take out a loan. The Foreign Office said government rules meant all UK […]