Tag: Female Genital Mutilation (FGM)

One Chance Rule Leaflet

The ‘One Chance Rule’ is the understanding that you may only have one chance to save the life of a person who is at risk or under threat of ‘Honour’-Based Abuse (HBA) and harmful practices. They may only have one chance to make a disclosure, meaning you only have one chance to save and protect a life.

The Savera UK One Chance Rule leaflet highlights our responsibilities and obligations to those at risk, providing a clear checklist, advice and guidance on what to do and what not to do, if a disclosure of HBA or harmful practices is made to you, or if you are concerned that someone might be at risk or under tjhreat of HBA or harmful practices. Click the link or image below to download.

Harmful Practices Factsheet

Harmful practices reflect the values and beliefs held by members of a family and/or a community that have been there for generations. Some values and beliefs are beneficial to all members, while others are harmful and a violation of human rights.

Some examples of harmful practices are:

  • ‘Honour’-based abuse (HBA)
  • Child/forced marriage
  • Female genital mutilation (FGM)
  • Breast ironing/breast flattening
  • Virginity testing/hymenoplasty
  • Dowry payments
  • Son preference
  • Bride-price
  • Marital captivity
  • Conversion therapy/practices
  • Sex-selective abortion

    • Click the link or image below to download our factsheet to learn key facts about harmful practices, who is affected, indicators and how to respond to cases, disclosures or suspected cases of harmful practices.

    ‘Honour’-based abuse: A descriptive study of survivor, perpetrator, and abuse characteristics

    Emotional/psychological abuse and coercive control has been identified as the most common characteristic of ‘honour’-based abuse (HBA) and harmful practices, in research conducted by the University of Liverpool and Savera UK.

    The research ‘Honour’-based abuse: A descriptive study of survivor, perpetrator, and abuse characteristics, published in September 2022 in the Journal of Investigative Psychology and Offender Profiling, examines survivor, perpetrator, and abuse characteristics in anonymised cases of HBA and harmful practices such as forced marriage and female genital mutilation (FGM), provided by Savera UK.

    One Chance Rule Video

    The Savera UK ‘One Chance Rule’ explains this vital rule clearly and simply, so that everyone can be responsible for supporting those at risk of ‘honour’-based abuse (HBA) and harmful practices.

    You may only have one chance to speak to a survivor or person at risk of culturally specific abuse or violence, and they may only have one chance to make a disclosure, meaning you only have one chance to change or save a life.

    Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) Factsheet

    Female genital mutilation (FGM) is a harmful practice that comprises all procedures that involve partial or total removal of the external female genitalia, or other injury to the female genital organs for non-medical reasons.

    Download our factsheet to learn key facts, consequences and indicators of FGM, FGM and the law and how to respond to a disclosure, case or suspected case of FGM.