Tag: Forced/Child Marriage

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 are persistent behaviours and actions that constitute abuse and are a violation of human rights. They are often rooted in discrimination based on gender, age, sexuality, ethnicity, and other intersecting forms of inequality, and can result in life-long physical and psychological impacts.

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
  • Spiritual abuse
  • 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.

Forced Marriage Factsheet

Forced marriage is a marriage in which one or both parties do not (or, in the case of some adults with learning or physical disabilities, cannot) consent to the marriage and duress is involved. Duress can include physical, psychological, financial, sexual and emotional pressure.

Click the link or image below to download our factsheet to learn key facts, consequences, signs and indicators of forced marriage. This resource also looks at forced marriage and the law and how to respond to a case, disclosure or suspected case of forced marriage.

‘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.