Savera UK clients share their stories of life after ‘honour’-based abuse (HBA) and harmful practices. Hear from suriviors Raina, Tinu and Ana and learn about Savera UK’s work helping those at risk of HBA and harmful practices.
If you need help or are affected by the issues discussed in these videos, you can contact the Savera UK helpline Monday to Friday between 10am and 4pm (excluding bank holidays) on 0800 107 0726 or visit our website here
Orange Brick Road is an educational video created by Savera UK Youth members who are dedicated to educating their peers on ‘honour’-based abuse and harmful practices.
The video was created with Nonconform following scriptwriting sessions with Director and CEO of Skywriters Ltd, Natalie Denny, and video-making sessions with Andrew ‘AB’ Abrahamson.
Watch the video below to hear from Savera UK Youth members and learn about ‘honour’-based abuse and harmful practices, how to seek help and ways you can help raise awareness.
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.
Virginity testing and hymenoplasty are illegal procedures and forms of harmful practice. They are carried out with the intention of ‘checking’ or ‘preserving’ a woman or girl’s virginity.
Virginity is a term used to describe the state of never having had sexual intercourse. In some cultures virginity is linked to a woman or girl’s worth and can equate to the ‘purity’ of a woman or girl. It is wrongfully believed a girl or woman may bring ‘shame’ or ‘dishonour’ onto a family or community if she is not perceived to be a virgin when she marries.
Click the link or image below to download our factsheet to learn key facts, the consequences, the law around the procedures, indicators, how to identify risks and how to respond to cases, suspected cases and disclosures of virginity testing and hymenoplasty.
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:
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 (HBA) is a crime or incident that has or may have been committed to protect or defend the ‘honour’of the family and/or community. The term ‘honour’-based abuse, encompasses the physical, emotional and practical abuse (e.g. financial) that those at risk endure. ‘Honour’-based violence refers to specific acts of violence committed in the name of ‘honour’, for example when talking about physical attacks or ‘honour’ killings.
Click the link or image below to download our factsheet to learn key facts, consequences and indicators of HBA, and how to respond to a disclosure, case or suspected case of HBA.
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.
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.
