Honour violence is a phenomenon that occurs world-wide. In these violent acts, women are punished for alleged violations of family honour, such punishment in its most extreme variety taking the form of murder. This book is the outcome of the International Seminar on Violence in the Name of Honour, a gathering of activists, policy makers, and academics in Istanbul in 2003. The goal of the Seminar was to engage in a re-thinking of honour killing and to strategize towards global action in combating violence a

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