Advocacy campaign on honor killings

1. Advocacy campaign on
honor killings

2. Campaign title
‘’PARENTS SHOULD GIVE RIGHT TO THEIR
CHILDREN’’

3. Defining honor violence
HONOR VIOLENCE IS VIOLENCE AGAINST AN INDIVIDUAL WHO
HAS ‘DISHONORED’ THEIR FAMILY.
VICTIMS OF HONOR VIOLENCE ARE TARGETED BECAUSE THEIR
BEHAVIOR VIOLATES CULTURAL OR RELIGIOUS NORMS.
THE ASSAILANT FEELS THAT THE ONLY WAY TO RESTORE FAMILY
HONOR IS TO HARM OR KILL THE VICTIM.
VICTIMS ARE ARE SHOT, STONED, BURNED, BURIED ALIVE,
STRANGLED, SMOTHERED, AND STABBED IN THE NAME OF
RESTORING HONOR.
RATIONALE:

4. Some popular honor
killings cases
 QANDEEL BALOCH ON 15 JULY 2016
 FARZANA PARVEEN ON 27 MAY 2014
LITERATURE REVIEW:

5.  ACCORDING TO HONOR BASED VIOLENCE AWARENESS
NETWORK (HBVA)
 5000 WOMEN KILLED INTERNATIONALLY PER YEAR
 1000 KILLINGS OCCUR IN INDIA
 12 PER YEAR IN UK
 ACCORDING TO HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION OF PAKISTAN
(HRCP) 2010 - 2017
 5423 WOMEN KILLED IN THE NAME OF HONOR IN WHICH 1299
WERE KILLED BECAUSE OF MARRIAGE CHOICE,224 WERE KILLED
BECAUSE OF RAPE,125 WERE KILLED BECAUSE OF GANG
RAPE,3423 WERE KILLED BECAUSE OF ILLICIT RELATIONS ETC.
 NEWSPAPER THE NATION ARTICLE GIVES THIS FIGURE, 869
WOMEN WERE KILLED IN 2013,1000 IN 2014 AND 1069 IN 2015.

6. Target audiencecommunication methods
materials
 MEDIA
PERSONALITIES(ANCHORS,COLUMNISTS,REP
ORTERS)
 POLICE
 LEGISLATORS
Campaign strategy
Design:

7. Communication
methods
BY ARRANGING A SEMINAR ON HOW WE CAN
OVERCOME HONOR KILLING ISSUE.
DISTRIBUTING PAMPHLETS
INVITE SOME MEDIA FRIENDS TO GIVE
COVERAGE OF THIS SEMINAR SO THAT WE
CAN AWARE PEOPLE ABOUT THIS SENSITIVE
ISSUE.

8. Objectives
 MEDIA PERSONS MEETING ON WHICH WE TRY TO
CONVINCE THEM TO SENSITIZE THE ISSUE AND MAKE IT
MEANINGFUL.
 CHANGE IN CONSERVATIVE MIND SET OF GENERAL PUBLIC.
 HONOR KILLING (PROPER FOLLOW UP OF THE STORY).
 CHANGING NOTIONS OF HONOR AND A BETTER
UNDERSTANDING OF RELIGION CAN HELP STOP HONOR
KILLINGS.

9. Key Messages:
 MESSAGE FOR POLICE: THEY SHOULD LODGE FIR
AGAINST THE MURDERER OR THE STATE . THEY
MUST ACTIVELY ENGAGED IN HONOR KILLING
CASES.
 MESSAGE FOR MEDIA : THEY SHOULD GIVE PROPER
FOLLOW UP OF THE STORY RATHER THAN GIVING
SENSATIONAL NEWS REGARDING HONOR KILLING .
MEDIA ROLE SHOULD BE UNBIASED.
 FOR LEGISLATORS : DEATH PENALTY MUST BE
ENSURED IN LAW REGARDING HONOR KILLING.

10. Allies and adversaries
 NGOS
 WISE FOUNDATION (WOMEN IN STRUGGLE
FOR EMPOWERMENT)
 AAGHAZ FOUNDATION
 POLICE
 MEDIA PERSONALITIES
 ADVERSARIES: FAMILIES(ORTHODOX
MINDSET)

11. Recommendations:
 Civil society needs to change the notion of
honor.
 Govt agencies/ Clerics/ parents need proper
guidance on children rights.
 Researchers should try to change the perception
of people regarding honor killing and not just
gather information.

12. Expected Outcomes:
 We expect to achieve atleast one change in
any of the institution for example in police
working methods ,media role, society's
orthodox mindset.