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Dr Aisha K. Gill is a Reader in Criminology at the University of Roehampton. She has been involved in addressing the problem of violence against women and girls at the grassroots level for the past 15 years. She has extensive experience of providing expert advice to the government, Ministry of Justice, Scotland Yard, Crown Prosecution Service and the voluntary sector on legal policy issues related to so-called ‘honour’ killings and forced marriage. Her current research interests include rights, law and forced marriage; gendered crimes related to patriarchy; ‘honour’ killings and ‘honour’-based violence in the South Asian/Kurdish diaspora and femicide in Iraqi Kurdistan and India; missing women; acid violence; post-separation violence and child contact; and sexual violence and exploitation. She is often in the news as a commentator on forced marriage, violence against women and so-called ‘honour’ killings. She writes for mainstream popular as well as academic audiences.
Honour-Based Violence is part of a spectrum of violence against women that all too readily has become associated with certain cultures. Drawing from her research and activism Dr Aisha K. Gill *[1] tackles the racialisation of HBV and women’s complicity with it Violence against women and girls (VAWG) committed in the name of ‘honour’ is attracting increasing attention around the world.… Read More
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