New statutory guidance and a legal definition of honour-based abuse will be introduced to help identify and tackle HBA. The Home Office will pilot a study to assess how widespread the crime is and a community awareness campaign will be launched. Teachers, police officers, social workers and healthcare professionals will receive additional training under the new policies. Specialist organisations targeting honour-based abuse have backed the measures. The changes were welcomed by Yasmin Javed after her daughter, pregnant Fawziyah Javed, died in 2021 when her husband pushed her from Arthur's Seat after she decided to leave the marriage. Ministers pledged to use available powers to bring perpetrators to justice and protect victims.
New statutory guidance and a legal definition of honour-based abuse will be brought in to help combat the crime, the government has said. The Home Office will pilot a study looking at how widespread this crime is, a community awareness campaign will be launched and teachers, police officers, social workers and healthcare professionals will receive more training under the new policies.
Yasmin Javed, the mother of Ms Javed, has also welcomed the changes. "As Fawziyah's mother, I am pleased that the government has listened to our calls for a statutory definition of honour-based abuse, and that this change has been made in Fawziyah's memory," she said. "I hope that this will help many more people affected by HBA and ensure that the multiple perpetrators of this abuse are properly recognised and addressed."
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