Read all Like the real life story, "Murder Unveiled" reveals the tragedy of a young Indo Canadian woman, who was inspired by love to pursue a new life in India, but ultimately was crushed by her family's driving ambitions. Like the real life story, "Murder Unveiled" reveals the tragedy of a young Indo Canadian woman, who was inspired by love to pursue a new life in India, but ultimately was crushed by her family's driving ambitions.
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Video Audio icon An illustration of an audio speaker. Audio Software icon An illustration of a 3. Software Images icon An illustration of two photographs. Images Donate icon An illustration of a heart shape Donate Ellipses icon An illustration of text ellipses. However, the fact that different types of behaviour may trigger honour-based violence complicates the way honour killings are defined and addressed.
This is dangerous and incorrect, as Canada does not keep distinct statistics under the category of honour killing [. Hogben argues that the estimation of honour killings is troublesome especially without official statistics being kept, but does not elaborate as to why. This is a concern as statistics on honour crimes in Canada continue to vary dramatically and sources are often unreliable as well as misleading. Honour crimes may be under or over- represented by statistics.
For example, Papp states that twelve cases have been identified as honour killings while three other murders classified as domestic violence could be also be considered honour crimes.
Without official statistics it becomes difficult to define and classify these murders in the Canadian context. Moreover, there are strong instrumental reasons for pursuing this line of argument. When specialist services do not exist, subsuming honour-based violence under the existing domestic violence rubric ensures that victims can still receive support.
Are honour killings a sub-type of domestic violence? Canadian scholars Jiwani and Hoodfar , p. Keeping examines whether honour killings fit within current models of domestic violence and, if so, why they are often identified separately from these crimes. As Chesler points out, honour killings are often undertaken with the consent of at least several members of the family and with the support, rather than condemnation, of the wider community.
The key expert witness in the Shafia trial, Professor Shahrzad Mojab, made similar points in explaining why the Shafia murders were unique from most other homicides and crimes of passion in Canada Fournier, However, proponents of treating honour killings as a form of domestic violence argue that both are carried out in private and, irrespective of the specific motivation behind the crimes, they involve extreme violence against women Kirti et al.
While men do fall victim to honour-based violence, the vast majority of victims are female and the vast majority of perpetrators, male Reddy, ; also see Ballard, As Gill , p.
Araji points out that it is surprising that it has taken so long to connect the notion of honour to violence against women. If power and control tactics e. These extreme acts of violence are in fact the very definition of violence against women and the gendered power struggle characteristic of a patriarchal society. Some men reinforce their power tactics by dominating women who are resisting power over themselves and trying to practice freedom. A failure to categorize honour killings under domestic violence rubric often means that this form of gendered violence is interpreted as a problem that only happens in certain cultures or communities.
If honour killings were culturally based then they would happen a lot more frequently and there would not be any fathers in the cultures concerned who would support their daughters when their needs and wishes diverges from the prevailing socio-cultural norms. The case studies illustrate honour killings in Canada with three objectives.
First, to examine cultural factors that contribute to abuse of South Asian women, second to offer policy recommendations to the Canadian government and third, to encourage an understanding of gender-equality in Canada as well as to support immigrant families integration in Canadian society.
Through these projects recommendations are to be offered to ensure that young girls and women at risk have access to appropriate services and are protected from violence.
As a feminist, Snider argues that we can try to change the law but we do not know what the outcome will result from such a change. A murder is a murder. Focusing on developing and refining existing legislation, rather than creating new criminal offences, seems to be the most popular approach among experts across a range of countries Fournier, ; Keeping, ; Wilton, Creating new laws would be a long journey similar to how the feminist movement pushed for recognition of domestic violence as a public rather than private issue.
There are no flaws with how the Canadian criminal code punishes perpetrators committing such serious crimes and if a new law was implemented for honour killings it would be discriminatory. The new law would ignore the larger context of gender based violence and further perpetuate stereotypes or imply that women of color from certain cultures are seen to be different from mainstream women who suffer from similar acts of violence. In creating a greater divide between mainstream society and women of color it would suggest that the latter are at greater risk for honour crimes.
When making new laws there is therefore a potential to further marginalize individuals based on culture, religion or ethnic origin. A new law may also indicate that certain groups of people in Canadian society, newcomers, are not obeying the current law which justifies a need for a new law to prevent offences committed by immigrants.
However, gender emerges clearly as the critical factor, indicating that this, instead of culture and religion, is a better place to begin trying to understand why these murders occur. However, some people fear that reclassifying these crimes might lead them being taken less seriously than other forms of violence against women see Keeping, These murders are not solely about restoring honour.
Jaswinder did make written and verbal reports to authorities, including immigration officials in Canada as well as in India, but they were not taken seriously enough and the minimal protections offered by the authorities ultimately failed to save her life Dawson et al.
In other words, immigration officials and police officers must be able to make sense of these cases as part of a human rights problem; training must be developed to help those in positions of authority to identify what to look for and what questions to ask so as to protect those at risk without stereotyping all men from certain minority communities.
In this regard, the creation of more effective risk assessment tools is likely to prove vital. Boesveld , p. While some have argued that the Shafia girls were not protected by their community others questioned whether they would have received more effective protection from the authorities if they were white. This requires educating relevant professionals so that they are more sensitive to the risks in order that they are better able to avoid making mistaken and undue allowances for culture and religion.
Instead, professionals need to understand how and why the problem is deeply rooted in patriarchy, which is trans-cultural Boesveld, At the same time, training programmes must recognize that victims and those at risk face context-specific challenges; these must be taken into account for any attempt to address honour-based violence to be effective.
References Araji, S. Crimes of honor and shame: Violence against women in non-Western and Western Societies. Baker, N. Violence Against Women, 5 2 , Ballard, R.
Honour killings or just plain homicide? Holden Ed. London: Routledge. Boesveld, S. National Post. Are honour killings simply domestic violence? The Record. Justice for Jassi: An innocent love killed in the name of honour. Canada: New Market Multimedia Inc. Dustin, M. Whose agenda is it? Ethnicities, 8 3 , Findlay, S. Toronto Star.
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