Honor used to justify abuse
Honor-based abuse is often hidden, because the perpetrator is usually a close relative who believes that the victim will or has dishonored them or the family.
Young women and LGBTQ+ people are at the highest risk of honor-based abuse. This happens when there is a strong incongruity between the society they live in and their family’s culture, and the reputation and the honor of the family is set above their well-being and right to self determination. It is a breach of human rights when family honor is set higher than the freedom of the individual.