12 April 2008
No Way Out
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According to official statistics, one woman a month is killed in the UK by her family in the name of honour, usually because she has rejected or tried to escape from a forced marriage, or has found a partner to love of her own choosing. Though honour killing is sometimes thought to be a Muslim problem, it occurs in many patriarchal communities around the world, including Hindu, Sikh, and Christian too.
In this feature from our Global Perspective series on the theme of escape, three women, one of them in hiding in fear of her life, talk about why they have become targets of such rage and threatened violence. And how the very people who they would have hoped would protect them have turned on them. For these women who have challenged their family's expectations, there is a life-long price to pay -- they can never relax, it feels like there's 'No Way Out'.
Produced by Shazia Khan - BBC
Presenter
Brent Clough
