Hello, I'm Mr. Nicholson and today's lesson we're going to look at honour based violence.

We're going to look what it is, how it's shown and what people can do about it.

This is a sensitive topic so if you're going to stop the video now and talk to somebody before we start, please do so.

And at any point in the video, if you need to talk to anybody, pause it, have a chat and then come back to complete the lesson.

If you're ready, we'll move on in our learning.

Before we start, please ensure you've got an exercise book or a piece of paper and a pen.

If haven't got them go and get them now and if you have, we can start the lesson.

As soon as you're ready, press Play and we can carry on.

Before we start this lesson, please ensure you've completed the introductory quiz.

If you haven't done so, stop the video, complete it and then come back to join us again.

This will help establish what we're going to learn in this lesson.

We're going to start off by thinking about what is honour based violence, we'll look at how forced marriage links to honour based violence, and then we're going to look at the idea of what does honour based violence actually cover.

When you've completed all that, go to the exit quiz and complete that, that will help you consolidate your learning.

Can you remember what forced marriage was? We defined it in the last time we met.

We looked to the lesson around forced marriage, we used words around illegal, consent and duress.

Jot down now in your notes what forced marriage was if you can remember it.

The introductory quiz will have helped you recall what we actually did in that lesson.

Let's see what you got.

Here's the definition of forced marriage we looked at last time; where consent is not given by one or both of the partners.

Remember this idea that not giving consent in your marriage is illegal in the UK.

We're also going to look at violence today and violence is any behaviour involving force, intended to hurt, damage or kill someone or something.

So we look at how honour based violence links to forced marriage, but the other areas of honour based violence as well.

It will be good for you to keep in mind as well, the four areas we talked about where people are forced into marriage and how they may be violent in terms of mental or physical wellbeing.

That will be key in this lesson, so keep that in mind as we go forward.

Here's a question I'd really like to think about, how can forced marriage be classed as violence? Think carefully about the definitions we've just looked at and pause the video.

Write down your own ideas about how these two link together.

When you're ready, press play and we'll carry on.

Just going to say, remember those key words and try and see if you can exemplify and explain clearly the link between the two.

Here's one possible response you might have given, the idea of the intention to cause hurt, damage or kill someone or something.

So I've included here our definition of violence but I've related it to the idea of the emotional damage done to being forced to marry somebody.

Remember we say, forced marriage is without consent so it's going against what they want to do.

In this sense, it's causing emotional damage.

But there may be physical damage when they're trying to force them to marry somebody else.

If you need to add anything to your ideas, please do so now.

And when you're ready, we can carry on with the lesson.

Now that we've linked this to our prior learning, we're going to move on to look honour based violence.

As I said before, if this is something you want to talk to somebody about, please do so now.

It could be a trusted friend or an adult, discuss your ideas as this contains some sensitive topics here.

If you need to do that, pause the video, have the conversation then come back when you're ready.

Here, you can see the definition of honour based violence from the Crown Prosecution Service.

This is used by lawyers and the police in determining when an act is honour based violence.

The idea here is it's clear, it's about controlling behaviour to protect perceived honour.

If you need to write this down, do so, it's a definition we're going to be looking at a lot later on, but make sure you got this idea that it is a description of a group of practises, not just one, and the idea of perceived honour.

Here's a true or false statement I want you to think about, so you'll need to pause it while you do that.

The answer is either true or false.

Think clearly about what we've said forced marriage is, think clearly what we said honour based violence is and use the Crown Prosecution Service definition of this.

So do you think it's true or false, an example of honour based violence is forced marriage.

Think clearly about it and think about your reasons for this.

When you've done that one, press Play and we can carry on.

Now you've had time to think about it, let's look at the response.

It is true.

An example of honour based violence is forced marriage because as it says here, it's the idea of the perceived dishonour on the family.

The person may have been forced into marriage because they may have brought dishonour to the family in their mind, in that way, forced marriage can be seen as part of honour based violence.

What I'd like you to do is just jot down your ideas here, maybe as bullet points or in a spider diagram to show where your thinking has come from and why you thought this and then add on the correct response if you need to.

In order to do that, you may wish to pause, if not, we'll carry on with the lesson Here you can say there are four examples of things that may happen to people.

I want you to think about, would these be classed as honour based violence? Think about that definition from the Crown Prosecution Service.

The first area is female genital mutilation or FGM, where the genitalia are cut.

Breast ironing is something that occurs in some cultures to reduce the prominence of the breasts.

Coercion is bullying somebody to do something against their will by somebody within the family or doing something for the family against their will.

Or sending someone abroad to marry.

Some girls go abroad to marry someone they've never met because their family has arranged it for them.

So do these match up with our definition from the Crown Prosecution Service of honour based violence? Pause the video and jot down your ideas for each of the four areas.

When you've thought about it and written down what you believe, press Play so we can look at what the answers could be.

All of these are examples of honour based violence and actually mentioned by the Crown Prosecution Service in its work.

FGM is often done in the name of the religion or tradition to support the honour of the family.

Breast ironing is undertaken to remove the woman's focus of sexual attention, therefore so she does not bring dishonour to the family or that perceived dishonour we mentioned earlier.

Coercion is often done to support the status of the family within the local community or elsewhere.

And sending someone abroad to marry is also a form of honour based violence.

It's a prearranged marriage without the knowledge and consent of the individual to join two families together to bring them closer.

But notice there we mentioned the idea of consent.

There is no consent here, it's a prearranged one without the knowledge of the individual, therefore it's honour based violence.

So as I say, all four are examples of honour based violence.

If you need to add anything to your notes, please do so but be aware of how these link to the definition we came up with earlier from the CPS.

That's an important thing to keep in mind in this lesson 'cause it's always something we will refer to.

Here's another question I want you to think about, why are these actions illegal? Remember we mentioned earlier the Crown Prosecution Service but give me your own opinion.

Write it down in your notes, which is why I've asked you to pause here with the pause sign, to say why you think these actions are illegal.

Always say, why you think it is and give the reasons for that explanation? So the important part here, so we can begin to develop an understanding of what you think and you can begin to see where your ideas actually come from.

When you're ready, carry on with the lesson.

Can you remember earlier, we mentioned the idea from the CPS that honour based violence is an umbrella term.

So honour based violence in itself is not illegal but the acts are taken under the umbrella term are.

So you can see here for example, why these are illegal.

So let's look and see how you came along with these in your own answers.

Forced marriage goes against the Forced Marriage Act of 2014 and indeed the police have a legal duty to flop anybody who claims that they are being forced into marriage or where somebody says they know somebody who's being forced into marriage, whether that's in this country or where they're taken abroad to do it.

FGM and breast ironing are both illegal.

They are specific crimes.

FGM is a known crime, actually female genital mutilation has its own act.

And police are at a duty to stop this when they know about it, whether it's going to occur or somebody helping it to occur.

Breast ironing is classed as physical assault.

So therefore that is also illegal.

And coercion is an anti-social act that falls onto the laws of antisocial behaviour.

So even though honour based violence as umbrella term is not illegal, the acts we count as honour based violence are.

You may need to add something here to the notes you made earlier.

If you're going to do that one, press play when you've done that and we can carry on.

I would suggest here we put down some of the examples from the laws mentioned here, they'll help you understand more about what honour based violence is and the types of things we would class as honour based violence.

But keep in mind what we say, it's the acts themselves that are illegal and they come under many different laws and acts of parliament.

We mentioned earlier that honour based violence is an umbrella term from the CPS.

So within their own guidance, they've given even further refinement to this.

This is their definition that, "Any threatening behaviour, violence or abuse," but then really go into detail about this, "Psychological, physical, sexual, financial, or emotional, can be an honour based crime." So really what they're saying here is that actually, it's the motive behind it that makes it an honour based crime.

Remember we talked to the idea of the perceived honour of the family earlier.

If you need to write this down, please do so.

Now thinking about those categories of abuse that were mentioned earlier in the CPS definition, where would they fit into these? We've looked at the idea of forced marriage, female genital mutilation, breast ironing, coercion, where would they go? Would it just be one type or would it be more than one? Pause the video, decide for yourself where they would be then write down the type here.

And then when you're ready, press play.

Here are some possible answers for you: within forced marriage, emotional, physical, psychological, financial and sexual.

Remember, it's the motive behind it; the idea of perceived honour, what is the reason for this? FGM and breast ironing; physical, emotional, psychological and sexual; coercion, physical, psychological, emotional and financial.

So as you can see, because it's an umbrella term, many of these will fit into the different ideas of what honour based violence actually is.

What I'd like you to do now is to write down the correct responses or write your own if you need to, and then next to each one say why it fits into that category.

So I want you to do your own thinking and your own writing down of your own ideas.

For example, forced marriage is emotional because the emotional impact it will have on somebody being married to somebody they don't want to be with.

In terms of breast ironing, physical, because actually the breasts have been damaged in the action of breast ironing, and coercion may be financial.

They may be keeping the money away from them so they do what they're told to do.

So for each one of these say why and then move on with the lesson.

Having looked at all these, now I'd like to write a paragraph explaining what honour based violence is.

Through 12 words here or 12 phrases I want you to use, but along the bottom, I want you to say, why, give examples, refer to the law and define honour based violence.

So simply bringing all of your learning together.

Make sure you include everything you can and everything you've learned so far as a way of consolidating your knowledge and understanding of this important topic area.

And here's one possible response for you: Notice I've called it the umbrella term from the CPS, I've related it to the various forms of abuse the CPS mentioned; physical, psychological, emotional and financial.

I've given some examples here, so just female genital mutilation and forced marriage, but I've also explained they should be reported to the police.

Because this is against the law, it's really important to report them to the police to make sure something could be done to stop them.

As I say, the CPS has defined this in law as an illegal act.

Therefore, it is our duty and responsibility to inform the police as soon as we know anything or suspect anything.

Check what you've written as well against this or maybe add something to it, or maybe you've written more than this, in which case, well done.

Here's a scenario I'd like to think about so maybe pause the video while you read it.

What would you do? This is an issue of honour based violence, think about all we've done so far in this lesson, what would you do as an individual if you knew this was about to happen? Give reasons for your answer and jot them down as a bullet point or a number of bullet points in your notes so that you can think through clearly what you would do in this situation.

Here's the answer.

There really is only one answer, inform someone immediately, maybe somebody in school, maybe the designated safeguarding lead, or another member of staff or call 999 yourself.

It's an illegal act.

Do not promise your friend you can keep it confidential, that too will be aiding a forced marriage and coercion.

They're both criminal acts and you must inform someone immediately.

And here they are, these are the ways you can support someone you think is at risk of honour based violence: Inform someone immediately, never keep it to yourself; help the person affected, speak to them in a safe place, they will be scared; do not offer confidentiality and point them to someone who can help them, the NSPCC, Childline or in particular for honour based violence, project Azure.

These are all available through the internet.

But please make sure you do not offer confidentiality and do tell someone.

Thank you for engaging with this lesson.

This is a quite a controversial topic and one that can be very personal.

So if you do need to talk somebody, please do so after the lesson.

Once again, thank you and please take the time to complete the exit quiz which will help consolidate your learning.

Goodbye for now.