Feminist and human rights defender, Jordanian Rana Husseini is a leading international investigative journalist, whose reporting has put violence against women on the public agenda around the world. The recipient of numerous awards for bravery in journalism, she is a regular speaker at major international events, including having spoken at the World Organization Against Torture at the 57th Commission on Human Rights in Geneva.
Husseini will discuss her recent book, "Murder in the Name of Honor," which chronicles the many cases of so-called honor killings that she has uncovered during years of international investigative reporting. Grounded in years of extensive research from dozens of countries, where so-called honor killings have been reoported including Pakistan, Jordan, Sweden, the US and the UK, she will describe what is being done in specific locations and what still needs to be done on a social, political and economic level to get attention to this issue. She will delve into the very complicated issue of these crimes occurring in migrant communities across Europe and North America and explains the links between so-called honor crimes and other forms of discrimination occurring against women worldwide.
Copies of "Murder in the Name of Honor" will be available for purchase following the talk. |
