Savera UK is working to end ‘honour’-based abuse (HBA) and all harmful practices, through direct interventions and safeguarding, advocacy, education, engagement, awareness-raising and campaigning for policy, attitude and behaviour change.
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MP asks government for statutory definition for HBA
On Friday 4th July 2025, the Conservative MP for Leicester East, Shivani Raja, submitted a written question to the Secretary ...

GB News article wrongly conflates culture with abuse and fails to address historical roots of harmful practices
Last week, we were shocked to read a GB News article that stated “the only reason Britain has female genital ...

EVENT: Uncovering Perpetrators and Atypical Patterns in HBA
Join Savera UK on the 10th July at the University of Liverpool for an unmissable event: “Uncovering Perpetrators & Atypical ...
HBA & Harmful Practice Media Guidelines
We have launched media guidelines for reporting on HBA and harmful practices and interviewing survivors.
The guidelines were created collaboratively by HBA survivors and frontline professionals and came following the charity’s Setting the Story Straight project, funded by Lloyds Bank Foundation for England & Wales. The project examined how HBA and harmful practices, its survivors and affected communities were represented in the media.