Awareness of Honour-Based Violence and Forced Marriage

Safeguarding and Child Protection  

Course Overview

CPD/CE Points:  60 Mins

Assessment:  10

Pass Rate:  80%

Ideal For:  Subject Leader/Head

of Department

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Course Details

This highly topical online CPD course raises awareness of honour-based violence and forced marriage.  It’s a useful introduction for education professionals looking to grow their personal insight of the subjects, including how best to protect the children and young people they nurture.

The CPD resource is ideal for teachers, teaching assistants, pastoral support workers and other specialists that work with SENCOs or are involved with youth work and/or residential childcare. 

This CPD course also provides information about the widespread prevalence of honour-based abuse and forced marriage among different cultures.  It is purpose-designed to help educators gain the skills and up-to-date knowledge required to fully understand the root causes, implications and consequences of these problems, along with how to make the most appropriate legal and social responses.

Whether your aim is to equip yourself with a general understanding of honour-based violence and forced marriage or have a direct connection with children at risk of these issues, this CPD course will provide you with the necessary tools and support mechanisms that you need to make informed choices, so that you are in the best position to manage situations if they occur.

Course Aims

This CPD resource aims to improve awareness of honour-based violence and forced marriage so that educators are better prepared for recognising key signs and symptoms, understand its prevalence in different cultures and how to use the correct legal and social channels, once identified.

Course Objectives

At the end of the course, participants will be able to:

  • Understand the definitions and key concepts related to honour-based violence and forced marriage
  • Be aware of the prevalence of honour-based violence and forced marriage in different cultures as well as the causes of it
  • Recognise the various forms and practices involved with honour-based violence and the detrimental effect it can have on individuals
  • Understand why violence and abuse of any kind violates basic human rights and gender equality
  • Learn about the consequences of forced marriage and its effect on all those involved, particularly young females
  • Explore the most appropriate legal and social responses and how to trigger them
  • Expand your general knowledge and grow your skills about this highly sensitive topic
  • Be more insightful about the need to prevent and end these harmful practices thus protecting all those affected by it.

Course Curriculum

  • Welcome to Teach HQ online learning
  • Introduction

  • Definition of honour based violence (HBV)
  • Definition of forced marriage (FM)
  • Raising important issues
  • Understanding honour based violence
  • Prevalence of honour based violence
  • Example cases
  • Causes of honour based violence
  • The forms of honour based violence
  • Concept of forced marriage
  • Causes of forced marriage
  • Effects of forced marriage

  • Different cultures and communities

  • Challenges in addressing the issues
  • Legal and social responses 
  • Laws and policies

  • Summary

  • Assessment

  • Assessment 10 Assessments

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