Detta examensarbete avser att undersöka hur ungdomar, som har utsatts för hedersrelaterat våld och förtryck upplever socialtjänstens stöd utifrån maktperspektivet och KASAM-teorins tre begrepp. I studien har vi använt oss av kvalitativ metod för att genomföra semistrukturerade intervjuer. Åtta unga kvinnor som varit i kontakt med socialtjänsten intervjuades. Tidigare forskning har framförallt studerat klientens upplevelse av kontakten med socialtjänsten. Antalet studier som berör kvinnor som har utsatts för hedersrelaterat våld och förtryck är väldigt begränsat. Forskning inom detta område bör därmed eftersträvas. Studiens resultat visade att de unga kvinnors förväntningar inte överensstämde med deras upplevelse av kontakten med socialtjänsten. Vidare visades att socialtjänstens stöd- och hjälpinsatser var allt för kortsiktiga där kvinnorna lämnades alltför tidigt och förväntades hantera sina svårigheter på egen hand. / This study intends to investigate how young women, who have been subjected to honor-related violence and oppression, experience the support of the social services based on the power perspective and the KASAM theory. We have in the study used qualitative methods to conduct semi-structured interviews. Eight young women who had been in contact with the social services were interviewed. Previous research has primarily studied the client's experience of contact with the social services. Studies that concern women who have been subjected to honor-related violence and oppression are very limited. Research in this area should therefore be sought. The study's results showed that young women's expectations did not match the experience of contact with the social services. The results analysis showed that the social services support and assistance efforts are far too short-term where women are left behind and are expected to handle their difficulties on their own.

Studien syftar till att undersöka socialarbetarens arbetssätt i relation till flickor i ålder 13-18 år som utsätts för så kallat hedersrelaterat våld (HRV). Studien bygger på fem kvalitativa semistrukturerade intervjuer med socialsekreterare från mottagningsenheten respektive utredningsenheten och empirin har analyserats utifrån det intersektionella- och det kulturella perspektivet. Resultatet visar att socialarbetarna inom de olika enheterna har blandade uppfattningar vad gäller definitionen av HRV, dels en kulturaliserad, dels en intersektionell bild av fenomenet. En indikation på att en individ utsätts för HRV är enligt socialsekreterarna att den enskilde är starkt begränsad i sitt liv. Resultatet visar även att enbart några av intervjupersonerna arbetar utifrån en handlingsplan medan andra utgår ifrån sina erfarenheter. Det inte tillämpas någon särskild metod i arbetet inom verksamheterna samt att man inte har tydliga visioner/mål för arbetet mot HRV varpå man inte arbetar särskilt förebyggande inom enheterna. Det förekommer även att samverkan sker inom arbetet med olika myndigheter däribland polis, åklagare samt enheterna emellan. De utmaningar som socialarbetare uppger är att det bland annat råder okunskap vad gäller hanteringen av ärenden. Dessutom visar resultatet att stress och psykisk påfrestning är vanligt förekommande för socialarbetarna, men även hot om våld som utövas av den utsattas familj gentemot socialarbetarna. / This study examines how social secretaries work with girls 13-18 years old as exposed to honor violence. The study is based on five qualitative semi-structured interviews with social secretaries from the receiving- and investigation-units and the empirical data has been analyzed from the intersectional and the cultural perspective. The result shows that social secretaries within the units have mixed perceptions regarding the definitions of HRV, both a culture-based view and an intersectional of the phenomenon. It appears from the study that most of the social secretaries work by an action plan, that no specific method is applied within the units and that there are no clear visions or goals against HRV, whereupon the social workers don’t work preventive to HRV. The result also shows the complexity among the social workers in defining HRV. In addition, the result show that some of the respondents work on the basis of an action plan, that no specific method is applied in the work within the unit and that they don’t have clear visions / goals for the work against HRV. Challenges they face are lack of knowledge regarding the handling of cases. The results also show that mental stress is common among social secretaries but also threats of violence against the social secretaries.

In Jordan, a woman is often murdered by members of her own family if she is found to have tainted the family's honor in any way. Refusing to enter into an arranged marriage, being seen alone with a male stranger or even wearing makeup have all been cited as incidents that shame the family and result in what are called "honor killings". These honor killings have continued to plague Jordan, and other countries in the Middle East, well into the 21st century, despite the country's progress towards modernization. The dominance of the patriarchal family and the inability of the country to experience economic growth are strong contributors to the perpetuation of these horrible crimes in a country that is considered to be relatively modern in this day and age.

The main purpose of this study is to examine what the factor or factors are to why young exposed Kurdish women stay with their family despite honor-related oppression and violence. We have used a qualitative study process consisting interviews with eight young Kurdish women. We have also applied theories such as cultural patterns and aspects of power by Mona Eliasson and normalization process by Eva Lundgren With the material from our research we can see that the main and only factor to why the respondents decide to stay with their family is fear of getting killed or beaten. This study will provide you as a reader a better understanding of why young exposed Kurdish women decide to stay with their family.

Through an examination of several episodes we will study the persistence of the practice of duels and honor fights in the political atmosphere of republican Peru. Each episode reveals different interests which aimed to maintain the duel as a mechanism to avoid or limit freedom of expression or debate. A good number of members of the political and social elite defended dueling in the press as an acceptable practice even though it was penalized by government law. This attitude can be seen as concomitant with repression of political organizations in the country and the maintaining of a type of patriarchal domination which called for the prolonged exclusion of women from citizenship. / Mediante una serie de episodios, en este artículo se examina la persistencia de la práctica del duelo y los lances de honor en la esfera política en el Perú republicano. Cada episodio muestra los diversos intereses que procuraban mantener el duelo como mecanismo para evitar y limitar la libertad de expresión y el debate. Una buena parte de la elite política y social, por medio de la prensa, insistió en que el duelo era una práctica aceptable pese a que estaba penada por las leyes del Estado. Esta actitud puede verse como concomitante con la represión de la organización política en el país y al mantenimiento de un tipo de dominación patriarcal que requería la prolongada exclusión de las mujeres de la ciudadanía

The purpose of the study is to illustrate partly how the definition of "honor-related violence" is used in the social welfare report and how "honors" are used in current Swedish research and in a central book. The paper examines the consequences for social security officers when "honor-related violence" is defined in a variety of ways while working to prevent the phenomenon. The empirical essay consists of different texts and research that focus on different definitions of "honors concept". Research on the issue of "honorary violence" also analyzes the work of the Social Security Officers. The method is qualitative text analysis, and the coding consists of questions that have been faced with the analysis of the material. Our authors have endeavored to have a factual and research approach in the work of this paper.Central findings in the study are that "honor-related violence" is described from cultural, historical, and intersectional perspectives. Some texts analyzed are based on cultural and historical starting points in the description of violence, and refer primarily to norms and values as a basis in society. Other research criticizes this approach and emphasizes that cultural aspects can lead to discrimination against certain groups. When "honor-related violence" is explained from a cross-sectional perspective, research takes place from different basic constructions into why violence occurs, and addresses class and gender as important prerequisites for describing "honor-related violence". The current Social Security Officer's perception of honor, then a discussion in the paper about the importance of assuming each case is unique and not drawing general conclusions to support the victim in the best possible way. / Studiens syfte är att undersöka dels hur definitionen av ”hedersrelaterat våld” används i socialstyrelsens rapport, dels hur ”heder” används i aktuell svensk forskningoch i en central bok. I uppsatsen studeras vad konsekvenserna kan bli för socialsekreterare när ”hedersrelaterat våld” definieras på olika vis, samtidigt somde arbetar för att förebygga fenomenet. Uppsatsens empiri består av olika texter och forskning som fokuserar på olika definitioner av ”hedersbegreppet”. Även forskning som belyser socialsekreterarnas arbete kring benämningen av ”hedersrelaterat våld” analyseras i uppsatsen. Metoden ärkvalitativ textanalys, och kodningen består av frågor som har ställts inför analysen av materialet. Vi författare har bemödat oss om att ha ett sakligt och forskningsmässigt synsätt i arbetetmeddenna uppsats. Centrala resultat i studien är att ”hedersrelaterat våld” beskrivs utifrån kulturella, historiska, och intersektionellaperspektiv. En del texter som analyseratsutgår från kulturella och historiska utgångspunkter i beskrivningenav våld, och hänvisar främst till normer och värderingar somgrundi samhället. Annan forskning kritiserar detta synsätt och framhåller att kulturella aspekter kan leda till diskriminering av vissa grupper. När”hedersrelaterat våld” förklaras utifrån intersektionellaperspektiv utgår man i forskningen från olika grundkonstruktioner till varför våldet uppstår, och tar upp klass och kön som viktiga förutsättningar för att beskriva ”hedersrelaterat våld”. Gällande socialsekreterares uppfattning om heder, så förs en diskussion i uppsatsen om vikten av att utgå från att varje fall är unikt och inte dra generella slutsatser för att kunna stödja den våldsutsatte personen på bästa möjliga sätt.

Honor related violence has become a recognized abuse all over the world and violence against women carried out by the men in their families is and has always been a resurfacing problem in all societies. This paper will focus on the problems which relate to cultures where honor related violence is a more common practice and will depart from societies where men can take violent actions against women in the name of family honor and hide behind cultural exemptions. This paper is written to create a deeper insight to the needs and wants of subjected women and to understand their own perception of this type of violence and its underlying causes. This paper takes on the view solely of the subjected women and is a direct presentation of their stories and their lives. Instead of using outside observers this paper goes directly to the women living in these types of situations and represents the women based on their own wants and needs from society and authority. The methodological framework for this paper is through an inductive process of writing and is through observations and unstructured interviews trying to build a systematic description revolving around the victims of honor related violence. The interviews, biographic narratives, will ask the participants to tell a story about their lives, a biographic narrative where they will freely speak and this will be facilitated during eight in-depth interviews with four different women who during many years lived under abuse carried out in the name of honor by two husband, a father, and several uncles. The results of these interviews lead to the conclusions that women often are ignored and forgotten by outside forces such as police and organizations until a crime is committed.

Syftet med den aktuella studien är att utforska hur socialarbetare upplever sin kunskap och resurser i sitt arbete med hedersrelaterat våld och förtryck. Vi genomförde en kvalitativ undersökning som baserar sig på semistrukturerade intervjuer med fem socialarbetare från två olika kommuner i Sverige, som arbetar med hedersrelaterat våld och förtryck. Insamlade data analyserades med hjälp av tematisk analys. Resultatet visade på bristande kunskap och resurser inom området, vilket resulterade i bristande trygghet på arbetsplatsen. Resultatet visade även på kopplingen mellan makt och kunskap och att dessa är förbundna och beroende av varandra. På så sätt utgör bristande kunskap i sin tur maktlöshet. Kunskapen blir därmed en livlina för att socialarbetaren ska kunna utöva den makt som behövs för att kunna hjälpa offer för hedersrelaterat våld och förtryck. Vår studie visar att det behövs mer forskning som ger nya infallsvinklar kring ett arbete med hedersrelaterat våld och förtryck. / The purpose of the current study was to explore how social workers experience their knowledge and resources in their work with honor-related violence and oppression. We conducted a qualitative study based on semi-structured interviews with five social workers from two different municipalities in Sweden, who worked with honor-related violence and oppression. Collected data were analyzed using thematic analysis. The result showed a lack of knowledge and resources in the area, which resulted in a lack of security in the workplace. The result also showed the connection between power and knowledge and that these are interconnected and interdependent. Lack of knowledge in turn constitutes powerlessness. Knowledge thus becomes a lifeline for the social worker to be able to exercise the power needed to help victims of honor-related violence and oppression. Our study indicates that more research is needed that gives new perspectives on a work with honor-related violence and oppression.

Studien är en kvantitativ enkätundersökning och tar hjälp av tidigare forskning för att stryka dess resultat. Heder är ett ämne som ständigt är aktuellt och flera myndigheter i Sverige arbetar aktivt med att motverka det våld och förtryck som sker inom hederskulturer. Syftet med studien är att undersöka om det finns skillnader i attityder kring hur anställda inom socialtjänstens barn och ungdoms kontor ser på unga män gentemot unga kvinnor inom hederskulturer.  Studien är viktig då den påvisar attitydskillnader hos de anställda på socialtjänsten där de unga männen betraktas som mindre utsatta när det gäller dessa undersökta områden: skam, utfrysning, hot om våld, upplevelsen av våld, dubbelliv, tvångsäktenskap, offerskap och att tvingas styra sina familjemedlemmar i jämförelse med de unga kvinnorna. Fokuset i studien är att belysa de unga männens situation av att vara offer inom hederskulturer. Studien bidrar till att öka kunskapen om de unga männens situation men mer forskning inom området efterfrågas. / The study is a quantitative survey and takes the help of previous research to strengthen its results. Honor is a topic that is constantly relevant and several authorities in Sweden are actively working to counteract the violence and oppression that takes place in honor cultures. The purpose of the study is to investigate whether there are differences in attitudes about how employees in the social services' children and youth offices view young men in comparison with young women in honor cultures. The study is important as it shows differences in attitudes among employees in the social services where the young men are considered less vulnerable in these areas studied: shame, ostracism, threats of violence, the experience of violence, double life, forced marriage, being a victim and being forced to control their family members in comparison with the young women. The focus of the study is to shed light on the young men's situation of being a victim in honor cultures. The study contributes to increasing knowledge about the young men's situation, but more research in the field is requested.

The patriarchal societies in the MENA region have their entire social framework around the protection and regulation of female sexuality. The woman’s male relatives have to make sure that her honor is under their control and fulfills the patriarchal family demands. Women’s failure to stick to the code of honor may result in aggressive reactions that may mount to honor killings and this had happened in 2019 to Israa Gharyeb. The murder of the 21-year-old girl sent a shockwave of protests not just in the Palestinian society where the crime had happened but also across the Arab region. Activists on social media and the streets are sending a clear and strong message that murdering women will not be hidden anymore. Accordingly, this thesis sheds the light on the Twitter hashtag # كلنا_اسراء_غریب (we are all Israa) to reflect on the participants’ responses to both crime event and the traditional discourse on “Honor killings.” Theoretically, the paper offers a rereading of the theory of critical discourse analyses on the notions of ideology, power, and dominance. Empirically, this paper will analyze 460 tweets by conducting critical discourse analysis and qualitative content analysis.