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| Bristol sisters aim to raise awareness of 'honour hate' | Bristol sisters aim to raise awareness of 'honour hate' |
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| Two sisters who had experienced "honour hate" in their community are to work to raise awareness of it in schools. | |
| Amaleehah and Nadia Aslam-Forrester, from Bristol, were targeted by members of the Asian community for posting photos of themselves in skirts online. | |
| The sisters, who have a Pakistani mother and English father, said they were "slut-shamed" for not upholding cultural norms of women's behaviour. | The sisters, who have a Pakistani mother and English father, said they were "slut-shamed" for not upholding cultural norms of women's behaviour. |
| They are now working with a charity to educate young people about the issue. | |
| So-called honour crimes are acts that have been committed to protect or defend the supposed honour or reputation of a family and extended community. | |
| Amaleehah Aslam-Forrester, 22, said the pair had always been creative and would use Instagram to express their love of art, modelling and clothes. | Amaleehah Aslam-Forrester, 22, said the pair had always been creative and would use Instagram to express their love of art, modelling and clothes. |
| However, they faced a backlash online for the photographs because of what they said were "deeply ingrained cultural pressures". | However, they faced a backlash online for the photographs because of what they said were "deeply ingrained cultural pressures". |
| Their social media presence also alarmed their mother. | |
| Worried about their safety, she put the sisters in touch with Integrate, a youth-led charity in Bristol which has campaigned for gender and racial equality and been supported by Sport Relief. | Worried about their safety, she put the sisters in touch with Integrate, a youth-led charity in Bristol which has campaigned for gender and racial equality and been supported by Sport Relief. |
| They attended a series of workshops with other young women about issues including female genital mutilation, sexism and honour-based violence and eventually made a film about the issue. | They attended a series of workshops with other young women about issues including female genital mutilation, sexism and honour-based violence and eventually made a film about the issue. |
| Amaleehah said: "In our community, honour lies within the body of a woman. | Amaleehah said: "In our community, honour lies within the body of a woman. |
| "There's always pressure on her to uphold men's honour in her behaviour and also in the way she dresses. | "There's always pressure on her to uphold men's honour in her behaviour and also in the way she dresses. |
| 'Hate messages' | 'Hate messages' |
| "We had one case where someone told us to drink bleach [on social media]. | "We had one case where someone told us to drink bleach [on social media]. |
| "We got a lot of hate messages. Some people were anonymous, making fake accounts. It was awful. | "We got a lot of hate messages. Some people were anonymous, making fake accounts. It was awful. |
| "And that was all because we were being judged, there was stereotyping involved." | "And that was all because we were being judged, there was stereotyping involved." |
| She said "slut-shaming" in general was about women's honour and there is no culture in society that does not experience some form of this. | |
| "Integrate gave us a voice in a community that didn't really understand us." | "Integrate gave us a voice in a community that didn't really understand us." |
| Amaleehah is now employed to raise awareness of honour hate in all communities in schools across the UK. |