Harmful Practices Resources
The Coaction Hub define harmful practices as:
Forms of gender-based violence and domestic abuse where escalation of abuse and associated risks happen due to notions of power and control within intersectional contexts of oppression. In these cases, religion, culture, patriarchal codes of behaviour and perceived notions of honour are used by one or more perpetrators as an excuse for coercive control, threats and abuse.
Coaction Hub have written a number of papers on harmful practices including:
Are MARAC’s Effective for Harmful Practices?
Harmful Practices: Stereotypes, Othering and Racist Narratives - A Discussion
We have also written briefings on some of the lesser discussed harmful practices:
Dowry Abuse
Dowry abuse persists as a significant issue within the UK, particularly impacting South Asian communities. Despite its prevalence it remains inadequately identified and largely unexplored as a harmful practice.
Dowry Abuse Briefing - coming soon
Caste Based Abuse
Briefing coming soon