Title
Dept/ Agency: Offices of Municipal Council/City Clerk
Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Commemorating/Declaring
Purpose: Day of Remembrance for Women and Girls Killed in the Name of Honor
Date(s): July 14, 2015
Sponsor: Council President Crump
Additional Information:
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WHEREAS, in the United States, honor violence is a crime that goes unnoticed and unrecognized; and
WHEREAS, women and girls are mutilated, beaten, burned with acid and murdered within our own communities, but it is all too often overlooked; and
WHEREAS, girls are abused due to a family that feels their honor is "tarnished" by their daughter acting or dressing too Western, having rumors spread about her, refusing to participate in a marriage and merely for looking at a boy; and
WHEREAS, a family's "honor" is determined by the value of a daughter; and
WHEREAS, this violence does not just happen overseas, in recent years honor killings have taken place in the United States as well, victims murdered for honor in such places as St. Louis, Missouri, Texas, Arizona and New York; and
WHEREAS, Karma Nirvana is working diligently to raise awareness about such horrific human rights abuses and has partnered with other organizations such as Honor Diaries to raise awareness beyond borders and cultures; and
WHEREAS, by creating a Day of Remembrance we are determined to leave a legacy here in the United States by petitioning for those victims; and
WHEREAS, the United Kingdom will remember and honor those victims at their second annual National Day of Remembrance on 14 July 2015.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, BY THE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, THAT:
That the Municipal Council of the City of Newark, recognizes and declares, July 14, 2015, as a Day of Remembrance for Women and Girls Killed in the Name of Honor, in solidarity.
STATEMENT
Resolution recognizing and declaring July 14, 2015, as a Day of Remembrance for Women and Girls Killed in the Name of Honor, in solidarity.