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• Mere suspicion of an illicit affair often leads to “honour killings” - study. IRIN News, 26 November 2007. A quarter of all women killed in Jordan for having an illicit relationship die merely because they were suspected of involvement in such a relationship, while only 15 per cent are killed after adultery is proven, a study by UN Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) has revealed.
  
• Jordanian jailed for 'honour' killing. Independent Online, 10 July 2007. A Jordanian court has sentenced a man to six months in prison for the "honour" killing of his pregnant sister, a judicial source said on Monday.
• Jordan 'honour' killings net wrist slaps. Toronto Sun, 27 June 2007. A 70-year-old woman who killed her daughter with an axe for having an illegitimate child and a man who fatally shot a relative were each sentenced yesterday to prison in separate "honour crime" cases.
  
• Project launched to fight violence against women. IRIN News, 12 September 2007. Jordanian officials have joined hands with the private sector to fight violence against women by launching a five-year project that will attempt to rectify misconceptions about this phenomenon and provide badly needed aid to victims, say women rights activists.

• Report on Refugee & Stateless Women Across the Arab Region. Stories Of: The Dream Of Return, The Fear Of Trafficking And Discriminatory Laws, Coordinated by The Karama Movement in the Arab Region, 2008
• Honoring the Killers: Justice Denied For “Honor” Crimes In Jordan, Human Rights Watch, 2007

• Attitudes of Jordanian Society Toward Wife Abuse. Btoush R, Haj-Yahia MM. J Interpers Violence 2008

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