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Appendices

Who you can contact

Emergency line for children and young people ( Alarmtelefonen )

Telephone: 116 111

E-mail: alarm@116111.no

The Norwegian National Domestic Violence Helpline (VO-line)

Telephone: 116 006

Chat: volinjen.no

The VO-line is a helpline for anyone who experiences violence or domestic abuse.

Red Cross helpline on negative social control and honour -based violence

Telephone: 815 55 201 (anonymous line)

E-mail: rodekorstelefonen@redcross.no (non-anonymous line)

Chat: rodekorstelefonen.no (anonymous line)

Diversity advisors at lower and upper secondary schools

See phone numbers for each school on IMDi’s website

Expert team against negative social control and honour -based violence

Telephone: 47 80 90 50

E-mail: kompetanseteamet@bufdir.no

IMDi’s National team for building competency

E-mail: post@imdi.no

Self-help for Immigrants and Refugees (SEIF)

Telephone: 22 03 48 30

E-mail: seif@seif.no or local office

Travel information and contact details for Norwegian embassies can be found on the Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ website

Online resources

Target group: Victims

Ung.no is a public information site for young people, which also covers negative social control, domestic violence, forced marriage and female genital mutilation, and has an anonymous question and answer service.

  • Target group: Young people
  • Responsible: Bufdir

Dinutvei.no is a national guide on domestic violence, sexual assault and other sexual abuse, and has an anonymous question and answer service.

  • Target group: Victims
  • Responsible: NKVTS

Imdi.no/nora is an online portal on negative social control aimed primarily at young people. The portal shares real-life stories of young people living under pressure. The portal provides information and an overview of rights and who to contact for assistance. The online portal also provides guidance material and educational resources for employees in the support services.

  • Target group: Victims and the support system
  • Responsible: IMDi

Target group: Employees in the services

The Handbook for Prevention and Handling of Negative Social Control and Honour-Based Violence (available in Norwegian only) is a guidance resource and aims to contribute to the handling of cases involving negative social control, honour-motivated violence, forced marriage, child marriage and female genital mutilation.

  • Target group: Employees in schools, adult education, and refugee services, as well as others who work with children, young people, and adults for whom these topics are relevant.
  • Responsible: IMDi

Rettentil.no is an information portal for professionals who interact with young people who may be subjected to negative social control, forced marriage and female genital mutilation.

  • Target group: Individuals who work with young people
  • Responsible: RVTS East.

The police’s guidance pages for individuals who experience domestic violence.

  • Target group: Victims, perpetrators, support services, and the general public
  • Responsible: The Police

Negativ sosial kontroll, tvangsekteskap og æresrelatert vold – en veileder til barnevernstjenesten [Negative social control, forced marriage and honour–based violence – a guide for child welfare services] (available in Norwegian only)

  • Target group: Support services
  • Responsible: Bufdir

Negativ sosial kontroll og æresrelatert vold [Negative social control and honour-based violence] | udir.no (available in Norwegian only)

  • Target group: School employees who work with children and young people
  • Responsible: Udir

STL’s course material on negative social control . The courses address both religiously motivated negative social control and the constructive role religious and life stance communities play for individuals and society as a whole, with legitimacy and an insider perspective. The material has been translated into Amharic, Arabic and Urdu.

Guidelines for children left behind abroad (available in Norwegian only). The guidelines are intended as a working tool for professionals in public bodies in circumstances where children are left behind abroad.

  • Target group: Public bodies
  • Responsible: Bufdir

Duty to report: Report to the child welfare services as a public-sector employee or professional here.

Duty to report: Report to the child welfare services as a private individual here.

Duty to avert a criminal act: Read more about the duty to avert a criminal act here .

Relevant measures in the Escalation Plan against Violence and Abuse against Children and Domestic Violence (2024–2028) Safety for all (available in Norwegian only)

Measures

  • Gather knowledge about domestic violence, honour-based violence and negative social control among users of the labour and welfare administration
  • Increase the grant scheme for parental support measures in the municipalities
  • Map the availability of counselling on female genital mutilation and voluntary genital examinations at the health centre and school health services
  • Update guidance or prepare professional advice for the health centre and school health services on the prevention of female genital mutilation
  • Enhance competence on negative social control and honour-based violence in the police
  • Strengthen family counselling’s work with negative social control and honour-based violence
  • Further develop TryggEst and facilitate the introduction of the model in more municipalities
  • Strengthen information about rights and support services for victims of violence to people arriving under family immigration (family reunification)
  • Strengthen and further develop the expert team against negative social control and honour-based violence
  • Strengthen the diversity advisor programme
  • Strengthen the National Housing and Support Service for individuals over 18 years of age who are subjected to negative social control and honour-based violence
  • Expand the Housing and Support Service to include places for individuals over 18 years of age who have returned from an involuntary stay abroad and who are not covered by the current services
  • Further develop the treatment programme for girls and women who are victims of female genital mutilation
  • Strengthen the follow-up of individuals who do not participate, or inadequately participate, in the schemes under the Integration Act due to negative social control, honour-based violence or other domestic violence
  • Make it easier for newly arrived refugees who are subjected to violence and threats to move to a new municipality when necessary

Current petition resolutions

  • Document 8:96 S (2023–2024) , Recommendation 320 S (2023–2024), Resolution 660 The Storting requests the Government to focus on and ensure that employees in schools, kindergartens, the child welfare services, the health service and the police are given increased knowledge and competence in order to identify and follow up situations where children are subjected to negative social control and honour-based violence at an early stage.
    • The Resolution is followed up in particular in measures 14, 15, 16, 17, 19, 20 and 22 in this Action Plan
  • Document 8:96 S (2023–2024) , Recommendation 320 S (2023–2024), Resolution 661 The Storting requests the Government to prepare, update and strengthen information and guidelines on how children and young people who are staying abroad against their will shall be followed up and provided assistance if they make contact with embassies, the child welfare services or other public bodies, to ensure that the children concerned feel that they are taken seriously.
    • The Resolution is followed up in particular in measures 14 and 29 in this Action Plan
  • Proposition to the Storting 99 Bill (2023–2024) , Recommendation 427 Bill (2023–2024), Resolution 770 The Storting requests the Government to present a strengthened action plan against forced marriage and to inform the Storting in a suitable manner.
    • The Resolution is followed up through a number of measures in this Action Plan against negative social control and honour-motivated violence, which also includes forced marriage.

Relevant literature

  • Aarset, M. F., Smette, I. and Bruland, S. (2024). Mangfoldsrådgivere i ungdomsskoler og voksenopplæringssentre. Fungerer det etter hensikten? [Diversity advisors in lower and upper secondary schools and adult education centres. Is it working as intended?] NOVA report 8/24.
  • Akin, D., Wold, L. K., Stokke, M. and Skarli, J. B. (2022). På leting etter trygghet: Integrering av LHBTIQ+-flyktninger i Norge [In search of security: Integration of LGBTIQ+ refugees in Norway]. Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences 2022:25.
  • Ministry of Labour and Social Inclusion (2024). Norwegian Official Report (NOU) (2024) 13 Lov og frihet — Negativ sosial kontroll, æresmotivert vold, tvangsekteskap, kjønnslemlestelse, psykisk vold og ufrivillig utenlandsopphold – juridiske problemstillinger og forslag til regelverksendringer [Law and Freedom – Negative Social Control, Honor-Motivated Violence, Forced Marriage, Female Genital Mutilation, Psychological Violence and Involuntary Stays Abroad – Legal Issues and Proposals for Regulatory Changes].
  • Bjørnholt, M., Bredal, A. and Ruud, N. S. (2021). Seksuelle krenkelser og hjelpsøking blant utsatte med innvandrerbakgrunn. En undersøkelse av erfaringer i hjelpeapparatet og politiet [Sexual offences and help-seeking among victims with an immigrant background. A study of experiences in the support services and the police]. NOVA report 2021:11.
  • Brekke, J-P., Damsa, D., Hoen, M. F. and Lidén, H. (2024). Trøblete utenlandsopphold. Barn og unge voksne tilbakeholdt i utlandet: fenomenforståelse og oppfølging [Troubled foreign relations. Children and young adults detained abroad: understanding the phenomenon and follow-up]. ISF report 2024:4.
  • Bråten, B., Elgvin, A., Flatø, H. and Lillevik, R. (2021). Samtale og strid. Frivillige organisasjoners arbeid mot negativ sosial kontroll og tvangsekteskap [Conversation and conflict. Voluntary organisations’ work against negative social control and forced marriage]. Fafo report 2021:16.
  • Dale, M. T. G., Aakvaag, H. F., Strøm, I. F., Augusti, E. M., & Skauge, A. D. (2023). Omfang av vold og overgrep i den norske befolkningen [Extent of violence and abuse in the Norwegian population]. Norwegian Knowledge Centre on Violence and Traumatic Stress. NKVTS report (Report 1).
  • Dullum, J., Lid, S. & Haugsand, B.S. (2024). Adressesperre (kode 6 og 7). En evaluering av beskyttelsestiltaket adressesperre i saker om vold i nære relasjoner [Protected address (codes 6 and 7). An evaluation of the protection measure protected address in cases of domestic violence]. NOVA report 7/24.
  • Friberg, J.H. and Bjørnset, M. (2019). Migrasjon, foreldreskap og sosial kontroll [Migration, parenthood and social control]. Fafo report 2019:01.
  • Friberg, J.H. and Sterri, E. B. (2023). Sosial kontroll og integrasjon. Betydningen av foreldreinvolvering og foreldrerestriksjoner i ungdomstiden for integreringsutfall i overgangen til voksenlivet. [Social control and integration. The significance of parental involvement and parental restrictions in adolescence for integration outcomes in the transition to adulthood]. Oslo: Fafo report 2023:14.
  • Expert Group on Children and Young People Who Are Left Abroad Against Their Will (2020) “ Det var ikke bare ferie ”. Rapport fra ekspertgruppe om unge som etterlates i utlandet mot sin vilje . [It wasn’t just a holiday. Report by the Expert Group on young people left behind abroad against their will].
  • Ministry of Health and Care Services (2023). NOU 2023: 5 Den store forskjellen . Om kvinners helse og betydningen av kjønn for helse . [The big difference. On women’s health and the impact of gender on health].
  • Holm, A., Danielsen, Å. Ø., Leirvik, M. S. and Aasland, A. (2022). Vil gjerne vite mer: Kompetanse om negativ sosial kontroll og æresrelatert vold blant ansatte i opplærings- og integreringstjenestene [Would like to know more: Competence on negative social control and honour-based violence among employees in the education and integration services]. NIBR report 2022:14.
  • Norwegian Directorate of Integration and Diversity (2025). Annual Report for 2024. De særskilte tjenestene mot negativ sosial kontroll og æresrelatert vold [The specialised services against negative social control and honour-based violence].
  • Ministry of Justice and Public Security (2021). Frihet fra vold. Regjeringens handlingsplan for å forebygge og bekjempe vold i nære relasjoner 2021–2024 [Freedom from violence. The Government’s action plan to prevent and combat domestic violence 2021–2024].
  • Ministry of Culture and Equality (2023). The Norwegian Government’s Action Plan on Gender and Sexual Diversity (2023–2026).
  • Ministry of Education and Research (2025). Strategy for Gender Equality 2025–2030.
  • Ministry of Education and Research (2021). Frihet fra negativ sosial kontroll og æresrelatert vold (2021–2024) [Freedom from negative social control and honour–based violence (2021–2024)]
  • Lídén, H., Evertsen, K. F., Brekke, J-P. and Hoen, M. F. (2024). Kvinner og deres barn holdt tilbake mot sin vilje i utlandet. Fenomenforståelse og mulig bistand [Women and their children held back against their will abroad. Understanding of the phenomenon and possible assistance]. ISF report 2024:6.
  • Norwegian Media Authority (2024). Handlingsplan for trygg digital oppvekst [Action plan for a safe digital upbringing].
  • Proba (2024). Negativ sosial kontroll på skolen [Negative social control among pupils in a school context]. 2024:3.
  • Proba (2022) Negativ sosial kontroll og æresrelatert vold på sosiale medier [Negative social control and honour-based violence on social media]. 2022:14.
  • Proba (2021). Omfang av negativ sosial kontroll [Extent of negative social control]. 2021:10.
  • Proposition to the Storting 36 (2023–2024). Opptrappingsplan mot vold og overgrep mot barn og vold i nære relasjoner (2024–2028) Trygghet for alle [Escalation Plan against Violence and Abuse against Children and Domestic Violence (2024–2028) Safety for all]. Ministry of Justice and Public Security.
  • Rambøll (2022). Informasjonstiltak om negativ sosial kontroll og æresrelatert vold [Information initiatives on negative social control and honour-based violence]. Report part 1.
  • Sener, M. Y., Willmann-Robleda, Z., Wong, N. and Hatleskog, A. B. (2023). Bedre beskyttelse for voldsutsatte flyktninger og innvandrere [Better protection for refugees and immigrants subjected to violence]. VID report 2023:1.
  • Smette, I., Hyggen, C. and Bredal, A. (2021). Foreldrerestriksjoner blant minoritetsungdom: Omfang og mønstre i og utenfor skolen [Parental restrictions among minority youth: Scope and patterns within and outside of school]. Journal for Social Research, 62(1), 5–26.
  • Skutlaberg, L.S., Misje, I., Svanæs, S., Gleinsvik, A. and Kullerud, H. (2024) Evaluering av IMDis tilskuddsordninger på integreringsfeltet rettet mot frivillige organisasjoner [Evaluation of IMDi’s grant schemes in the field of integration aimed at voluntary organisations]. 4/2024.
  • Ministry of Foreign Affairs (2023). Norway’s National Action Plan: Women, Peace and Security (2023–2030)
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