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In Pakistan alone at least three
women each day -
including victims of rape -
are murdered,
many just on the suspicion of behaving dishonorably.
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Where Husbands Burn Wives to Death |
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Read this story of so called "Stove Bursts" |
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"It's the
easiest way for a husband to get rid of a wife he no longer
wants." Said Shahnaz Bukhari, the head of the
Progressive Women's Association, an organization striving to
help survivors and alert the public. |
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Woman gang-raped on the orders of a
local village jury ! |
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150 women burned
(in Pakistan) in six months: PWA |
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"In the worst form of human rights violations
more than 150 burnt women were registered in the twin cities and
localities in the last six months, claimed Progressive Women
Association (PWA) on Wednesday (2003). Addressing a press
conference, PWA chairperson Shahnaz Bukhari said
that PWA for the past six months registered and dealt
with more than 150 cases of burns."
Link here for the whole story |
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Violence Aginst Women in Pakistan |
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Human Rights Watch report on the state of women's rights in
Pakistan released in October 19, 1999. The 100-page report
documents a virtual epidemic of crimes of violence against
women, including domestic violence rates as high as 90 percent,
at least eight reported rapes every 24 hours nationwide, and an
alarming rise in so-called honor killings" |
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Acid attack victim.
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"Hundreds of
Pakistani women are being burnt to death every year by their
husbands or in-laws in an upsurge of so-called "stove-burst"
attacks. "It's the easiest way for a husband to get rid of a
wife he no longer wants," said Shahnaz Bukhari, the head
of the Progressive Women's Association (PWA), an
organization striving to help survivors and alert the public."
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a Position
Paper on "Honor Killings" from the Muslim Women's League |
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"In various countries throughout the world,
particularly in the Middle East and parts of South Asia, women
who bring dishonor to their families because of sexual
indiscretions are forced to pay a terrible price at the hands of
male family members. Attempted murder and other forms of
corporal punishment have been reported." |
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Link here to read full text. |
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Women's Rights Watch Web Site |
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"Un-remedied domestic
violence essentially denies women equality before the law and
reinforces their subordinate social status. Men use domestic
violence to diminish women’s autonomy and sense of self-worth.
States that fail to prevent and prosecute domestic violence
treat women as second-class citizens and send a clear message
that the violence against them is of no concern to the broader
society." From Women's Right Watch
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Discriminatory laws combined
with harmful customary laws and practices deny women their human
rights in Pakistan. Pervasive
institutional and judicial discrimination along with illegal
detention and custodial violence make it nearly impossible
to obtain justice for many women. |
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Women and girls in
Pakistan confront astounding levels of violence.
Domestic violence, including acid attacks and burnings
by fire, has been estimated to occur in 80 percent
of all households in the country, while hundreds of
women and girls are murdered each year in the name of
family “honor” by their relatives for allegedly
transgressing cultural norms for female behavior. |
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To read more about Women's Rights please link Here |
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Read about the CEDAW Treaty (The
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination
Against Women) |
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Extreme Form of Domestic Violence is considered a "Private
Matter"..... |
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The "execution" of the female relative is
often considered to be a private matter for the affected family;
rarely do non-family members or the courts become involved or
prosecute the perpetrators. The
United Nations Population Fund
estimates that the annual
worldwide total of honor killings may be as high as 5,000 women. |
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