08/29/08
4:06
Why are so many women fighting for rights to be treated as equally as men are? The answer is simple gender inequality is a major issue. It seems no matter where you go at some point in history men have always had an advantage over women. Well, in the country of Pakistan it is taking to an extreme, where women and children are suffering because of this devastating issue.
In Pakistan it is extremely hard for a women to get a divorce. Most of the time if the issue is ever brought up they are accused of having an affair and suffer consequences. One women, Naheed Archad, spent the last 9 months in prison after being charged for committing adultery. The burden carried on women just for having an accusation can mark her for her life.
A man in Pakistan is allowed to have up to four wives. To divorce all they have to do is say "I divorce thee" three times. Women have hardly any rights and when they want to speak up for the abuse they are receiving the men blame it on the influence of Western society.
All around the world women are discriminated against and I find it to be very discouraging. I believe women should have the same rights as men all around the world. However, when saying this I do have caution to remember that maybe some women are fine with the way their country is tolerating these situations. In taking caution I still say that their needs to be more work done globally.
1 comment:
This summer I lived in England for 2 months and had a lot of interaction with people from the middle east. I was always shy to bring up issues like Women's Rights because I am from the western world and I believe that, like you said in your summary, we are percieved in a bias manner.
The middle east in general interests me because of the type of current interaction we have had with those countries and the way media portrays their societies.
I do believe that alot of the traditional views are harsh for women and unequal, but at the same time as you had stated a lot of these women would not agree because of the fact that it is TRADITION.
I am also tugged in the other direction because I met girls/women who are proud of their culture but do not partake in these traditions.
It all boils down to how that individual feels, and idealy they accept and embrace how they follow tradition.
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