Voilence on Women

"A Saudi television presenter who was beaten unconscious by her husband has allowed pictures of her severely battered face to be published in an attempt to highlight the abuse of women in the kingdom.

Rania al-Baz, who works for Saudi Arabia's state television's Channel One, is having a series of operations for 13 fractures to her face. She said she wanted to break the taboo on domestic violence.

"I want to use what happened to me to draw attention to the plight of women in Saudi Arabia," she added. " (Via Ejaz)
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My take
Ejaz, it is not just just Muslim countries, it happens all over the world; but yea it is especially ugly in India and Pakistan. Women in cities may not go through so much, but the plight of rural women never comes to light, for they'd never dare to reveal the atrocities dished out to them in the name of family pride. I used to think that illiteracy is what makes a husband into an animal that abuses and hurts his wife; I am wrong. Domestic voilence is prevalent in developed countries like USA, UK, Canada and more.

I did a quick search on voilence on women and I found this:
In parts of Papua New Guinea, 67 per cent of women are victims of marital violence.

In Bangladesh, half of the 170 reported cases of women murdered between 1983 and 1985 took place within the confines of the family.

In the United States, a woman is beaten every 18 minutes; between 3 million and 4 million are battered each year, but only 1 in 100 cases of domestic violence is ever reported.

In Columbia, about 20 per cent of the patients in a Bogota hospital were victims of marital violence.

In India, five women are burned in dowry-related disputes each day, according to the official figures, although the number estimated by activist groups is much higher.

In the United Kingdom, one in three families is a victim of assault and one in five a victim of serious assault, according to a recent report by the Home Office.

In Austria, in 59 per cent of 1,500 divorce cases, domestic violence was cited as a cause in the marital breakdown.
(Source: WomenAid)

I also found this...
Every 26 minutes, a woman is molested;
Every 34 minutes, a rape takes place;
Every 42 minutes, sexual harassment incident occurs;
Every 43 minutes, a woman is kidnapped; and
Every 93 minutes, a woman is burnt to death over dowry.
(The above stats are for India and the source is Legal Pundits.

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