Amnesty: Nearly half of Tajik women 'regularly abused'

[ccharles000]

Amnesty International has accused Tajikistan of failing to protect its women, saying nearly half are raped, beaten or abused by their families.

According to Amnesty, women are regularly subjected to humiliation not only from their husbands but also in-laws, causing many to turn to suicide.

The report's authors say the government should introduce laws and support services to tackle domestic violence.

Tajikistan, which borders Afghanistan, is the poorest former Soviet republic.

Women have limited rights and job opportunities. Many drop out of school early to enter marriages that are often polygamous or unregistered.

"Women are being treated as servants or as the in-laws' family property," Amnesty's Tajikistan expert Andrea Strasser-Camagni said in a statement.

"They have no-one to turn to, as the policy of the authorities is to urge reconciliation, which... reinforces their position of inferiority."

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8375617.stm

[Scout]

1. well, yeah, but you know, that's their culture...

:eyes:

and it's just women, so we can ignore it.

i bet you the WOMEN would like their culture changed, whether the men want it so or not. but i bet nobody will ask them.

[WildEyedLiberal]

2. Just wait for the cultural relativist crowd to come in here with their snark

Oh wait, they're all too busy in the fucking turkey threads. Thousands of posts about the awful suffering of turkeys and the barbarity of eating meat on Thanksgiving, and this post drops like a stone. I mean, it's just some women in one of those stan countries. Not nearly as fashionable to care about as the turkeys. How fucking typical.

[WildEyedLiberal]

3. Thank you for posting, ccharles

I realize people are too busy crying about turkeys right now to care about some people in some random country, but thanks for posting this anyway.

[Hannah Bell]

4. no backstory there....

"a general designation for a wide range of Persian-speaking peoples of Iranian origin,<14> with traditional homelands in present-day Afghanistan..."

[JonQ]

5. So you think we should be the worlds policemen?

Invade and kill brown people to force them to adhere to our beliefs? You probably want to forcibly convert them to christianity too.

America has no moral highground when it comes to telling other countries to not beat and murder their women routinely, I mean we don't even have a female president so what right do we have to lecture anyone on womans rights? We are exactly the same as they are. No, nevermind, we're worse (trail of tears anyone?). Besides, america leads the world in spousal abuse and rape. American women are the most abused and oppressed women of any country, and any time in history.

Theirs is an ancient and mystical culture and before we think about lecturing them we should try to embrace it and learn from them.

Did I miss anything?

[WildEyedLiberal]

6. You forgot "if you actually talk to a Tajik woman you'll see she loves her life"

"She loves the culture she was raised in and realizes that her husband only beats her because he loves her. It's their way, who are we to judge??"

But yeah, otherwise, you pretty much covered it.

[JonQ]

7. Damn

I knew there was something missing.

[ShortnFiery]

8. Let's INVADE now!!!

It's working for Afghanistan ... let's go into the ENTIRE ME and "stans" to reshape their cultures in our beloved God's Image?