Read these two articles
6th March 2012
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| Mother & sister of late Amina al-Filali |
16th March 2012
For both the cases above, the young teenagers were treated as the criminals instead of being offered protection for they were the ones who had been violated upon. These are only some of the reported cases as I am sure there are many more that went unreported or undetected.
Hena Akhter, the 14 year old was sentenced to 101 lashes after being raped!
Amina al-Filali, 16 was forced to marry her rapist!
It breaks my heart whenever I read of news as above. I have absolutely no respect, only utmost contempt towards the misogyny community leaders of those girls. How could they even sleep at night after meting out such punishments to the young innocents is beyond my comprehension.
Whilst it is most common for misogyny to exists amongst the men, it is also found and practiced by women against other women as in Hena Akhter’s case. It is indeed sad to note that there are women who condone violence against women.
All men made misogynist laws are heinous crimes in itself and those meting out punishments provided for under these laws are criminals of the highest degree.
“Women themselves have the right to live in dignity, in freedom from want and freedom from fear.”
Kofi Anan
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