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Mukhtar Mai - Against all odds
By tehconi | December 29, 2006
Check out the blog of Pakistani gang-rape victim Mukhtar Mai on BBC.
It’s quite sad - the state that many women find themselves in some parts of the world. Even in our amidst, we often hear of women who are battered by their husbands or suffer in some way.
A male chavinistic culture is like a physical chain which ties her down, and women living in this kind of society do have much greater limitations to deal with.
What can we do ? Chipping away at the roots of a culture is a massive task. Is it possible or not ? Well I suppose only time can tell - but thousands of years have passed and the problem still exists. On a practical level, I think education and financial ability are probably two areas which can have the most direct impact.
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