Cross posted from Indian Homemaker’s Blog. (Yemen) …”a 12-year-old girl died in childbirth after an agonizing 3-day labor. …young Fawziya was pulled out of school and married to a man twice her age.“ She isn’t the only one. The issue of Yemeni child brides came to the forefront last year, with 8-year-old Nujood Ali who “was pulled out [...]
More I come across domestic violence, more poignant feelings I have. This time watch this brief 30-sec youtube video: Warning: The video has violence. With a message. This video is part of Canadian anti-domestic abuse campaign that never went on air.
(Letting out a long and deep breath !!) I just saw this Web site called AbuseAware. It is a Web site dedicated to sensitive about the abuse related issues. This site also promotes a book related to the subject called Living With The Enemy. Home page of this Web site has some really poignant pictures [...]
I wanted to write about Domestic Violence (DV) as a crime thats increasing its wings with each passing day, but then I thought, the roots are much deeper… And I would rather address an issue, which could be one of the prime causes! Let us answer a couple of questions first. Do illiterate women suffer [...]
