Pakistan for a common woman..!

Rankings may sometimes be misleading but not in this case, Pakistan is the third most dangerous place for women in the world . What can make any country dangerous? Some of the characteristics that are common among the list of countries deemed dangerous include: political instability, feudalism, anarchy, extremism (on every front), failed governments, patriarchy, poverty, illiteracy and militancy to name a few. According to Trust law  – an organization that works on women related issues stated in its report about Pakistan that:

Deeply entrenched cultural, tribal, and religious norms are at the root of the risks posed to Pakistani women. Child marriage and forced marriage are a threat. Women who defy expectations have faced acid attacks as well as punishment bystoning. Indeed, more than 1,000 females die in honor killings every year, Pakistan's Human Rights Commission reports, and 90 percent of women are victims of domestic violence at some point.

In Pakistan, in some cases, even if a husband and wife go out together- they have to keep with them their Nikkah Nama (marriage deed), because in the past, couples have been humiliated, harassed and abused. Female students of all age groups have been abused mentally or physically on daily basis and the list goes on. Here I do not want to highlight wealthy, well -off families - that hardly make up 5% of the country - but the masses in general and the deplorable conditions that these women have to go through. Many of the women can not even identify with what I just wrote because while talking to another fellow Pakistani student, she told me that she never used a public transport in her entire life while living in Pakistan...in such cases how would they ever understand, what one has to go through as a woman in Pakistan. Women in rural areas have a very different set of difficulties than those in urban areas...but life on both ends is really tough!