According to the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan it is estimated
that a woman is raped every two hours and a gang rape occurs every
eight hours and about 1,000 women die annually in honor killings.
According to a report by Human Rights Watch, more than 70 percent of women in
police custody experience physical or sexual abuse at the hands of
their jailers. Reported abuses include beating and slapping;
suspension in mid-air by hands tied behind the victim s back;
the insertion of foreign objects, including police batons and chilli
peppers, into the vagina and rectum; and gang rape. Yet despite these
alarming reports, to our knowledge not a single officer has suffered
criminal penalties for such abuse, even in cases in which
incontrovertible evidence of custodial rape exists
Women comprise of 30% of the total labor
force, but 65.7% of this female labour force is officially accounted
for in the informal sector An estimated 100,000 women work in brick kilns, but they
are not "officially" employed because whole families work in a form
of bonded labour, in which only the male head of the family is
registered.
Every year some 500,000 women die from complications arising from
pregnancy and perhaps a further 200,000 die from unprofessional and
clandestine abortions.
For more info visit the Asian Human Rights Commission at: http://www.ahrchk.net/statements/mainfile.php/2008statements/1412/

As a tear roles from my eyes, I can only hope death meets me before I see anymore.

And when women get into high office in Pakistan, they do nothing about the situation.e.g. the late-lamented Ms Bhutto-she was PM, twice.

No, Henry, when A woman got into power she did nothing about it.

And this proves what, exactly? That all women therefore condone this sort of behaviour? That they really enjoy it? That its justified? That they deserve this treatment? That every other woman is therefore responsible for it? That the efforts of those who are working for change are unimportant? That men are incapable of recognising or rectifying the situation? That the rest of the world should should shrug their shoulders and say they brought it upon themselves?

Mugabe is a man. He is a man in power. He has done nothing about human suffering but increase it. Do you feel that is worth posting about?

*High fives Romany*

Dear evolution,
You have a nice name and very sensitive soul but this is not enough. We must fight for women rights, for human rights, for a better future for all people on our planet. Today's BAD NEWS, Bush vetoes interrogation limits.
About the women world wide In 2001 in European Union 33% of women worked part time , while only 6% of men. Part time work means low pay, no opportunities for training or to improve their position, it means women always are on the top for redundancy.
Women and trade unions we know that more and more women become member of the unions World wide, that In Australia from 2002 exists equal number of men and women in the top level but there are not enough women organizers.
We know that students in European universities 37% are men and 63% women!
We know last years in Australia the gap between men's and women's wages increased.
WOMEN HAVE HUGE PROBLEMS MAINLY IN UNDEVELOPED COUNTRIES AND IT IS OUR DUTY TO SUPPORT THEM
Antonios Symeonakis
Adelaide