Do you think the human rights of women and girls in your country has improved in the past year?
- May 28, 06:00
Comments
03:32 28 May 2008, Jose luis Contreras wrote:
No it has not! There is so much to be done in regards to the protection and proper RESPECT of females (girls and women) in Mexico. It seems to me that the sick "machista" philosophy of not only my country, but many of the latin american nations is still strong to this day. Very shameful is for me, to write about the many murdered women in Chihuahua, (Ciudad Juarez) Mexico, and the negligence of our leaders to solve the still unsolved riddle of these sad cases!
At least I can say that fortunately there are people out there in the world fighting for this, and many other global concerns that surely need an immediate response.
Sincerely and with great respect,
Jose L. Contreras, LL.M.
09:17 29 May 2008, sri lankan wrote:
Yes. In sri lanka it's very much improved. The most basic right is the right to live, which was denied by terrorists, who were backed by several western NGO's are now restored in the eastern part. For the first time after 20 years they had the chance to vote and elected their own leaders to rule them. Terrorists are now confined to a small part of north. We do hope that the govt. forces capture all the terrorists soon and bring normalcy and the peoples right to democracy for all the people of the north too (Not a race based black nazi group called LTTE that doesn't seem to worry AI that much. But still able to take many innocent lives at any time.
02:52 29 May 2008, J Singh wrote:
No, on the contrary, it has worsened. In northern indian provinces like Punjab, Haryana especially. Honor killings in Haryana have made headlines constantly, some of them perpetrated by the elected leaders of the villages and towns. Female foeticide and infanticide are rampant in Punjab, leading to a dwindling sex ratio, females in 600s for evry 100 males born in last 5 years. The central and state governments have enacted laws, but as has been a continuous tradition in the country, have never been implemented. On the books the laws and means to stop the evils look excellent, but the gap between books and reality is striking.
03:26 31 May 2008, Tripti wrote:
No. Though much has been said about the security and dignity of women and girl children in India, actually there is a wide gap between theory and practicce. They have to suffer a lot due to the prevalence of the social practices which consider women as subordinate beings. Female foeticide, infanticide, dowry death, rape, mental and physical torture to the married women are very common here.
02:44 02 Jun 2008, Fareena Raza wrote:
In India, women and children are under attack by muslim criminals who commit all sorts of savage atrocities. In Godhra town, around 60 women and children were burnt alive. No one has taken any action.
For reasons beyond India, islamic riotsbreak out and ordinary citizens suffer savage serial mass murders. Examples, murderous riots for Saddam's hanging, Rev Falwell's remarks, Danish cartoons, Bush visit, reclamation of Holy Site where one unused building Babri stood that took 1788 lives by official estimate,...etc etc.
12:41 04 Jun 2008, Victor Sam Stephens wrote:
In Sierra Leone, i don't think so. I hope and pray for that day when the government will take up the responsibility to ensure victims get compensated especially women and young girls who went through a horific sexual encounter with there captives. Governments should be held accounted and make sure her citizens are protected and have respect for human dignity, maybe is the other way round.
09:24 04 Jun 2008, name disguised wrote:
Yes, definately but the justice you (defenders) get depends upon whether the offenders are of your community and you are a bit educated, iInfluential, wealthy, have a know person in the government (higher rank people), have relative of high order people. At the last if you are minority i.e ethnic nepalese settled in bhutan (citizenship), noway to get justice. The divorce cases and family broken have siginificantly tripled.
01:28 06 Jun 2008, Indian National Organization for Women wrote:
In India one major problem is the institutionalized corruption that permeates every aspect of civil service and while the laws are in place to protect women against violence, the police or the THUGS IN UNIFORM as the public prefer to call them, not only refuse to register complaints from women but often "fabricate" and "file false charges" against innocent victims for a bribe! Judges in court procedings can also be bought and paid off and as such, women's rights remain unenforcable and a myth in such an environment. Since most crimes against women go unreported, India seem to have no crime problem! There is no watchdog organization to check or over see what the Indian Police is doing! The Indian National Women's Commission is a farce, filled with political cronies, known for their complacency, and in-action, but they do make flowery speeches and file great "Progress Reports" to the UN and other International Organizations! The entire system is currently an offensive, stinking cess pool of corruption that needs to be drained and overhauled!
01:49 06 Jun 2008, Indian National Organization for Women wrote:
www.IndianNow.org is a new fledging grass root NGO organization that wants to take on and address the women rights related issues in India. We need the cooperation of likeminded individuals, advocates, legal help and organizations or activists, to help to form a coalition to take our plights to the press, to the media and to the Government. Please contact us if you wish to help us in our endevor.
07:08 09 Jun 2008, Caterina Dellabona wrote:
No it hasn't, women and girl are still treated like sex objects, and objects that are vorn to give the man plesure and do whatever he says.
10:08 17 Jun 2008, Namariq Alrawi wrote:
I'm Iraqi girl and unfortunately i think that our rights reached high levels before the occupation of Iraq
and then it got worst because nobody in the government think about the people , they think in which way the can take more fortunes from Iraq , i think even the rights of mens gone now
01:07 20 Jun 2008, Muhammad wrote:
I think that the development of women's rights in my country has evolved very much, not only compared with last year, but also compared the situation in times past and present in other nearby communities
08:09 28 May 2008, Youssef Mouzahem wrote:
No it hasn't. Still the so-called "honor killing" takes place. Many women are forced to leave school early in order to marry.