View Full Version : Most countries lack domestic violence laws, UN report says...
Kitka
10-16-2006, 06:24 PM
More than half the 192 member states of the United Nations have no laws to punish men who are violent against women, a U.N. report showed on Tuesday.... (http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061011/hl_nm/un_women_violence_dc_2)
...Mayanja said the greatest challenge would be attempting to change cultural values on violence against women.
"We have to work within the communities, we have to change the values gradually, but it has start in the community. It cannot be dictated from outside of the community," she said.
The report cited practices that subjugate women on the basis of tradition and religion, including female genital mutilation, child marriage, and "honor killings" to restore a family's reputation.
"The politicization of culture in the form of religious 'fundamentalisms'... had become a serious challenge to efforts to secure women's human rights," the report said.
It wasn't that long ago when crimes towards women / children were downplayed or ignored in this country as well.
The Q
10-17-2006, 10:28 PM
:mad
I am very passionate about womens' rights. I just...I cannot fathom not protecting women against domestic violence, rape, and even the less violent crime of discrimination.
ADQ
Kurtz
10-30-2006, 08:39 PM
I read the link in the OP and didn't find the info as to the cause of violence against women and children. I suspect religious beliefs are the basis and foundation of these barbaric laws allowing men to rule and punish according to some good book.
Wabash
11-02-2006, 02:34 PM
Kurt means short in German........
Wabash
11-02-2006, 02:34 PM
Kurtz means short in German........
Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.........
WilliamJ
11-03-2006, 05:28 PM
It wasn't that long ago when crimes towards women / children were downplayed or ignored in this country as well.
When was that?
WilliamJ
11-03-2006, 05:28 PM
:mad
I am very passionate about womens' rights. I just...I cannot fathom not protecting women against domestic violence, rape, and even the less violent crime of discrimination.
ADQ
Your kind has done so well with this in the ME.
Semantics
11-03-2006, 10:02 PM
Your kind has done so well with this in the ME.
It's a problem everywhere, WilliamJ. We're lucky to live in a country that has made great strides.
TrueBlue
11-04-2006, 08:21 AM
Your kind has done so well with this in the ME.
What do you mean, "her kind"?
As for when domestic violence was ignored here in the US, it was not that long ago.
It was considered a family matter.
The movie, "The Burning Bed" was considered a breakthrough moment for awareness of domestic violence.
When was that?
About 20 years ago is when child abuse became public awareness issue. Divorces weren't permitted as readily as they are today until late '60s. It was OK for hubby to smack the little wifey and kids around if he had a bad day. No one called the cops - they wouldn't do anything anyway. After all, if wifey would have had dinner ready on time, then he wouldn't have had to get angry. The wife wouldn't say anything, b/c she didn't have the skills to support herself and the kids - IF she actually got to keep custody of the kids.
UNFORTUNATELY - it swung so far the other direction, that now false reports of child abuse / DV are believed in an instant without any physcial proof - leading to incidents of innocent people being wrongly accused and convicted by DSS BEFORE ever getting a chance to find out what they have been accused of. Some lawyers make it standard language in a divorce and custody complaint.
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