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"On the run from a violent husband"
I chose an article with the headline "On the run from a violent husband":
http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportId=88636&utm_source=f...
which describes the plight of 25-year-old Naseeba Bibi who is struggling in the streets of Lahore with her 3 children.
The article begins by explaning the Urdu expression "chaddar aur chardawari" which suggests that women are safest under the chaddar (shawl) or in the home (chardawari). "A woman's place is in the home" is a similar English expression.
Abusive husbands are not just found in Pakistan and women like Naseeba can be found in affluent towns with well-educated populations in the USA--my town included. It is depressing that after decades of education, awareness, enacting laws, etc., we still have this problem.
A partial solution, at least in my community, has been to provide a safe place for these women and children to live and to provide resources (including employment opportunities--the center operates two businesses, a doc**ent shredding company and a a food catering business) for them to become independent from their abusers. The article does not offer any solutions for Naseeba. According to this site,
http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/4b7cee8528.html
there is an internationally funded shelter, called Dastak, and a privately funded shelter, called Edhi, that both operate in Lahore. In addition to providing food and shelter, women staying at
Dastak and Edhi can access free legal representation.
Here is more information about the Dastak shelter:
http://www.oxfamnovib.nl/id.html?id=PROJ_DETAIL&pid=PAK-501818-...
I found this information about the Edhi foundation, but it doesn't mention a crisis shelter specifically for women and children.
http://www.edhifoundation.com/default.asp
Is there hope? This headline suggests so:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100408/ap_on_re_as/as_pakistan_domesti...
but I have to agree with the quote in the article:
"Laws are very good, but unless and until you change the mindset of the people, things won't change," said Nayyar Shabana Kiyani, who has worked
on the legislation as part of the The Aurat Foundation.
http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportId=88636&utm_source=f...
which describes the plight of 25-year-old Naseeba Bibi who is struggling in the streets of Lahore with her 3 children.
The article begins by explaning the Urdu expression "chaddar aur chardawari" which suggests that women are safest under the chaddar (shawl) or in the home (chardawari). "A woman's place is in the home" is a similar English expression.
Abusive husbands are not just found in Pakistan and women like Naseeba can be found in affluent towns with well-educated populations in the USA--my town included. It is depressing that after decades of education, awareness, enacting laws, etc., we still have this problem.
A partial solution, at least in my community, has been to provide a safe place for these women and children to live and to provide resources (including employment opportunities--the center operates two businesses, a doc**ent shredding company and a a food catering business) for them to become independent from their abusers. The article does not offer any solutions for Naseeba. According to this site,
http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/4b7cee8528.html
there is an internationally funded shelter, called Dastak, and a privately funded shelter, called Edhi, that both operate in Lahore. In addition to providing food and shelter, women staying at
Dastak and Edhi can access free legal representation.
Here is more information about the Dastak shelter:
http://www.oxfamnovib.nl/id.html?id=PROJ_DETAIL&pid=PAK-501818-...
I found this information about the Edhi foundation, but it doesn't mention a crisis shelter specifically for women and children.
http://www.edhifoundation.com/default.asp
Is there hope? This headline suggests so:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100408/ap_on_re_as/as_pakistan_domesti...
but I have to agree with the quote in the article:
"Laws are very good, but unless and until you change the mindset of the people, things won't change," said Nayyar Shabana Kiyani, who has worked
on the legislation as part of the The Aurat Foundation.
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