WOMEN'S RIGHTS




Any country cannot emerge as a developed, progressive and enlightened state unless women enjoy equal rights and are allowed equal opportunities of growth. More often than not women are discriminated against in one way or another purely on the basis of their gender, which is shocking beyond belief. NWHO is a strong exponent of women empowerment and wants to see their participation in all walks of life. For many years, the women of Pakistan have been denied the most basic of rights – the rights to an education and even the rights to decide matters relating to their own marriage and divorce. Those denied these rights are also deprived of the right of equality in a male dominated society where women remain subservient to men.

New World HOPE help socially, morally and economically the widows, divorcees, and wives of the disabled persons, we are also arranging for these women’s training centre in different institutes of the country. This inequality is a matter of serious concern and in need of urgent attention.

A large portion of women in Pakistan are forced to suffer domestic violence each year– such as beatings, torture, being burned, disfigured with acid or even murdered by their own families. Others suffer sexual violence by family members, strangers and even the police. Honor killings are rampant, as is abuse and torture in custody. All of which are considered by many in Pakistan to be social and cultural “norms”.

In Pakistan remains a worrying phenomenon Violence against women. Cultural beliefs and the structure of the family where a man is the head of the house hold and the women is answerable to him, leads to and legitimizes the punishments and violence inflicted upon women. Women are forced to live in “Char Divari” (within four walls) and are expected to play their role in the house only. Most the crimes against women are done in the name of social traditions. Traditions, that themselves are gnawing at the roots of Pakistani social and legal fabric. At every turn are contradictions – where a man can commit the most serious of crimes in the name of honor and a woman cannot even fight for self-defence.

The sale of women, karo kari incidents, death by burning, forced marriages and the curse of a dowry reflect the real state of affairs in the country. And with the passage of time, these social problems have become more complicated. The more one examines the problems faced by women in Pakistan and the ignorance that prevails in sections of society, the more it seems that to be a woman may alone be a crime in Pakistan.

The New World Hope Organization has been fighting for the cause of women for the last 10 years and in this time we have managed to help thousands – directly through legal support, medical support and providing vocational training centers to help individuals gain skills, either free of charge or at very affordable costs. The computer training center and the sewing training center in , Wah Cantt, Gujranwala, Gujar Khan continues to operate successfully, to indirectly by the closing down of woman “mandis” (markets) and changes in the legal system.However, in the Pakistani setup - women are to men as flies to wanton boys who kill them out of sport. These vicious traditions cause harrowing incidents daily and result in uproar in the media and some levels of society, but people stick by them simply because they do not have the sense and use of true information to stand up against them.