Saturday, October 04, 2008

Jordanian Women Jailed as Protection against Honor Killings..

Every year, up to 20 Jordanian women are murdered in honour killings.
In Rita’s* case, a close male relative attempted to kill her in a brutal attack. In response, the country’s 12 governors have been given the power to lock up the innocent victims, rather than go after the would-be perpetrators.
Yet the girls are clear examples of previous long-term detention and thanks to Mizan, a women’s advocacy group, they’ve finally been released. When Bou Melhem meets them they’re in a half-way house, very soon to move into their own accommodation.

It’s the only program of its type operating in the Middle East and under it, the women will assume new identities and re-locate far from their families.

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2 comments:

  1. Anonymous12:34 AM

    You should read these and post these articles too. :)

    http://goliath.ecnext.com/coms2/gi_0199-2039162/Abused-nuns-ignored-in-Roman.html

    http://www.slate.com/id/2175299/

    http://www.wendymcelroy.com/ifeminists/2002/0625.html

    http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/01/12/1041990185023.html

    http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2001/mar/21/philipwillan

    http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C06E5D7123FF930A25753C1A960958260

    http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1738718/posts

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  2. Anonymous6:47 PM

    http://www.thereligionofpeace.com/Muhammad/myths-mu-rape.htm

    Hope it shed some light into you and others

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