Gender Based Violence in Gilgit-Baltistan
Violence or coercion that culminates in physical ,sexual and mental suffering of gender(male/female).It embues threats and arbitrary deprivation of liberty in private or public walks of life. The literacy rate of Gilgit-Baltistan is higher than other provinces but unfortunately a recent survey on "husbands beating wife is considered okay" throughout Gilgit-Baltistan by women of northern Pakistan. Respondents were asked about the following reasons for husbands perpetrating violence against their wives: if the woman goes out without telling the husband, neglects the children, argues with her husband, refuses copulation and burns the food. https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/749999-gb-women-accept-wife-beating This study is an eye opener for everyone where women are proponents of battering.Ostensibly women are oblivious of their rights.Perhaps they are immune to direct,economic ,cultural and structural violence. The so called proponents are unaware as batterers want to ...