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 control and influence through coercion ,threats ,male privilged emotional abuse and blackmailing.

A few men in Gilgit-Baltistan think females as a commodity to satiate their physical desires.This is the chunk who are literate but not really educated.The very class idealises contemporary socio-biological theory of gender based violence which explains physical strength and evolution of man's agression in primitive era of hunting.

Women Harrasment in Karakorum International Gilgit is yet another example of gender based violence.The female students in educational institutions are not even safe.

Child abuse and rape are common these days.The misery is , they are not even discussed considering them tabbo.

Let me remind an incident of a juvenile Zainab's rape some months back when her rape had been considered "Clerical mistake" after thorough verification via medical report and agile investigation of Gilgit-Baltistan Police.

Father Najeeb of the victim had committed suicide when he was given deaf ears by echelons.His neighbour Iqbal Naji had been abducted in wee hours because he was the main witness who knew the truth so was he helping the father Najeeb to come out of the ordeal.This case was not made a discourse on social media painting it a matter of prestige and honor instead clouded.

Few days after the incident a conspiracy had been cooked against juvenile 11 to protect some anonymous elitist and influential figure.Angel
Zainab was unfortunately frammed in Police Press Conference as she was not kidnapped and raped rather she went to work-the reason she wasnot home for three days and she didnot disclose this to her father due to fear.

What a stinking society we have.The little girl and family have not been listened to rather intimidated because of the curse-poverty.How sick we and our values are that we even set victims up.Sighs.

Gender based violence must be silenced to lead a progressive society.We all need to grow giving prompt input to empower women considering them entity not a commodity.



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