Terrible atrocities are committed against

untold numbers of women around the world

every day and for most of these women,

justice will never be served.

This is a list of the worst of the atrocities.

(PRAVDA)

5. Honor Killing

Honor Killing is a punitive murder,

committed by members of a family against a female

member of their family whom the family and/or

wider community believes to have brought

dishonor upon the family.

A woman is usually targeted for:

refusing an arranged marriage,

being the victim of a sexual assault,

seeking a divorce (even from an abusive husband),

or committing adultery or fornication.

These killings result from the perception that any

behavior of a woman that “dishonors” her family is

justification of a killing that would otherwise

be deemed murder.

UNICEF has reported that in India,

more than 5,000 brides are killed annually

because their marriage dowries are considered

insufficient.

As of 2004, honor killings have occurred

within parts of various countries, such as Albania,

Bangladesh, Brazil, Canada, Denmark, Ecuador,

Germany, India, Iraq, Israel, Italy, Pakistan,

Saudi Arabia, Sweden, Uganda,

United Kingdom and the United States.

 

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4. Bride burning

Bride Burning is a form of domestic violence

practiced in parts of India,

Pakistan, Bangladesh and other countries

located on or around the Indian subcontinent.

In bride burning cases it is alleged that a man,

or his family, douses his wife with kerosene,

gasoline, or other flammable liquid,

and sets the woman alight,

leading to death by fire.

 

3. Acid attacks

Acid Attacks are a violent phenomena that

primarily occur in Afghanistan.

Perpetrators of these attacks throw acid at

their victims (usually at their faces),

burning them.

The consequences include permanent scarring

of the face and body as well as potential blindness.

Acid attacks are sometimes referred to as vitriolage.

2. Female genital mutilation

Female genital mutilation refers to all

procedures involving partial or total removal

of the external female genitalia or other

injury to the female genital organs whether

for cultural, religious or other

non-therapeutic reasons.

FGM is practiced throughout the world,

with the practice concentrated most heavily in Africa.

There have been many concerted efforts

by the WHO to end the practice.

Among practicing cultures,

FGM is most commonly performed between

the ages of four and eight, but can take

place at any age from infancy to adolescence.

The procedure,

when performed without anesthetic,

can lead to death through shock from

immense pain or excessive bleeding.

1. Ritual servitude

In parts of Ghana,

a family may be punished for an offense

by having to turn over a virgin female

to serve as a sex slave within the offended family.

In this system of slavery of ritual servitude,

young virgin girls are given as slaves

in traditional shrines and are used

sexually by the priests in addition

to providing free labor.