challenges faced by our eastern womens

1. Women Challenges in
Eastern Society
Presented by:
Alishba Khan
ID: 2311-2017
Indus University

2. Who is Women?
• Holy Prophet Muhammad (SAW) said:
• Seeking knowledge is mandatory for every believer (Ibne Majah)
• I command you to be kind and considerate to women (Last Sermon)
• Women are, indeed, men’s partners (Abu Dawood)

3. Women Challenges in Eastern Society
Despite of great saying by Greatest Man (Muhammad SAW), Women
still faced challenges in eastern society especially in Pakistan
Few of them are highlighted below:
• Honor killings
• Domestic violence
• Forced Marriage/Child Marriage
• Acid throwing
• Dowry abuse
• Education

4. Honor Killing
• A form of gender-based violence, an
honor killing is the homicide of a
member of a family or social group
by other members, due to the
belief the victim has brought
dishonor upon the family or
community
• The killing is viewed as a way to
restore the reputation and honor of
the family

5. Domestic Violence
Domestic violence and emotional abuse are behaviors used by one
person in a relationship to control the other
• Name-calling or putdowns
• Keeping a partner from
contacting their family
• Withholding money
• Actual or threatened physical
harm
• Stalking
• Intimidation

6. Child Marriage
Child marriage is any marriage where one or both of the parties are
under 18 years of age.
• India is number on top in rate
of child marriages in world
• Bangladesh is on 2nd
• Pakistan comes at number 6th
• Globally, Over 700 million
women alive today were
married as children

7. Acid Throwing
Acid attack is a form of violent assault.
• Perpetrators of these attacks throw
acid at their victims (usually at their
faces), burning them, and damaging
skin tissue, often exposing and
sometimes dissolving the bones.
These are not dead bodies but living
victims of acid attacks

8. Women Education
Women education refers to every form of education that aims at
improving the knowledge, and skill of women and girls
• Pakistan, India and other eastern
countries of world have low literacy
rate overall
• Most of the rural areas of eastern
countries prevent girls from taking
any kind of education

9. We should stand to……..

10. Thanks