What in the world…
A look at women’s issues around the world.
In Argentina, a rape victim abortion case polarises the country where terminations of pregnancy are mostly illegal.
Abortion is illegal in much of Latin America, home to half the world’s Catholics. In Argentina alone, between 500,000 and 700,000 clandestine abortions are practiced each year..In Kenya, teenage pregnancy accounts for over 30 per cent of school dropouts.
In Orissa, this rape-accused marries his victim “despite belonging to a different caste”, their “well-wishers hosted a grand feast”, and er, the accused now hopes that the complaint will be withdrawn.
It’s all really about withdrawing the complaints, isn’t it? In Bengal, this rape victim was offered a “compromise” by a bunch of village strongmen and allegedly urged to withdraw her complaint. When she refused, she was forced to flee her village.
Over 58000 cases of rape are pending trial in various courts in India.
well wishers help a grand feast
This depresses me beyond belief.
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Comment by megha — August 2, 2006 @ 6:57 pm
It’s awful, isn’t it..that marriage to the rapist is seen as a solution to rape…
Comment by Uma — August 9, 2006 @ 8:18 am