7 terrible abuses suffered by women around the world

None of these abuses were done in America.

I'm proud to be a Native Pittsburgher, and an American.

I can't say I'm a Native American, but I can be a Native Pittsburgher, go figular.

because we'd be in every village and two horse town in the world which is not practical, and mainly because they don't have oil nor can they cause any harm to the U.S.

why does the government send troops to fight terrorists to our country but do nothing about the terrorists that do this to innocent women worldwide?

As kennymotown said, the civilizations that women ruled were mostly prosperous and peaceful.
In Pagan history, women were revered, for they were the bringers of life.
In Christian history, women were reduced to 2nd class citizens, and lower.

Perhaps here, in this type of setting, a stronger movement can begin to do away with these atrocities.

Thank you for sharing this. Although it is saddening, it is important to be reminded of the ones who are suffering. Stories like this are what motivate people to come together for the sake of humanity and do something.

I don't know how these rituals were ever started. How can anybody do any of this shit to a person? And the thing is, that a lot of people that don't live in these cultures don't know about it. More people should know about this.

Truly sickening, this is a worldwide sociological problem. Unfortunately such things cannot be chaned overnight. We need education systems. A ray of hope is within the article of genital mutilation. Many people in Egypt are standing up against it, and it is infecting others like wildfire. If we teach children of the world to think for themselves culture wont have as much of an influence. Many abusers and enablers fell "since it happened to me its going to happen to my children", or "thats just the way it is". We need to bring about freedom, through choice, to change the world.

So many of these atrocities are performed under the guise of culture and ritual, but no culture or ritual warrants violation of basic human rights.

These abuses truly shows that women are the inferior sex in the world, and yet women have the most bless gift of giving life to others.

And people still wonder why feminist exist.

thats horrible....... i mean men can be asswipes but this is bad... not that women cant be either.. but THAT is terrible..........

and people still complain about being American. no one knows how easy we have it.

These are things that bring shame to all humans.

When someone abuses someone it is about power and control. It would not matter if the "victim was less girlish, less talkative, more talkative, less sexual, more sexual, etc". Violence towards another is about the violent person and his/her belief that they have an inherent right to harm another because they want to.

Not always, but over 90% of violence towards a partner, real abuse is male on female. It is about those men believing in male privilege and that they have the final word, the dominate role, etc.

I couldn't follow the links to read the stories. My stomach is still turning just thinking about it. I'd seen enough in the eyes of the women in the pictures.

As aggravated as I get with the United States, it is things like this that make me thankful that I am an American Citizen.

i feel ill now.

One method to end domestic violence in America is to stop teaching girls to be pretty and dainty and all that. I don't mean encourage girls to be creepy female bodybuilders (I don't like male bodybuilders either, just to note), I mean teach girls that it's okay to be "boyish," as the term would seem to be.

I don't like the way society trains girls to be a certain way.

Thank you for bringing more needed attention to the horrific truth of women's suffering all over the world. I don't even know what else to say, except that I wish there was more that I could do.

even in America women have a chance to stand up for our rights but we still allow men to dominate us. It is sad but people need to be more educated on such important and pressing topics...If people do not start treating women right the world will continue to suffer. the divine feminine is the key to the healing that the planet needs...

Professionally, I have worked with abused women and children for 25 years in the USA. The acts of abuse are horrendous and often lead to murder of the woman and her children.

Abuse is abuse whether here in this country or worldwide. We all need to rise up in support of these women and children. We can support women's shelters nationwide, we can support women's world wide organizations, we can speak out.

I would hope that this article that Goldenways has brought to our attention is something that each of us can act on in some positive fashion. If we will it, work towards it, it will be so.

And these are just the things we tend to think of happening in developing countries. What about the ritual abuses of women that take place in so-called civilised countries like the UK or US? It's still so shocking to me that women can be considered second class citizens. How can any human being be worth less than another? It makes me sick.

wow.. i mean wtf?... none of these things are practiced in US...depressing...

My immediate reaction besides shock and rage is what can I do to make a difference. This is a humanitarian issue. I wish the Clinton Foundation would address this. I am going to write them a letter.

I am sickened and I am angry. This has to stop. I am going to the website that is international which focuses on women's issues. It is http://www.womensedge.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=366&...

There are many more websites and I am going to make this a priority. If I had not read it here I might not have been so stricken ..... this article just reached out and grabbed me.

This is all so terrible, I think education is the only answer. In thom Hartmanns book {last hours of Ancient Sunlight} he explains how in the past when women were the ones in charge, wars were never fought, population was held in check, and so much more for the society's they ruled. My heart goes out to those who suffer.

The abuse of women/children is an outrage and needs media attention, support from all of us, and folks supporting agencies that intervene. So many women in this world are unprotected and abused daily. As painful as it is to look at the pictures and read the articles it is nothing compared to their suffering.

This article is of great importance and I thank you for putting it in the news.

I have a good friend, a journalist who speaks and writes Russian, English and French as well as her native Kyrgyz. I am very worried about her because I haven't had news from her for over a year now, which is most unusual. Her mother, who died a couple of years ago, was a famous film-maker in Kyrgyzstan. My friend is one of those rare Kyrgyzstanis who descend from the Scythians and have Asian features but white skin, blue eyes and blond hair. As such, added to her high professional achievements, she is a most desirable woman, and I fear that she may have been kidnapped into a marriage she never desired.