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RSS FeedsAfter girlīs killing, Pakistani women speak out on abuse
(WorldNews Pakistan)

 
 

23 january 2018 12:58:35

 
After girlīs killing, Pakistani women speak out on abuse
(WorldNews Pakistan)
 


KASUR, Pakistan (AP) - The brutal rape and killing of Zainab Ansari, a 7-year-old girl whose body was left in a garbage dump, has unleashed a wave of revulsion around Pakistan, revealing a string of child abductions and killings by a suspected serial predator and generating outrage at a culture of silence surrounding sexual abuse. Zainab’s death has even given birth to a nascent Pakistani version of #MeToo movement. A number of prominent Pakistani women have come forward with their own stories of sexual assault, saying they want to change traditions that consider abuse as a mark of shame for the victim. Those traditions, they say, help predators get away with abuse and encourage an...


 
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