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"Mr President, it is difficult to appreciate the extent of the physical and mental violence and the brutality against women in Pakistan and Afghanistan, unless we remember that the legal system there is a mixture of Islamic and secular law. The irrationality of the outcome of this is the result of interpretations of Sharia law. Thus, for example, if a woman is raped, that is adultery on her part, and the shame redounds to the woman’s male relations. Such an interpretation is a disgrace to Islam. It is against life, humanity and human justice.
In both countries, however, the trend has been two-pronged: a small but growing number of women exert influence in the upper echelons of society, while, in rural areas, women live in extreme poverty. It is easier for a woman, for example, to set up her own design business in the city than to sell vegetables in the countryside.
Of course, it is a positive sign that the status of women has improved in some aspects, but sustainable change will be impossible to achieve if there are to be different rules in force in different areas and for different social classes. Now it is important to focus on women’s problems in rural areas also, because the improvement in human rights, as indicated in the statistics, does not correspond to the actual situation."@en1
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