Just #trybeatingmelightly, see what happens
- BY: Kelsey Bourgeois
- TARGET: The Punjab Government
70,000
A law passed in Pakistan this March that will make it easier for victims of domestic violence to come forward. But not everyone is happy about it. The Council of Islamic Ideology, an extreme group that consults for the government has introduced a bill that would allow men to “lightly beat” their wives. In the past, the Pakistani government has listened to this group on family matters. Add your name here to urge the Punjab government to ignore their bill before any more women are abused with no route to recourse.
The CII’s bill states that men should be allowed to beat their wives if they “act out.” If for example, a wife shows too much skin, she can be beaten. Or, if she refuses sex, she can be beaten. This horrifying bill that advocates for the allowance of physical abuse is clearly in reaction to heightened women’s rights in the country.
The CII has tried to gain control over financial and political decisions, with little success. They have, however, had more success in the family sphere. For example, the legal marriage age in Pakistan is 16. Some groups wanted to increase it to 18, until the CII weighed in and the age stayed at 16. They have been lobbying for the legal marriage age to move to 12 for boys and 9 for girls for years.
It’s not altogether unsurprising that a group of religious zealots who wants to sanction child marriage also believes it is in their purview to control whether or not domestic violence is acceptable. The scary part of all of this is that t...more
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