Did you know that approximately over 6,000 women die within a year due to honour killings carried out throughout the world?
It should be understood that women possess equal rights as men for education and for all the other perspectives of life. The time has come to stop all these barbarian acts. The sad part about honour crimes is that, the decision to kill your own daughter or your wife is taken by the men in the family itself. What is the honour they get by killing these innocent women who struggle throughout their entire life? What is the honour the family gets by doing so?
Since the time women in these countries were born, they are being dominated by men and they are being treated worse than animals. Honestly not much people around the world know that these kinds of acts are carried out by certain countries of the world due to cultural and educational backgrounds. The sad part is, many of these acts are justified by the laws of the particular countries.
The time has come to be aware of this awful situation and this is the time to act against honour crime.
This poem is inspired by the book – “Burned Alive - Souad’
