[violence] honour crimes

Asma was 13 years old and in eighth grade. She was living with her parents and other siblings in a remote village of marsh land in Bangladesh. She had to walk a mile, cross a river and then walk another mile to attend the high school. She was only girl from her village who was attending high school. Most of the girls of her age were dropt out after completing primary education, getting married and giving birth. She had moved away from home to live with her aunt, who was located much closer to the school because she was under constant harassment on her way to school by a man of 27 years who proposed her a marry. As Asma refused his proposal and failed to push her to accept his offer than he sent his family to Asma’s family with a marriage proposal. The man was uneducated and a “bad boy.” Neither Asma nor her family approved of him. Moreover, Asma’s father told the family, “I want my daughter to continue her studies and I’m not going to marry her off now.” 

كانت حملة أوقفوا العنف ضد المرأة أول حملة عالمية طويلة الأجل تقوم بها منظمة العفو الدولية، إذ امتدت ست سنوات إلى عام 2010. وكانت حملة طموحة جداً على صعيد مادتها ولأنها اقتضت إجراء تغييرات جوهرية في طرائق عمل منظمة العفو الدوليةوبالتالي فإن تقرير مراجعة الحملة الذي نتج منها مفصل ومعقد، وهناك ترابط بين العديد من القضايا المهمة المتعلقة بأداء منظمة العفو الدولية وإنجازاتها، ولا يسعى تقرير التجميع هذا إلى إيجاز جميع التفاصيل والتعقيدات أو الإحاطة بها، بل يستهدف إلقاء الضوء على عملية التعلم الهامة ومناقشة القضايا الحرجة التي تواجهها منظمة العفو الدولية في المستقبل فيما يتعلق بحقوق المرأة والحملات العالمية الكبرى على السواء مع تقديم بعض التوصيات ويمكن العثور على التقرير الكامل.

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