The slightly disadvantaged gender by mother nature
on physical prowess and muscular strength, women , are prone to injustice and
violence in societies where there is no adequate awareness about mutual respect
and human rights. In Nepal, a country where patrimonial system is
traditionalized since many centuries, every woman has to face many challenges
and instances of injustice during the ups and downs of her life. Woman
injustice may vary from blatant injustice such as physical assault, rape or
domestic violence to subtle ones such as mockery, eve – teasing and even
uncomfortable gazes at the office.
Even in those societies where females are believed
to be equally empowered as males, there exist some degree of injustice to females.
Whenever someone tries to speak for the women’s rights, he/she is ridiculed and
despised calling him/her a feminist. Some religions like Islam openly support
women injustice by banning female education, accepting polygyny and female
genital mutilation. It is very difficult many a times to change the mindset of
an individual who is a fanatic of religion and of such socioeconomic background
where women are not valued.
Many instances of women injustice remain unknown to
the world. Most of the times, victim is unaware that she is in injustice ; and
even at times she knows it, she doesn’t want to report because the abuser is
her relative or she is afraid of social stigma ; and some don’t know the proper
channel and authority to report such cases.
First and foremost thing that we can do to stop
women injustice and prevent our girls from being victimized is educating them.
There’s a two way benefit of doing so : firstly she will be independent and be
capable to identify and report any instances of injustice and secondly, she
will never do any injustice to any other female and resist strongly if she
happens to see any. Formulating and implementing strong legislations against
the culprits of women injustice may also play a subsidiary role in minimizing
women injustice, but awareness and mutual respect is the best and surest way.
Lastly, as Mahatma Gandhi said, “ Be the change you
want to see.” . In order to stop women injustice , we must be an example
ourselves. We must be compassionate and accept each and every person as special
; and should never under any circumstances exploit our physical / intellectual
strength to subjugate others. We should be an example of change, we should
raise our voices against women violence. Then we’ll see the beauty of our
existence , unleash our true potential , and feel what a joyful life it is…!!!
