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Gender Violence in Asia 3/11/13 It took a gang rape of a little girl who ended up dead for India to be aware of the way girls and women are being discriminated and abused. Which researchers say, claims nearly 2 million lives in India each year. They now are trying to have meeting and group gathering for young girls and boys to learn how to stop the violence and abuse towards women. They will learn about the effects abuse has towards themselves and families and cause poverty. 30% of women in Vietnam report that they have been abused sexually and physically or psychological harmed. In China it is found that there are 3 out of 4 women who experience abuse in some part of there life. The governments don't support the women or really help them when they tell authorities. For example there was this women who killed her husband and is facing death because she reported he "had kicked and beaten her, stubbed out cigarettes on her face, cut off part of her finger, locked her in their home during the day without food or drink, and left her out on the balcony in wintertime while she was only partially clothed". Men pick women to marry out off a room full of young girls. Sometimes they abuse these girls for not doing sexual activities for the men. Women get burned, whipped and sometimes chained up for not doing either what the men want or not doing a good enough idea. Some men have been arrested for these acts. We focus on women mostly but there are young boys involved too.[|Women Act] [|the task force] [|saving face][|report] [|violence][|India learn respect]

Chris Penn- this is very interesting. I never new that the government doesn't help victims of abuse. That very sad and it sorta angers me

Dani Kelly- These kind of things upset me. People can only take so much. After a life of torture, that woman probably had no other option, and it's unbelievable that her husband was not punished before.

Brooke Peters - It's very sad that the world is like this. Innocent children are abused and women are the majority of the victims of domestic violence. Hopefully some day people won't be so ignorant as to discriminate against women like they do now.

Ian Ebling-This is so sad. it makes me angry how other countries are so blind to how they are treating their own people. Great topic though, and very interested.

Katie Carle-This is a very eye-opening topic and it seems like India, China, and Vietnam are choosing to ignore this abuse of women. Also, I wonder why now that they know about it, they don't start doing something about or get more awareness out about it, but maybe they are just starting to do that. Great topic!

Justin Gaukler: I can't believe the authorities do not do anything to help the victims of this sort of abuse. What kind of person would lock someone on the balcony in the winter without food or water? This is a very sad story indeed.

Rachel Shelley-This kind of story outrages me. Violence to women is never acceptable and the high rates of sexual abuse against women in India is disgusting and should be made a top priority of reforms.