SRINAGAR: Social Activist and Prolific Writer Syed Karar Hashmi said that J&K being a zone of disputed territory between India and Pakistan from decades, resulted violence related cases and sufferings against women by the hands of security forces as well as militants. Women in Kashmir are struggling hard against inequalities, discriminations, justice and rights amid tough and challenging environment. The rates of widows are alarmingly at increase due to continuous killings and counter killings in the troubled state of Jammu and Kashmir. Several movements against women atrocities and violence raised by feminist organizations in the state are enough to understand the plight of the problem at ground. The latest sex scandal surfaced in south Kashmir depicts the criminal tendencies and psychology of people involved to tarnish the image of women or previous One of Srinagar In year 2006. She lives in a great fear, uncertainty and chaos in such a state, were accused of Asifa of Kathua, gang rappers and killers are still enjoy impunity and roaming without fear. We have left no stone unturned to project the image of women living in Kashmir as empowering and in a transitional phase, but it is all in papers only.
Karar Hashmi Said that it is unfortunate that, “The latest survey report of Kashmir based trust Tehreek-e-fahalluh Muslimeen shocked everyone in the state told that 10,000 girls have crossed marriageable age in Srinagar alone, due to different reasons. To add here, major reason is the hostile atmosphere and prevailing situations responsible for all this frenzy mess against our women folk. She is the architect of our future generation and is an important component of social management. It is she who gives birth to all the prophets, scientists, engineers, Political thinkers, leaders, philosophers and other great personalities but the graph of crime is rising at an alarming level against her.”
Islam has provided women more rights than men but it is unfortunate that till date Women have never enjoyed her Life under the shade of Security and always discriminated .The big slogan of international conferences, summits, voluntary organizations, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) is directly related to issues of injustice with women as the central theme to act. Despite all of these efforts, the atrocities like dowry deaths, sexual harassment, female feticide, molestation, rape, women trafficking, domestic violence and so on is coming into surface increasingly from each and every corner without any big achievement across state. Hashmi added
We have not forgotten Nelofar and Asifa of Shopian or Rape Victims of KonanPoshpora . Will raise voice louder and louder till Justice will not be delivered. The recent suicide of a Girl in south Kashmir due to her photograph gone somehow viral on Social networking sites in an eye-opener to understand. How empowered are our Women? Syed added