Violence Against Women Is Not An Issue That Can Be Denied
Leila Alikarami
“A lot of people still do not want to accept there is violence in our
society and this is tantamount to denying the existence of a problem.”
Shahindokht Molaverdi, the Vice President in charge of women and family
affairs, made this statement and described the situation of violence
against women in Iran as “worrying” and “serious”.
Violence against women is an issue that exists in all societies. In most
developed countries, to a large extent this violence has been harnessed
through building the suitable the legal and cultural bedrock, but this
does not mean that violence has been eliminated completely in those
countries, and in fact violence against women still manifests itself in
different forms and shapes even in the developed world.
However, the situation in the under developed or less developed
countries is completely different. In such countries, there is very
little cultural program or cultural planning to counter the phenomenon
of violence against women. On the other hand, the presence of
discriminatory laws itself has become a tool for the spread of violence
against women.
