Impresionantes las cifras que a día de hoy aun nos persiguen. Uno de cada cuatro hombres ha cometido una violación en la parte de Asia – Pacífico. ¿Lo peor? Que en la mayoría de ocasiones han quedado impunes.
Cifras aterradoras… Hoy en la India, han querido dar un «castigo ejemplar» condenando a cuatro de los violadores de Amanat a morir en la horca… ¿Os parece que es una acusación muy grave? ¿Se lo merecen? ¿Han hecho lo correcto?
Dos mujeres han matado a una niña por chivarse de que robaron un par de frutas de su finca. Las mujeres avisaron a la niña de que no lo hiciera y al delatar esta el «robo» de las frutas las dos mujeres la quemaron viva
Atroz, ¿No?
¿Qué punto de desesperación ha debido tener esta mujer para hacer esto? Para llegar al extremo de quemarse viva con sus cinco hijas de entre 2 y 12 años ha tenido que sufrir y aguantar mucho.
Esta mujer se ha quemado por solo traer niñas al mundo en lugar de varones, bueno no exactamente por esto, se ha quemado viva porque su marido la pegaba palizas por ese motivo.
El gobierno de extrema derecha de la India no ha tenido nada mejor que hacer que repartir cuchillos a las mujeres (21 mil para ser exactos) para que se defiendan ante los agresores «Así como cortan verduras que les cortes la mano»
Me parece muy irónico, mas, me suena a broma que para luchas frente a las violaciones se repartan cuchillos. Es decir en lugar de acabar con las violaciones vamos a hacer que estás se conviertan en asesinatos. Porque digo yo… un hombre que se atreve a entrar en una casa a violar si ve que la mujer le saca un cuchillo, ¿no se lo quitará para clavárselo él a ella? Digo yo
La diabetes en India está aumentando en especial las mujeres. Aquí os dejo un artículo sobre el tema:
Indian women with diabetes still play ‘caretaker role’ in the family and prioritise the health of others above their own
The disease itself may not discriminate on the basis of gender, but when it comes to healthcare for patients with diabetes, women in India find themselves at a disadvantage compared with men.
This is the conclusion of a study, Impact of Gender on Care of Type 2 Diabetes in Varkala, Kerala, which analysed gender roles, norms and values in a household and found women patients to be more vulnerable.
This vulnerability influences all phases of diabetic care, according to the paper by Dr Mini P Mani at the Achutha Menon Centre for Health Science Studies (AMCHSS) in Thiruvananthapuram, the capital of the southern state of Kerala.
Even when they suffer from diabetes, women cannot abandon the «caretaker role» in the family and have to continue to prioritise the health of other family members above their own, the study found. Inequitable access to resources prevents early diagnosis of the disease in women.
Women pay more attention to the health of the men and children in the family, leaving them with less time to devote to their own wellbeing, said Rosy Raphy, who teaches at a school in Munambam, near the central Kerala town of Kochi.
«As someone who has lived with diabetes for 26 years,» Raphy told IPS, «I can say that I was not aware of the disease and did not take due care because I was preoccupied with matters of the family. As a result, my case got aggravated.»
Of particular concern to women and gynaecologists in the country isgestational diabetes mellitus (GDM), a form of the disease that affects pregnant women. The incidence of GDM has grown fourfold in the past 10 years, according to Dr B Rajkumar, a doctor of Indian systems of medicine at the Keezhariyoor government ayurveda dispensary in the state’s northern coastal district of Kozhikode.
«Earlier, pregnant women would engage in physical activity while doing housework. Today, the lifestyle of women has changed. Lack of exercise affects the body. And obesity, too, is a cause of gestational diabetes,» he said.
One in five pregnant women in Ahmedabad in the western state of Gujarat were found to have GDM, according to a study by the Diabetes Care Institute, whose results were reported in February. Women with GDM were at higher risk of developing diabetes later in life, warned an earlier study in Kerala’s neighbouring state of Tamil Nadu, conducted by a group of doctors led by endocrinologist Dr V Seshiah.
«They are the ideal group to be targeted for lifestyle modification or pharmacologic intervention in order to delay or postpone the onset of overt diabetes. Hence, an important public health priority in the prevention of diabetes is to address maternal health both during the ante- and post-partum period,» the study said.
Medical researchers believe that the disease, earlier considered an ailment of the rich, is on the rise in India. Nearly 70 million people – half of them women – in a population of 1.21 billion have diabetes, and the number is predicted to rise to 101 million by 2030.
Nearly 60% of diabetics in India have never been screened or diagnosed due to a lack of awareness, according to a 2012 report published by the Brussels-based International Diabetes Federation, an umbrella organisation of diabetes associations in 160 countries. The study said nearly 63% did not even know the complications that arise from the disease.
Doctors attending the four-day World Congress of Diabetes in April, organised by Diabetes India in Kochi, suggested India-specific treatment guidelines for helping the rapidly growing number of patients in the country.
Dr Jothydev Kesavadev, the organising secretary for the fifth edition of the congress and the moderator for glucose monitoring consensus guidelines, told IPS that low-income patients suffer the most as they lack medical insurance.
«Though there are international guidelines for the treatment of diabetes, there is an urgent need for country-oriented guidelines,» he said, «especially in areas of glucose monitoring and use of insulin in hospitals, besides taking into consideration the socioeconomic status of a patient and the country.»
Healthcare experts say a combination of dietary pattern, sedentary lifestyle, obesity and genetic predisposition puts Indians at a unique risk of acquiring diabetes. Dr Meenu Hariharan, director of the Indian Institute of Diabetes in Thiruvananthapuram, told IPS that Indians were more prone genetically to diabetes than Europeans.
«Reduced physical activity and obesity accelerate the onset of diabetes in genetically predisposed people,» she said. Starch-rich diets and increased intake of tinned foods with a high content of preservatives are other culprits. Studies and screening programmes have highlighted the fact that diabetes is spreading fast across India.
Cases of diabetes are higher in the four southern states – Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and Kerala – than in other states, according to the results of a countrywide blood-testing campaign conducted under the national programme for prevention and control of cancer, diabetes, cardiovascular diseases and strokes by the health ministry.
In Tamil Nadu, 11.8% of people tested positive for diabetes, 10.2% in Karnataka, 8.8% in Kerala, and 8.7% in Andhra Pradesh, compared with only 3% in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh, which reported the lowest incidence of the disease.
Alarmingly, rural areas are also seeing a rise in diabetes rates, as a fallout of rapid urbanisation. However, the incidence of the disease remains higher in cities than in villages, according to Dr V Ramankutty, a health activist and professor at AMCHSS.
Talking to IPS, he charted the rise in the incidence of the disease. A survey in the early 1970s, he said, found only 2.3% of the urban population and 1.5% of the rural population to have diabetes. But by 1992, the proportion had risen to 8.2% and 2.4% for urban and rural areas, respectively. A repeat survey after five years found an even higher prevalence of the disease in urban areas, at 11.6%.
But insulin-deficient diabetes in children is less common in India than in western countries, said Dr GD Thapar, former director of the Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital in New Delhi. In his book How to Lead a Healthy Life Despite Diabetes, he emphasised how crucial breastfeeding is to prevent the disease in children.
Fuente: http://www.guardian.co.uk/global-development/2013/may/24/diabetes-india-women-disadvantage
Otra noticia sobre los terribles atentados contra los derechos de la mujer. Esta vez han quemado viva a una mujer ¿Lo peor? ha sido su propia familia ¿El motivo? Por intentar escaparse con su novio.
El gobierno Indio quiere hacer desaparecer la lencería de los escaparates ya que cree que eso provoca a los hombres a hacer actos incorrectos.
Con esto yo entiendo que ahora culpan a los escaparates con lencería de toda la oleada de violaciones… ¿Vosotros que opináis?
Las autoridades de la ciudad india de Bombay están preparando una ley que prohibirá mostrar maniquíes con lencería o bikinis en los escaparates de las tiendas.
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Cómo ya hemos dicho algunas otras veces no todo son malas noticias: la primera mujer amputada en escalar el Everest es India, hay un grupo de mujeres que luchan por la igualdad: La Brigada Roja, y otras noticias buenas.
Por eso hoy os voy a hablar sobre una nueva iniciativa que seguramente salve a muchas mujeres de ser infelices toda su vida. En otros artículos hemos visto como casi todos los matrimonios en este país son concertados por los padres y esto ha causado el suicidio a muchas mujeres, por casarse con el hombre no deseado.
¿Sonrisas desde la India gracias a «Yuwa» y a la «Donosti Cup»? ¿Qué es eso? Os lo explico. Ya sabemos cuál es la terrible situación de las niñas en India (las casan pronto, la mayoría son analfabetas, las hacen trabajar desde pequeñas…) Pues el proyecto Yuwa intentar evitar lo que he comentado anteriormente. Yuwa es un proyecto de fútbol que permite a las niñas compaginar sus estudios con el fútbol haciéndolas que se vuelvan organizadas. Al ser parte de este proyecto las permite viajar, conocer sitios… y evitar el matrimonio a una edad temprana.
Ahora ya sabemos que es el proyecto Yuwa. ¿Y la Donosti Cup? Es un torneo de fútbol que se celebra en San Sebastián y en el que han sido invitadas para que cumplan uno de sus sueños: viajar y conocer sitios nuevos. Para poder pagar los billetes lo han hecho a través de Crowdfunding. Por el momento ya tienen los pasaportes (que no ha sido fácil conseguirlos)
¿Conseguirán el dinero y estas niñas de la India podrán cumplir uno de sus sueños? ¡Ya lo han conseguido! Aunque si consiguen más compraran material escolar y deportivo para estas chicas. Así que si queréis hacer una donación, os dejo aquí el enlace:
http://goteo.org/project/yuwa-at-donosti-cup
Ser mujer en la India 