The Oppression Of Women In Kurdish Societies

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The Kurdish societies is a male dominated community where women are oppressed through the way gender is perceived. The patriarchal system has came in to a large number of uneducated females in the past generations which has marginalized and disempowered women in a social and political way and forced these women to become largely dependent on the men of their society. Not only are females excluded in any decision making or powerful roles but they also face normalized of violence such as honor killings, beatings and all kind of forms of brutality. Recently it was also recorded that due to all of the psychological and emotional pressure the rate of suicide and “accidental burns” have increased with the Eastern and Southern Kurdistan regions