Comments on: Helping the help

By: Muhammad Ikram

Muhammad Ikram — Wed, 04 Jul 2012 11:11:25 +0000

Why most of the time we are just raising the issues, and left it behind like a past days. We should also analyse all these matters with the teaching of ISLAM, the news/story should not be taken as past days, we have to work on from the deep roots of our society to improved and develop eternal moral strength of self accountability / ALLAH Fear.

By: sana

sana — Wed, 04 Jul 2012 07:42:20 +0000

Though the writer has raised a very valid point and we should do efforts to get rid of this sort of social curse! but i tend to agree with Nosheen that writer should not have concluded the reason for such problems by writing that gender segregation as one of the most imprtant factors! hence i agree with Nosheen when she says "If gender segregation is the only reason than there shoud be no sexual harassment in west"!

By: Muhammad Ikram

Muhammad Ikram — Wed, 04 Jul 2012 06:46:25 +0000

As per pure teaching of ISLAM "What you love/expect for your self same for the other"

But it need allot of sacrifices, that may be in any form. If we want to groomed our society for piece/honor, tolerance and purity, so we should opt these sacrifices otherwise we and our society will be enlightened.

Regards

By: dhk

dhk — Tue, 03 Jul 2012 16:05:58 +0000

"opening up gradually" … suspicious intent, i see.

By: nosheen

nosheen — Tue, 03 Jul 2012 12:09:48 +0000

If gender segregation is the only reason than there shoud be no sexual harassment in west.

By: Jutt

Jutt — Tue, 03 Jul 2012 10:11:16 +0000

I agree with the writer at her depicting the miserable condition of the domestic workers and her concern to protect the rights of the domestic workers in menial jobs. The low wage workers are known as 'innate criminal' and being less fortunate the law enforcing agencies the police in particular takes advantage of the aforementioned innocents by inflicting sexual harassment towards the less privileged and not chasing the case. Consequently the sexually abused minors and females are in a great fix leaving everything up to their destiny continue suffering from both sides. A few years ago while working for an NGO for those subject to HIV aids, a police official revealed it to me in an interview that he became subject to HIV aids by indulging in sexual activities with those females caught up with their boy friends in the parks, beach and vising places; they took them to the police station and did what they wanted to do. We really need to protect the rights of the domestic workers by providing them legal aid and awareness through media.

By: ALi

ALi — Tue, 03 Jul 2012 07:10:16 +0000

It is extremely one sided and ofcourse moulded in a way that we feel so pitty about the situation exist in our housholds. But i dont actually totally agree with you, this problem is an extension of many minor problems. If we talk about the domestic voilance or women working in housholds , we are actually bounding the extent of this problem. The angle of looking these matter should be broad enough that it should cover up the workforce regardless of housholds or working women, who actually take benifit of being harrassed. Our society is so much complexed with the issue related to harrassment. The need is to discuss this issue in a wider range of connected issue.

By: Sohaib YAHIA

Sohaib YAHIA — Tue, 03 Jul 2012 03:50:16 +0000

Right on dot! Too much emphasis on gender-segregation since the beginning is the root cause of such negative display of frustrations.

Also important to note is that households that are fortunately free from sexual abuse curse, the abuse takes different forms there like extended working hours, no care on health and hygiene of the domestic worker and so on and so forth. This is a sad reflection of mindset of people from this part of the world whose history is blotted with horrifying rulers and slaves concept tales.

By: aysha

aysha — Tue, 03 Jul 2012 02:09:52 +0000

A salute the writer for bringing up that sensitive issue.

By: Khizr

Khizr — Tue, 03 Jul 2012 00:28:58 +0000

Very thought provoking article on one of the socials evils of the society. It is a sad sad situation that our cumulative social morals are on a decline for so long.