KUWAIT: All over the world, women are subjected to various forms of violence and brutality. In the Middle East, the case isn’t different – except for that the numbers are morbidly higher. Some women don’t admit to being beaten by their husbands out of fear of divorce or for the sake of their children. Fatma, a 29-year-old Kuwaiti is married for the second time after she became a victim of domestic abuse during her first marriage which lasted for nine months only. She suffered in silence without telling her family what she was going through and stayed optimistic that things would change – but they didn’t. Continue reading
