65 women killed under the allegation of Karo-kari and domestic disptes in Sindh during month of May, 17 men also killed

At least sixty five women and 17 men killed under the allegations of Kari-kari and, domestic violence and other petty maters in the province of Sindh in the month of May, 2011.

32 women killed over Kari pretext and 33 women killed in domestic violence, 4 couples killed over the allegations of Karo-Kari.

Study conducted by Research and Development for Human Resources (RDHR), according to study District Ghotki remains on the Top where seven women were killed, 6 women killed in Kandhkot, 3 each were killed in Sukkur and Larkana, 2 earch in Qambar-shahdadkot, Jamshoro, Dadu, and Hyderabad. While one each in Khairpur, Sanghar, Shikarpur, Naushero feroze and Matiari.

According to report, 33 women killed by torture in domestic disputes, comprises 6 women in Larkana district, 5 in Dadu, 3 each in Nawabshah, Hyderabad, Badin districts, two each in Kandhkot, Shikarpur and Jacobabad districts, while one each woman killed by torture in Kherpur, Ghotki, Qambar Shahdadkot, Nosheroferoz, Tando Alahyar, Sukkur and Thatta districts.

Including 4 couples 17 men were killed over allegation of Karo-kari, more incidents happened in QambarShahdadkot, where 4 men were killed, 3 men killed in Kandhkot district, two each in Shikarpur, Nosheroferoz and Nawabshah, while one men killed in Larkana and Thatta districts.

It is to remind that in the month of April, 2011, 48 women were killed under the allegation of Karokari and Domestic disputes and 12 men under allegation of Karikari, which ratio is increased in the month of May as 65 women and 17 men are being killed..... Read more...

48 women and 12 men killed over different allegations in April 2011

Atleast 48 women were killed over allegation of honor killing (Karo Kari) and domestic violence in different areas of Sindh, while 12 men lost their lives over allegation of Karo Kari during the month of April 2011.

According to the monthly report of Women Cell of Research and Development for Human Resources (RDHR), 26 women were killed over allegation of honor killing, while 22 women were killed by the torture (Domestic Violence). More people were killed in areas of Sukkur district as compare to other district of Sindh, where 6 women and 2 men were killed, While 5 women and one man were killed in Khairpur district. In larkana, 4 women and one man were killed over the allegation of honor killing, while two women and one man were killed in each Ghotki and Shahdadkot districts.

According to report, 22 women killed by torture in domestic disputes. 4 women in Khairpur, 3 in Karachi, while 2 women in each district Sanghar, Hyderabad, Larkana, Dadu, and Mirpurkhas lost their lives in domestic disputes. One woman in each district Badin, Nawabshah, Sukkur, Jecobabad, Matiari and Shikarpur were killed by the torture.... Read more...

41 women and 12 men killed over different allegations in January

Honor killing and domestic violence in different parts of Sindh province claimed the lives of 41 women and 12 men in the month of January 2011. Out of 41 women, 22 were killed over the allegations of Kari, while 19 were killed in domestic violence.
Study conducted by the cell of Research and Development for Human Resources (RDHR) in the month of January most cases of Karokari were recorded in district khairpur, where 4 women were killed, 3 women each were killed in Kandhkot, Mirpurkhas and Ghotki districts. 9 women each 1 was killed in Dadu, Tando Allahyar, Larkana, Matiari, Sanghar, Qambar Shahdadkot, Shiarkpur, Badin and Jacobabad districts. 12 men were also killed over the pretext of Karo in January 2011. 3 men were killed in district Khairpur, 2 others were killed in district dado, while others in different districts of Sindh.
Meanwhile, 5 women were killed in Karachi over domestic violance, while 2 each were killed in district Hyderabad, Larkana, Sanghar and District Tando Allahyar. While one each in Matiari, Kandhkot, Badin and Nawabshah.... Read more...

A year report on women violence by Research and Development for Humen Resources (RDHR)

481 women killed over honor killing and domestic disputes during 2010

In the year 2010, 481 women were killed over honor killing and domestic matter/ disputes.
According to study conducted by Research and Development for Human Resources (RDHR) women rights cell, 242 women were killed after being tortured over honor killing and 239 women were killed over domestic matters.
According to a report, 84 women were killed in just a month of May 2010, in which 48 women were killed over domestic matters; where as 36 women were killed over honor killing. 11 women were killed over honor killing and 10 women were killed over domestic violence in the month of January 2010, 11 women were killed over honor killing and 10 in domestic violence in the month of February 2010, whereas 19 women were killed over honor killing and 8 women were killed over domestic matter in the month of March 2010, In April 27 women were killed over honor killing and 20 women were killed in domestic matters,
whereas 27 women were killed over honor killing and 32 women were killed over domestic matter in the month of June 2010, in the month of July, 26 women were killed over honor killing and 40 women were killed over domestic matter, while 14 women were killed over honor killing and 13 women were killed over domestic matter in the month of august 2010.
As many as 26 women were killed over honor killing and 16 women were killed over domestic matter in the month of September 2010, while as 21 women were killed over honor killing and 20 women were killed over domestic matter in the month of October.

In November, 17 women were killed over honor killing and 15 women were killed over domestic matter, while 07 women were killed over honor killing and 27 women were killed over domestic matter in the month of December..