Oh this is the tip of the iceberg, see the following
http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/11/24/opinion/edswami.php
ROHTAK, India: In recent years, the world has been shocked bythe Taliban’s ruthless suppression of women in Afghanistan,the practice of female genitalmutilation in parts of Africa and the abuse of female domestic labor inplaces like Saudi Arabia. Yet it is the world’s largest democracy that is the undeclared winner in the contest of violence against women.