Response to "Gang Rape Shatters Family's Dreams"

http://taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2013/02/04/2003554208

  Reading this heart-wrenching article only reminds me, once again, of just how lucky I am. I have a comfortable environment to grow up in. I am treated by my family on an equal basis as my family. I have education. I have money to purchase what I want, things that are luxuries to many families in countries such as India. I have the freedom to do what I want, like, or desire. And most important of all, I am alive, and I still have many opportunities ahead in my life.

  This article also identifies and emphasizes one of the world's most important issue: the inequality between the genders. Even as time moves forward to a more equal and fair world and society, there are still nations where this problem is prominent and salient, and is affecting the lives of many families. Because of these deep-rooted social ideas, even those individuals and families who wish to change are pressured to keep their opinions to themselves, or are forced to give up their dreams and hopes because of situations such as the one in the article "Gang rape shatters family's dreams".

  Currently, there are many organizations, one notable one the United Nations, that are trying to fight for women's rights and improve gender equality. Even though there is no one country where men and women are 100 percent equal to each other in all aspects, I hope that the efforts of these organizations to empower women would one day pay off, and cases such as the one in the article would not happen again.