Pakistani filmmaker Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy is using her Oscar nomination as a call to arms for her country to fight a very serious, brutal and prevalent problem -- honor killings. At least 1,000 women are killed each year in Pakistan -- often by stoning to death -- as punishment for actions that bring shame to her family or community, according to the Pakistani human rights group Aurat Foundation. That number may be much higher, the organization says, because many killings go unreported. But wh...
How A Filmmaker Is Using Movies To End Pakistan's Honor Killings
The Huffington Post - 22 Jan 2016 21:21
Pakistani filmmaker Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy is using her Oscar nomination as a call to arms for her country to fight a very serious, brutal and prevalent problem -- honor killings. At least 1,000 women are killed each year in Pakistan -- often by stoning to death -- as punishment for actions that bring shame to her family or community, according to the Pakistani human rights group Aurat Foundation. That number may be much higher, the organization says, because many killings go unreported. But wh...
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