Traditionally, young girls in Tajikistan have been raised from an early age to be future wives and mothers, reliable protectresses of the home, hard working housekeepers and performers of the husband's will whereas young boys have been raised as social leaders and as future breadwinners and family mainstays.

And yet, every time humiliation and sometimes even the blood of our nation s women make the headlines, I feel ashamed and wonder what needs to be done before Lebanese women, known for their strong character, take matters into their own hands.