In South Asia, violence against women takes many forms, ranging from slapping, pushing, hitting, and kicking to dowry-killings, acid-throwing, nutritional deprivation, stove burning, polygamy, unilateral divorce, and sexual abuse. Information on violence against Muslim women in Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bhutan, and the Maldives is almost non-existent. The print media has focused largely on Bangladesh and Pakistan – two Muslim majority countries in South Asia – and India, where about 125 million Muslims live. In these three countries, women's groups, non-governmental organizations, …