I hesitate to use the word “barbaric” because I also think domestic violence is barbaric. I think a lot of practices where people are being abused, and as a cultural basis, often are barbaric practices. It's not just those that exist within minority communities. Of course, I do not accept any of these practices. They all have to be eradicated and challenged, and the hands of victims need to be strengthened as far as possible to address these practices. That means strengthening the women's organizations and communities in which.... Communities are not homogenous. There are those people with very conservative views and those with very liberal views, but not necessarily always western.
Somehow it's assumed that only western countries have liberal views. People within minority communities in the global south can also have very liberal views. They do not want women to be abused. They don't want children to be abused. They want to uphold the human rights of people within their communities more generally. That's the alliance. I think you need to shift your focus not necessarily to barbaric cultural practices, but to gender equality and to addressing violence against all women.