Alexa, yes poor girls, but I fear the society will not change, to be honest the problems within Saudi Arabia for instance have been known for along time, the western world has brought these to the publics attention and some pressure has been exerted but to date nothing has change. Change in all countries must be initiated and completed by the country itself and it must have a will to do it. In the Muslim world where the family and religion are so closely linked it is difficult to change anything with regard to the family without indirectly engaging the Religion in some form.
The terrible thing here is in this article, is firstly the high percentage of abuse, and secondly and more serious I beleive is that these women and girls have nowhere to go for help, advise or even sanctuary which they need. Such abuse occurs all over the world, sad to say, but in most countries there are organisations that exist to help these poor unfortunate women, of course to have such organisations one must first acknowledge that one has a problem and here is the root of the problem in some countries.