According to a report released by Kashmir Media Service, on the occasion of the International Women's Day today, thousands of women were among 93,559 civilians, martyred by Indian troops since January 1989 till March 2011.

The report maintained that 603 women were killed by the troops alone from January 2001 till date. Since January 1989 the state terrorism rendered 22,750 women widowed while 9988 were molested by the occupation troops.

Thousands of women suffered the loss of their sons, husbands and brothers in the occupied territory who got disappeared in the custody of police and paramilitary forces.

As per the Association of Parents of Disappeared Persons, more than ten thousand Kashmiris went missing during the past 22 years.

The report further maintained that majority of the IoK is suffering from multiple psychic problems was of women folk.