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Long March Pakistan – Lawyers Protesting and women being arrested

Long March Pakistan – Lawyers Protesting and women being arrested

Women, the Koran and International Human Rights Law: The Experience of Pakistan

Niaz A. Shah, “Women, the Koran and International Human Rights Law: The Experience of Pakistan (Studies in Religion, Secular Beliefs and Human Rights)” Religion plays a pivotal role in the way women are treated around the world,...

Protection of Women (Criminal Laws Amendment) Act, 2006

December 1, 2006 A BILL further to amend the Pakistan Penal Code, the Code of Criminal Procedure and other laws WHEREAS it is necessary to provide relief and protection to women against misuse and abuse of law and to prevent their exploitation; AND...

Securing rights for Muslim women

These were just two of the issues discussed by hundreds of Muslim women who gathered in Malaysia to launch a new global campaign for equality. Reform of family law is at the heart of the campaign, to tackle what organisers called the “untenable”...