Should Jirgas Be Given Constitutional Cover? The philosophy of an Islamic judicial system is none other than what has been told by Prophet Muhammad (peace be […]
How the Parallel Judicial System of Jirga Perpetuates Injustice For Pakistani Women
How the Parallel Judicial System of Jirga Perpetuates Injustice For Pakistani Women Women in Pakistan continue to fall prey to jirgas, a parallel justice system held by […]
Patriarchal Anecdotes From My Lectures On Women Empowerment
Patriarchal Anecdotes From My Lectures On Women Empowerment I have been delivering lectures on women empowerment with specific reference to the statute called Protection Against Harassment […]
This Women’s Day Let’s Advocate Change In The Patriarchal Mindset
This Women’ Day Let’s Advocate Change In The Patriarchal Mindset Every year on the 8th of March the women of the world come together to commemorate […]
Patriarchy Killed Hina Shahnawaz
Patriarchy Killed Hina Shahnawaz News of honour killings, or karo-kari, is not new to Pakistan. Almost a thousand women are killed every year for allegedly bringing […]
The Fairer Sex In The Legal Profession: Tracing Women’s Place In A Man’s World
The Fairer Sex In The Legal Profession: Tracing Women’s Place In A Man’s World – A critical account of lessons learnt from the Women in Law Dialogue […]
Worse Than The Romans
Worse Than The Romans In a torch-lit procession, she would be escorted from her family’s home to the groom’s home, where the latter would be waiting. […]
Drowned To Be Cleansed – A Tale Of The “Honourable” Women In Pakistan
Drowned To Be Cleansed – A Tale Of The “Honourable” Women In Pakistan Pakistan, for 69 years, has experienced the role of the formal judicial law […]
The State Of Transgender Rights In Pakistan
The State Of Transgender Rights In Pakistan It is worth questioning ourselves whether in a country that struggles to provide food, shelter and clothing to its […]
Rising Again
Rising Again Pakistan signed, ratified and adopted the UN Convention on Elimination of all forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) in 1996. Even with this international […]
Are Women’s Rights More Theoretical Than They Are As An Applicable Concept In Everyday Life?
Are Women’s Rights More Theoretical Than They Are As An Applicable Concept In Everyday Life? The concept of ‘women’s rights’ works to finish off the exclusion […]
Harassment Of Women At Workplace And Beyond
Harassment Of Women At Workplace And Beyond Women in Pakistan often feel socially insecure and uncomfortable outside the privacy of their homes. This is mainly due […]
No Honor In Honor Killings
No Honor In Honor Killings “A man remains a man no matter how poor his conduct. A woman, even if she were to deviate for one […]