GENDER EQUALITY & WOMENS EMPOW

1. Auflage 2010
ISBN: 978-0-19-547881-5
Verlag: OXFORD UNIV PR

Buch, Englisch, 308 Seiten, Format (B × H): 147 mm x 230 mm, Gewicht: 540 g

This book is for those who are concerned with the deteriorating situation of women in Pakistan and wish to obtain an overview of the legal and practical changes which have been introduced to improve their condition. A critical analysis of the continuous and increasing misinterpretations of the principles of Islam through legal acceptance is presented. Several references to laws which have been recently changed and have an effect on women's lives have been added,
including alterations to the Criminal Procedure Code 1898 and Pakistan Penal Code 1860, such as the introduction of the death penalty for gang-rape.

Zielgruppe

Students and teachers of law and women's/gender studies, women's rights activists, and NGOs.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Patel, Rashida

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Ausländisches Recht Asien (inkl. Türkei und Naher Osten)
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Annexures
Background
Preface
Abbreviations
1.: Violence Against Women
2.: The Menace of Honour Killing
3.: Nuptial Concerns
4.: Divorce
5.: Reproductive Rights
Glossary
Bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Rashida Mohammad Hussain Patel was an eminent lawyer, an advocate of the Supreme Court of Pakistan and an active member of the legal fraternity. She was among Pakistan's foremost leaders for reforms and a human rights activist. She was deeply concerned with the conditions of life of the underprivileged and worked for the uplift of the status of women in Pakistan. She was the Standing Counsel for the Government of Pakistan and Chairperson of the Pakistan Women's Legal
Rights Committee to recommend legal reforms. She was the Vice President of the All Pakistan Women Association (APWA) for a long period. She was elected to the Sindh Bar Council and was the elected Vice President of the Sindh High Court Bar Association. She was the Founder Life Patron of Pakistan
Women Lawyers' Association (PAWLA) in which capacity she oversaw the legal aid and awareness projects and formulated reforms for PAWLA's law reforms activities. She died on 21 December 2009.