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AGHS provides legal aid in the violation of human rights by the state or non- state actors, women in obtaining their rights under family law and to women and children, and other victims of the abuse of due process and in prisons to women and juveniles. Email us: aghs@brain.net.pk | Call: 042-35842256-7 [46]
In Pakistan, approximately 20-30% of women face some form of domestic abuse during their lifetime. [60] Marital rape is a common form of spousal abuse as it is not considered to be a crime under the Zina laws. [61] Many men and women in Pakistan are raised with the beliefs that "sex is a man's right in marriage". [61]
Honour killing is an act of murder, in which a person is murdered for his or her perceived immoral behaviour. Such "immoral behaviour" may take the form of alleged marital infidelity, refusal to submit to an arranged marriage, demanding a divorce, perceived flirtatious behaviour and being raped.
A majority of incarcerated women in the U.S. endured some combination of physical, sexual and emotional abuse before committing the crime that sent them to prison, researchers have found. Often ...
Two months after a Star-Telegram investigation uncovered systemic sexual abuse at a Fort Worth federal prison, administrators continue to evade questions regarding the facility, known as FMC Carswell.
Prisons in Pakistan and their administration, is a Provincial competency under the Constitution of Pakistan. [1] Pakistan has the 23rd largest prison population in the world [ 2 ] and the 5th largest death row population. [ 3 ]
The landmark Domestic Violence (Prevention and Protection) Act passed in 2012 by the Pakistani Senate defines domestic violence as including, “all acts of gender based and other physical or psychological abuse committed by a respondent against women, children or other vulnerable persons…” [8] The definition then further specifies assault ...
More than 130 women who were formerly inmates at prisons for women in California have filed suit, saying guards sexually abused them. 'Every woman's worst nightmare': Lawsuit alleges widespread ...