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Laws such as the Muslim Personal Law of Sharia (addressing a woman's right to inherit all forms of property), the Muslim Family Law Ordinance or MFLO (intended to protect women against practices regarding marriage, divorce, polygamy and other personal relationships), and the Hudood Ordinance have been legislated to ensure the rights of women.
In July 2020, NCSW and UN women Pakistan launched Young Women in Pakistan: Status Report 2020 according to which 29% of young married women face controlling behaviors by husbands, 15% of them have experienced physical violence and 4% have exposed to sexual violence by anyone other than spouse, while 14% of currently married women have faced ...
Violence against women in Pakistan, particularly intimate partner violence and sexual violence, is a major public health problem and a violation of women's human rights in Pakistan. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Women in Pakistan mainly encounter violence by being forced into marriage , through workplace sexual harassment , domestic violence and by honour killings .
Notable legislation reforms to protect women in Pakistan from violence include The Protection of Women (Criminal Laws Amendment) Act of 2006, [63] Criminal Law (Third Amendment) Act of 2011, [64] The Punjab Protection of Women against Violence Act of 2016, [65] and The Criminal Law (Amendment) (Offences in the name or pretext of Honour) Act of ...
The Protection Against Harassment of Women at the Workplace Act, 2010 is a legislative act in Pakistan that seeks to protect women from sexual harassment at their place of work. The Acts of Majlis-e-Shoora (Parliament) received the assent of the President on 9 March, 2010.
Violence against women in Pakistan (3 C, 44 P) Pages in category "Women's rights in Pakistan" ... Women related laws in Pakistan; Women's education in Pakistan;
A 2020 Report by Aurat foundation on "Violence against women and girls in the time of Covid 19 pandemic" from identified 25 districts of Pakistan reported 2297 cases of domestic violence against women which included crimes like honor killings, murder, rape, suicide, acid burning, kidnapping; out of which 57% cases were reported from Punjab, 27% ...
The Hudud Ordinances are laws in Pakistan enacted in 1979 as part of the Islamization of Pakistan by Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, the sixth president of Pakistan.It replaced parts of the British-era Pakistan Penal Code, adding new criminal offences of adultery and fornication, and new punishments of whipping, amputation, and stoning to death.