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In Carlie's research, female gang members who chose to leave gang life did so for many of the same reasons men did, including growing older, marriage, and/or getting a steady and legal job. [ 15 ] [ 16 ] However, according to the research of Moore and Hagedorn, when a female gang member has a child, she is much more likely to invest the time ...
The goals of MMWWO are to help the local community, especially women, through education and other projects. The main focus of her work is to educate young girls, and to educate the community about women's rights and gender issues. Her organization teaches young girls, and tries to make sure they stay in school, rather than work or get married.
All members of the group are expected to wear a uniform of a pink sari and carry a wooden stick. Sampat Pal Devi claims the pink sari uniform commands respect and protection for the gang's members. [2] While the sari is not obligatory, Pal Devi argues that it gives the women a "sense of community" and ensures they are "taken seriously". [7]
Operation Shikarpur (Urdu: آپریشن شکارپور) is an ongoing law enforcement initiative aimed at combating local criminals in the Sindh province of Pakistan, particularly focusing on the Kacha area in Shikarpur District. The operation's objective is to apprehend robbers and other lawbreakers, thereby ensuring a safer environment for ...
Vani (Urdu: ونی), or Swara (سوارہ), is a custom where girls, often minors, are given in marriage or servitude to an aggrieved family as compensation to end disputes, often murder. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Vani is a form of arranged or forced child marriage , [ 3 ] and the result of punishment decided by a council of tribal elders named jirga .
The Karnataka Prevention of Dangerous Activities of Bootleggers, Drug-Offenders, Gamblers, Goondas, Immoral Traffic Offenders and Slum-Grabbers Act (Act 12 of 1985), as amended by Act 16 of 2001, in Section 2(g) states "goonda means a person who either by himself or as a member of or leader of a gang, habitually commits or attempts to commit or ...
An Urdu language word meaning egg, for the pure-white uniform of traffic police in urban Pakistani areas like Karachi. Askar/Askari A Somali term meaning “soldier” which is often used by Somali immigrants to the United Kingdom to refer to police. It is commonly used by rappers in UK drill. Aynasız
In July 2017, a panchayat ordered rape of a 16-year-old girl in Multan as punishment for her brother's conduct. [35] In December 2017, a 25-year-old woman was gang-raped by four dacoits during a robbery at her house in Multan. [36] In January 2018, a seven-year-old girl named Zainab Ansari was raped and strangled to death in Kasur.