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Pakistan Swears In Ayesha Malik As First Woman Supreme Court Judge
Pakistan swore in Ayesha Malik as its first female supreme court judge on Monday, a landmark occasion in a nation where activists say the law is often wielded against women.
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Women To Vote In Pakistan Village Where Men Had Stopped Them Since 1947
Men banned women from voting in the village of Mohri Pur sometime around 1947, and they have obeyed ever since until this year, when changes to Pakistan's election laws and women's attitudes could shift the dynamic.
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Pakistan Student Stabbed 23 Times Fights To See Her Attacker Jailed
A Pakistani law student has emerged as a women's rights crusader after she was stabbed 23 times in a busy street only to see her alleged attacker walk free, igniting outrage across the deeply patriarchal country.
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Women As 'Collateral' In Pakistan Jirga Justice
The rape of a teenage girl in revenge for a crime committed by her brother has left residents of Raja Ram in central Pakistan shaken and questioning a deeply entrenched system of village justice.
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Hindu Marriage Bill To Protect Women's Rights Passed In Pakistan
In a landmark development, the bill to regulate marriages of minority Hindus in Pakistan became a law today after President Mamnoon Hussain gave his approval.
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Pakistani MP Harassed In Parliament, Social Media Fights Her Cause
A Pakistani female lawmaker threatened to self-immolate after she was harassed by male colleagues in parliament, telling AFP that the widely-publicised incident shows how laws to protect women are not being enforced.
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Pakistan Assembly Passes Marriage Bill Protecting Hindu Women's Rights
Pakistan's lower house of parliament has passed a landmark bill giving its small Hindu minority the right to register marriages, the last major hurdle on the way to enacting a law aimed at protecting women's rights.
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Pakistani Husbands Can 'Lightly Beat' Their Wives, Islamic Council Says
When Pakistan's most populated province approved a law this year that gives women protection - and a potential escape - from abusive husbands, the country's powerful Council of Islamic Ideology strongly opposed the move.
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Landmark Pakistan Women's Protection Bill Challenged In Sharia Court
A prominent Pakistani lawyer has filed a petition in the top sharia court seeking that it strike down a new law that gives unprecedented protection to female victims of violence.
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Pakistan Province Passes Landmark Law Protecting Women Against Violence
Lawmakers in Pakistan's largest province on Wednesday gave unprecedented protection to female victims of violence, in a bid to stem a rising tide of gender-related abuse in a country ranked as the world's third most dangerous place for women.
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Pak Islamic Body Says Full Face Veil Not Mandatory for Women
In a significant ruling, a constitutional Islamic body in Pakistan has said that covering of face, hands and feet was not mandatory for women under Islamic laws.
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Online Abuse of Women in Pakistan Turns Into Real-World Violence
Women face online threats globally, but they run a unique risk in conservative Muslim Pakistan with its punitive laws against blasphemy.
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New laws protect women from abuse in Pakistan
Azim Mai's husband allegedly threw acid in her face last year after she refused to sell their two boys to a man in Dubai to use as camel racers. The 35-year-old mother of five can no longer find work as a maid because her deeply scarred face scares potential employers.
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New laws protect women from abuse in Pakistan
Azim Mai's husband allegedly threw acid in her face last year after she refused to sell their two boys to a man in Dubai to use as camel racers. The 35-year-old mother of five can no longer find work as a maid because her deeply scarred face scares potential employers.
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Pakistan Swears In Ayesha Malik As First Woman Supreme Court Judge
Pakistan swore in Ayesha Malik as its first female supreme court judge on Monday, a landmark occasion in a nation where activists say the law is often wielded against women.
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Women To Vote In Pakistan Village Where Men Had Stopped Them Since 1947
Men banned women from voting in the village of Mohri Pur sometime around 1947, and they have obeyed ever since until this year, when changes to Pakistan's election laws and women's attitudes could shift the dynamic.
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Pakistan Student Stabbed 23 Times Fights To See Her Attacker Jailed
A Pakistani law student has emerged as a women's rights crusader after she was stabbed 23 times in a busy street only to see her alleged attacker walk free, igniting outrage across the deeply patriarchal country.
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Women As 'Collateral' In Pakistan Jirga Justice
The rape of a teenage girl in revenge for a crime committed by her brother has left residents of Raja Ram in central Pakistan shaken and questioning a deeply entrenched system of village justice.
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Hindu Marriage Bill To Protect Women's Rights Passed In Pakistan
In a landmark development, the bill to regulate marriages of minority Hindus in Pakistan became a law today after President Mamnoon Hussain gave his approval.
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Pakistani MP Harassed In Parliament, Social Media Fights Her Cause
A Pakistani female lawmaker threatened to self-immolate after she was harassed by male colleagues in parliament, telling AFP that the widely-publicised incident shows how laws to protect women are not being enforced.
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Pakistan Assembly Passes Marriage Bill Protecting Hindu Women's Rights
Pakistan's lower house of parliament has passed a landmark bill giving its small Hindu minority the right to register marriages, the last major hurdle on the way to enacting a law aimed at protecting women's rights.
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Pakistani Husbands Can 'Lightly Beat' Their Wives, Islamic Council Says
When Pakistan's most populated province approved a law this year that gives women protection - and a potential escape - from abusive husbands, the country's powerful Council of Islamic Ideology strongly opposed the move.
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Landmark Pakistan Women's Protection Bill Challenged In Sharia Court
A prominent Pakistani lawyer has filed a petition in the top sharia court seeking that it strike down a new law that gives unprecedented protection to female victims of violence.
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Pakistan Province Passes Landmark Law Protecting Women Against Violence
Lawmakers in Pakistan's largest province on Wednesday gave unprecedented protection to female victims of violence, in a bid to stem a rising tide of gender-related abuse in a country ranked as the world's third most dangerous place for women.
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Pak Islamic Body Says Full Face Veil Not Mandatory for Women
In a significant ruling, a constitutional Islamic body in Pakistan has said that covering of face, hands and feet was not mandatory for women under Islamic laws.
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Online Abuse of Women in Pakistan Turns Into Real-World Violence
Women face online threats globally, but they run a unique risk in conservative Muslim Pakistan with its punitive laws against blasphemy.
-
New laws protect women from abuse in Pakistan
Azim Mai's husband allegedly threw acid in her face last year after she refused to sell their two boys to a man in Dubai to use as camel racers. The 35-year-old mother of five can no longer find work as a maid because her deeply scarred face scares potential employers.
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New laws protect women from abuse in Pakistan
Azim Mai's husband allegedly threw acid in her face last year after she refused to sell their two boys to a man in Dubai to use as camel racers. The 35-year-old mother of five can no longer find work as a maid because her deeply scarred face scares potential employers.
