Posted by | February 29, 2012
Legislations

The Constitution of Pakistan Pakistan Penal Code 1860 Code of Criminal Procedure 1898 Electronic Transactions Ordinance 2002 Pakistan Telecommunications (Re-Organization) Act 1996 with 2006 Amendments Freedom of Information Ordinance 2002...

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Posted by | February 27, 2012
Agents of Change: Youth Tackle Gender-based Violence

This article was originally published on the Newsline blog on January 6, 2011 Youth participants pose with their mentors at the December 2010 launch of Through the Gender Lens, a...

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Posted by | February 27, 2012
Woman on a Mission

This article was originally published in Newsline's March 2011 issue Mai Jori’s name was first heard in March 2010 when, after the assassination of Sardar Rustum Khan Jamali, by-elections for...

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Posted by | February 25, 2012
Prejudice and Stupidity on Full Display After Rape Verdict

This article was originally published on Newsline's blog on April 21, 2011 Everyone knows of the Mukhtaran Mai rape case. Not just in Pakistan but around the world too people have...

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Posted by | February 25, 2012
Interview: Dr Fouzia Saeed, National Implementation Watch Committee

This interview was originally published in Newsline's March 2011 issue “We are making sure the law is institutionalised” - Dr Fouzia Saeed, Chairperson, National Implementation Watch Committee and AASHA (Alliance...

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Posted by | February 25, 2012
The New Face of Activism in the Information Age

This article was originally published on Newsline's blog on December 9, 2010 Participants at the TBTT! session at T2F on December 2, 2010. Photo: Zaheer Kidvai T2F played host to...

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Posted by | February 25, 2012
Interview: Parents of Shahnaz, a 14-year-old survivor of rape

This interview was originally published in Newsline's March 2010 issue as a box in the story Fight to the Finish “The biggest challenge is to maintain your self-respect” - Shahnaz’s...

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Posted by | February 25, 2012
Fight to the Finish

  This article was originally published in Newsline's March 2010 issue The Women’s Protection Act 2006 was, undoubtedly, a step in the right direction in that rape was finally separated...

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Posted by | February 25, 2012
Interview: Hamza Lubano, father of Naseema, a gang rape survivor

This article was originally published in Newsline's March 2010. “We can never go back. Only two of the offenders have been punished while the others, those who beat her, who...

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Posted by | February 25, 2012
The Legal Trauma of Rape

This article was originally published in Newsline's March 2010 as a box in article Fight to the Finish Each year, WAR targets to take 20 cases of rape to court....

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