| Description |
1 online resource (iv, 32 pages) : color map |
| Series |
Asia report ; no. 265 |
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ICG Asia report ; no. 265
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| Contents |
Introduction -- Institutionalised violence against women -- Women and the democratic transition -- Political empowerment and justice for women in conflict zones -- Women and armed conflict -- Conclusion |
| Summary |
"Eight years into its democratic transition, violence against women is still endemic in Pakistan, amid a climate of impunity and state inaction. Discriminatory legislation and a dysfunctional criminal justice system have put women at grave risk. Targeted by violent extremists with an overt agenda of gender repression, women's security is especially threatened in the conflict zones in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) province and the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA). On 8 March, International Women's Day, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif vowed that his government would take all necessary legislative and administrative steps to protect and empower women. If this pledge was in earnest, his Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) government should end institutionalised violence and discrimination against women, including by repealing unjust laws, countering extremist threats, particularly in KPK and FATA, and involving women and their specially relevant perspectives in design of state policies directly affecting their security, including strategies to deal with violent extremist groups"--Publisher's web site |
| Notes |
"8 April 2015." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (ICG, viewed April 9, 2015) |
| Subject |
Women -- Violence against -- Pakistan
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Women -- Crimes against -- Pakistan
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Women's rights -- Pakistan
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Women -- Political activity -- Pakistan
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Social conditions.
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Women -- Crimes against.
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Women -- Political activity.
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Women -- Violence against.
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Women's rights.
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| SUBJECT |
Pakistan -- Social conditions -- 21st century
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| Subject |
Pakistan.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
International Crisis Group, issuing body
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