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Gender equality and women's empowerment in Pakistan / [Book] Rashida Patel.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Karachi : Oxford University Press, 2010.Description: xxi, 283 pages : 23 cmISBN:
  • 9780195478815 (hardback)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 362.88082095491
Other classification:
  • 362.88082095491
Summary: Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment in Pakistan provides an overview of the legal and practical changes which have been introduced to improve the deteriorating condition of women in Pakistan. The book presents a critical analysis of the continuous and increasing misinterpretations of the principles of Islam through legal acceptance, and discusses laws which have been recently changed and have an effect on women's lives, including the Criminal Procedure Code 1898, the Pakistan Penal Code 1860, and introduction of the death penalty for gang-rape.
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Books Books Junaid Zaidi Library, COMSATS University Islamabad Ground Floor 362.88082095491 PAT-G (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 55442
Books Books Junaid Zaidi Library, COMSATS University Islamabad 2nd Floor 346.167015 MIR-G (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 58789
Books Books Junaid Zaidi Library, COMSATS University Islamabad 2nd Floor 320.95491 KHA-G (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 56661
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Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment in Pakistan provides an overview of the legal and practical changes which have been introduced to improve the deteriorating condition of women in Pakistan. The book presents a critical analysis of the continuous and increasing misinterpretations of the principles of Islam through legal acceptance, and discusses laws which have been recently changed and have an effect on women's lives, including the Criminal Procedure Code 1898, the Pakistan Penal Code 1860, and introduction of the death penalty for gang-rape.

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