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Women’s access and rights to land and property in Pakistan

In Pakistan, livelihoods of rural men and women revolve around arable land. Land as an asset is one of the basic physical resources which provide food, space for livestock and home. It is also a source of security and power. In fact land ownership is an important determinant of social status in...

Women’s inheritance rights to land in South Asia: A study of Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka

The study reviews the formal and customary laws and practices governing the rights of women to inherit land in six South Asian countries (Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka). The study includes an analysis of existing laws and customs and their impact on inheritance...

Women’s Right to Inheritance and its Implementation
Women’s Right to Land Ownership in Swat State Areas: The Swat State era and the post-State scenario

This paper deals with women’s right to land in the former Swat state areas. The author argues that inheritance was according to customary law (riwaj) which did not recognize women’s Islamic right of inheritance, disputed cases could be taken before the quazi to be decided according to...

Women’s Rights in Afghanistan and Pakistan - Genuine Concerns or Political Considerations
Taking the case of the new Shia family law introduced in Afghanistan in 2009, the author argues that international pressure for women’s rights is selective. There is no pressure for granting the Sunni women of Afghanistan or teenagers in Pakistan their rights as human beings. The current phase of...
“Criteria for land reforms in Sindh”
This article explains the objectives of the Sindh government’s land redistribution programme.
“Happy days came knocking at Beebuls”
This article tells the story of Beebul Hassan, a 37 year old mother of 7 children, belonging to the small village of Deh Jharandi, District Thatta, who was one of the hundreds of women mobilized and facilitated by Participatory Development Initiatives, in applying for the lands distributed under...
“Helping the landless become landowners”
“Her Honor: An Islamic Critique of the Rape Laws of Pakistan from a Woman-Sensitive Perspecitve”

This article critiques the rape laws of Pakistan from an Islamic gender-sensitive point of view. The author argues that the Hudood Ordinance and the Zina Ordinance, which criminalise extra-marital sexual relations, do not follow the gender-egalitarian spirit of Islamic laws, but rather are...

“Honor Related Violence Against Women in Pakistan”

The aim of this article is to examine the various routes a victim of honor related violence might take to seek justice, so as to assess where the impediments within the available systems lie and what hurdles face women victims in particular.