Countries: Pakistan
Variables: WAM-PRACTICE-1

"Public images of women are considered taboo in deeply conservative rural areas of Pakistan" (para 7).

Countries: Pakistan
Variables: MURDER-LAW-1

"A 2016 amendment to the criminal law in Pakistan defined 'murder committed in the name of honor' as a specific crime with stiffer penalties than homicide, including the death penalty or life in imprisonment" (para 15). "Under the law, a person convicted of 'murder committed in the name of honor' cannot be pardoned by the victim's family, which is permitted under Islamic law. '[But] often, the police reports in honor killing cases are registered as murder cases, which opens the door to reconciliation, which is a major flaw,' Kakakhel told Radio Mashaal. Under Pakistani law, the Islamic concept of diyat, which allows a victim's family to forgive a murderer in...more

Countries: Pakistan
Variables: MURDER-DATA-1

"A spate of deaths of women in northwestern Pakistan has put the spotlight on so-called honor killings in the South Asian country. Each year, hundreds of women and girls are killed in Pakistan, often by relatives who say they are protecting the family's honor. Despite stricter laws and public outrage in the Muslim-majority country, human rights groups say such killings continue. In the latest case, police said they have charged a man for murdering his 18-year-old daughter on the orders of a jirga, or tribal council, because she had appeared in a photo with unrelated men on social media. Police said three others -- the victim's uncle and two cousins...more

Countries: Pakistan
Variables: MARR-PRACTICE-8

"Studies have put Pakistan as having one of the highest rates [of consanguineous unions] globally at 65 per cent" (para 23).

Countries: India, Indonesia, Pakistan, Portugal, South Africa, United States
Variables: LBHO-DATA-1

"Twenty-seven new parliaments now have fewer women than they did before the elections - countries such as the US, Portugal, Pakistan, India, Indonesia and South Africa" (para 2).

Countries: Pakistan
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-1

"Women riding scooters are a rarity in Pakistan, let alone women in uniforms on pink scooters wielding assault rifles. Women smile as they pass. But the receptionis not always so friendly. 'Men try to show us that the roads belong to them,' says officer Iman Aziz, 23. Sometimes, she says male bystanders hurl insults at the female officers. Sometimes, the officers say, men try to chase them off the roads with their vehicles. Officer Maryam Khalil, 23, recounted an incident where three young men smashed into her squad and 'accused us of not knowing how to ride a scooter.' Another officer, Maryam Sultan, explains that she wears a pandemic-style mask...more

Countries: Pakistan
Variables: DV-LAW-2

"Pakistan (and many other countries around the globe) have tried to address these problems with women's police stations staffed by women. In July, Saleem established a new kind of facility in Gujranwala: a Women's Enclave. Decorated with pink and purple couches, it provides a safe space for women to file complaints informally before contacting a police station and assits victims with counseling and getting a lawyer" (par .4).

Countries: Pakistan
Variables: DV-PRACTICE-2

"Five women police officers on pink Vespa-style scooters ride through a series of ever-narrowing lanes and alleys in the concrete-and-dust town of Gujranwala in the Pakistani province of Punjab. They are part of a pilot program launched in September called 'Pink Wheels,' which aims to address crimes against women and children by bringing help directly to their homes. Here, like much of Pakistan, police say many women shy away from reporting crimes such as domestic violence or sexual assault. The main barrier? 'She would likely encounter a police officer with a mustache,' says Muhammad Ayyax Saleem, deputy inspector general for Gujranwala, who developed the Pink Wheels program. He says a...more

Countries: Pakistan
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-1, GP-DATA-5

"Five women police officers on pink Vespa-style scooters ride through a series of ever-narrowing lanes and alleys in the concrete-and-dust town of Gujranwala in the Pakistani province of Punjab. They are part of a pilot program launched in September called 'Pink Wheels,' which aims to address crimes against women and children by bringing help directly to their homes. Here, like much of Pakistan, police say many women shy away from reporting crimes such as domestic violence or sexual assault. The main barrier? 'She would likely encounter a police officer with a mustache,' says Muhammad Ayyax Saleem, deputy inspector general for Gujranwala, who developed the Pink Wheels program. He says a...more

Countries: Pakistan
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-1

"Five women police officers on pink Vespa-style scooters ride through a series of ever-narrowing lanes and alleys in the concrete-and-dust town of Gujranwala in the Pakistani province of Punjab. They are part of a pilot program launched in September called 'Pink Wheels,' which aims to address crimes against women and children by bringing help directly to their homes. Here, like much of Pakistan, police say many women shy away from reporting crimes such as domestic violence or sexual assault. The main barrier? 'She would likely encounter a police officer with a mustache,' says Muhammad Ayyax Saleem, deputy inspector general for Gujranwala, who developed the Pink Wheels program. He says a...more

Countries: Pakistan
Variables: MURDER-PRACTICE-1

"Aziz takes the woman into her home to take a statement, typing the information into an app on her iPad. She explains that this beating began after she went to a dentist to treat her toothache. When she came home, her husband flew into a rage, accusing her of having and affair. The 13-year-old walks in, holding his five-month-old baby brother in his arms. The couple's daughters, 12, and 9, stand close to her. 'My daughter begged him not to kill me. She saved me,' the woman says" (par. 19-20). "'He didn't even acknowledge she was his,' the woman says, referring to her oldest girl, a serious allegation in Pakistan...more

Countries: Pakistan
Variables: SUICIDE-PRACTICE-1

"She tells the officer, Aziz, that she considered suicide, but didn't want to leave her children to their father" (par. 22). This woman was abused by her husband, kicked out of their house, and he threatened to murder her and tried to strangle her. This demonstrates that abuse of this form can be a cause to consider suicide (IME - CODER COMMENT).

Countries: Pakistan
Variables: CWC-DATA-2

"Pakistan (and many other countries around the globe) have tried to address these problems with women's police stations staffed by women. In July, Saleem established a new kind of facility in Gujranwala: a Women's Enclave. Decorated with pink and purple couches, it provides a safe space for women to file complaints informally before contacting a police station and assits victims with counseling and getting a lawyer. But Saleem grew concerned that the Women's Enclave was not serving women in rural areas and unable to leave their homes. That's why the Pink Wheels entered the picture" (par. 4-6).

Countries: Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Nepal, North Korea, Pakistan, Vietnam
Variables: TRAFF-PRACTICE-1, TRAFF-PRACTICE-2, TRAFF-DATA-1

"Reports have found that bride trafficking occurs in Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, North Korea, Pakistan, and Vietnam and that the number of women and girls being trafficked is growing. The trafficked women and girls are often ethnic or religious minorities, from impoverished communities, or, in the case of North Korea, fleeing abusive governments. Violence against women and girls is often a low priority for governments and all the affected countries have complicated relationships with China. Consequentially, their governments often show little concern about the fate of women and girls trafficked to China. However, there has been growing attention to bride trafficking in the media, and governments of the home...more

Countries: Pakistan
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-1

"More than 1,000 women are killed each year in Pakistan at the hands of community or family members over perceived damage to “honour”, according to independent Human Rights Commission of Pakistan. That could involve eloping, posting social media content, fraternising with men, or any other infraction against conservative values relating to women" (para 11-12).