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ANNUAL REPORT January-December 2010 Violence Against Women in Pakistan A qualitative review of statistics 2010 PDM Aurat Foundation VAW AURAT PUBLICATION AND INFORMATION SERVICE FOUNDATION ISLAMABAD (Head Office): House No. 12, Street No.12, F-7/2, Kohsar Road Islamabad-Pakistan. Tel: 051-2608956-8 Fax: 2608955, E-mail: [email protected] LAHORE: House No. 5-6/3, Raja Kamla State Canal Park Gullburg II Lahore 54000, Pakistan Tel: 042-35959027-9, Fax: 042-35764275, E-mail: [email protected] KARACHI: D-3/1,Block-7,KDA Scheme 5 Clifton Karachi 75600, Pakistan Tel: 021-35874718-35824694 -35830195 Fax : 35864885, E-mail: [email protected] PESHAWAR: House No. 42-B,Sahibzada Abdul Qayyum Road,University Town, Peshawar 25000, Pakistan. 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Violence against Women in Pakistan: A qualitative review of statistics for 2010 Written and analysed by: Dr. Rakhshinda Perveen Statistics gathered, compiled and reviewed by Auart Foundation National statistics analyzed, compiled and reviewed by: Rabeea Hadi Provincial/ICT statistics & reports compiled by: Ashfaq Mengal, Saima Javed(Quetta) Shirin Javed, Tania Zahoor (Peshawar) Shireen Khan, Fareeda Hannan(Karachi) Nabeela Shaheen, Abid Ali, Shama (Lahore) Mina Khan, Hijab Bokhari, Amna Saleem (Islamabad) Under the Aurat Foundation's Project Policy and Data Monitoring on Violence Against Women Project In collaboration with: Violence against Women Watch Groups Under the auspices of: With the support of: Aurat Foundation Annual Report 2010 About the Author Rakhshinda Perveen is a physician turned social entrepreneur cum public health specialist. She revived the Urdu alternative of “Gender” (sinf) in Pakistan through her research based award winning TV series Gender Watch in 1999. Her work in Pakistan has existed under many guises with the underlying thread of empowerment and equality. creativeangerbyrakhshi, her own creation and foundation, is committed to the courage for intellectual risks a virtual space based social enterprise delivering actual intellectual and commercial products and managing a think channel “sinf surat”. Her current passion is public policy advocacy for claiming the space for a tax break for single women like divorcees, divorced mothers, disabled and never married Pakistani women – a right already availed by widows in Pakistan. 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Ph: 051-2874466 Aurat Foundation Annual Report 2010 Table of Contents Page List Acronyms v Local glossary vi Global glossary vii Acknowledgement xi Preface xi Executive Summary xiii Section One: Context: State, Society and History 1 Section Two: Overview of VAW Cases in Pakistan 7 2.1. Territorial distribution of VAW in Pakistan 11 2.2. Highest crime rate of VAW in 15 Districts of Pakistan 13 2.3. Major Categories of VAW Prevalent in Pakistan 14 2.4. FIR Status of VAW Cases in Pakistan 23 2.5. Marital Status of Victims/Survivors in VAW Cases in Pakistan: 24 2.6. Age-Groups of VAW Victims/Survivors in Pakistan 24 Section Three: Overview of VAW Incidents in Punjab 25 3.1. Overall Cases of VAW in Punjab 26 3.2. Number and Prevalence of VAW by District and Offence in Punjab 28 3.3. Prevalence of Major Categories of VAW in Punjab 30 3.4. FIR Status of VAW Cases in Punjab 33 3.5. Marital Status of Victims/Survivors in Punjab 33 3.6. Age Groups of Victims/Survivors in Punjab 34 Section Four: Overview of VAW Incidents in Sindh 35 4.1. Overall Cases of VAW in Sindh 36 4.2. Number and Prevalence of VAW by District and Offence in Sindh 38 4.3. Major Categories of VAW in Sindh 39 4.4. FIR Status of VAW Cases in Sindh 40 4.5. Marital Status of Victims/Survivors in Sindh 40 4.6. Age Groups of Victims/Survivors in Sindh 41 Section Five: Overview of VAW Incidents in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 43 5.1. Overall Cases of VAW in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 43 5.2. Number and Prevalence of VAW by District and Offence in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 45 5.3. Prevalence of Major Categories of VAW in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 46 5.4. FIR Status of VAW Cases in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 47 5.5. Marital Status of Victims/Survivorsin Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 47 5.6. Age Groups of Victims/Survivorsin Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 48 Aurat Foundation Annual Report 2010 Section Six: Overview of VAW Incidents in Balochistan 49 6.1. Overall Cases of VAW in Balochistan 50 6.2. Number and Prevalence of VAW by District and Offencein Balochistan 51 6.3. Prevalence of Major Categories of VAW in Balochistan 53 6.4. FIR Status of VAW Cases in Balochistan 53 6.5. Marital Status of Victims/Survivors in Balochistan 54 6.6. Age Groups of Victims/Survivors in Balochistan 54 Section Seven: Overview of VAW Incidents in Islamabad Capital Territory 55 7.1. Overall Cases of VAW in ICT 55 7.2. Number and Prevalence of VAW by District and Offence in ICT 56 7.3. Prevalence of Major Categories of VAW in ICT 57 7.4. FIR Status of VAW Cases in ICT 58 7.5. Marital Status of Victims/Survivorsin ICT 58 7.6. Age Groups of Victims/Survivors in ICT 58 Conclusion 59 Annexures 61 Aurat Foundation Annual Report 2010 List of Acronyms AF Aurat Foundation AIDS Acquired Immuno-Deficiency Syndrome CBO Community Based Organization CEDAW Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination Against Women FATA Federally Administered Tribal Areas GBV Gender-based violence HIV Human Immuno-deficiency Virus ICT Islamabad Capital Territory IEC Information and Education Campaign ILO International Labour Organisation IPV Intimate Partner Violence KP Khyber Pakhtunkhwa MDGs Millennium Development Goals NGO Non-Governmental Organisation PDM-VAW Policy and Data Monitor on Violence against Women PATA Provincially Administered Tribal Areas UN United Nations UNIFEM United Nations Development Fund for Women WHO World Health Organisation Aurat Foundation Annual Report 2010 Local Glossary Kala-kali: Balochi and Seraiki term literally meaning disreputable man-disreputable woman (who have brought disgrace to the family or clan), a ’crime’that allows culturally condoned killing in the name of honor of a man or woman charged with an illicit relationship. Karo-kari:Sindhi term literally meaning disreputable man-disreputable woman (who have brought disgrace to the family or clan), a ’crime’ that allows culturally condoned killing in the name of honor of a man or woman charged with an illicit relationship. Ghairat:Loosely translated as honor but is considered a chivalrous adherence to tradition and culture in the context of social relations. Jirga:An assembly of male elders, usually tribal, who make decisions regarding social issues;an informal body for resolving disputes. The term is Pushto but the practice exists across Pakistan. Jirgas were banned by the Sindh High Court but they continue to function. They are dominated by influential members of the community who are usually conservative and patriarchal. Decisions taken by them are known to be anti-women. Swara:APashto word denoting a child marriage custom in tribal areas of Pakistan and Afghanistan. This custom is tied to blood feuds between different tribes and clans where young girls are forcibly married to members of the enemy clan in order to compensate for a crime committed against a member of that clan (always by a male) and toend a feud. Vanni: A child marriage custom in tribal areas of Pakistan, also widely prevalent in Punjab. This custom is tied to blood feuds among the different tribes and clans where young girls are forcibly married to members of opposing clans in order to resolve feuds or compensate for a crime. Vanni Otherwise the .(دﻳﺖ) can be avoided if the girl’s clan agrees to pay blood money, called Diyat young bride may be forced to spend her life paying for a crime committed by her male relatives. Watta Satta:A tribal custom in Pakistan of exchanging brides between two families. Both families must have a daughter and a son, and be willing to betroth them to the daughter and son of the other family. That is to say, in order for a family to marry off a son to a daughter of another family, it must have a daughter to marry off in return to the same family. Aurat Foundation Annual Report 2010 Global Glossary: a selected list of certain concepts and terms to ensure consistent understanding for readers outside the circle of development practitioners 1. Dowry death: Murder of a woman whose family failed to paysufficient dowry at the time of marriage, prevalent in some countries of Asia. 2. Dowry killing: The homicide of women whose dowry, the payment in cash or/and in kind by the bride’s family to the bridegroom’s family along with the giving away of the bride in marriage, was not considered sufficient by her husband or in-laws.