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Aurat Foundation ResearchedMaliha Zia and Written By Pakistan NGO Alternative Report Riffat Butt onExecutive CEDAW Summary– 2005-2009 (With Updated Notes - 2009-2012) Articles 1 – 4: ReviewedNeelam Hussain By Naeem Mirza Definition of Discrimination; Policy Measures Nasreen Azhar to be undertaken to Eliminate Discrimination; Guarantee of Younas Khalid Basic Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms on an Equal ArticleBasis with 5: Men; Temporary Special Measures to Achieve ArticleEquality 6: Article 7: Sex Roles and Stereotyping Article 8: Trafficking and Prostitution Data Input by Aurat Article 9: Political and Public Life Foundation’s Team Participation at the International Level Article 10: Mahnaz Rahman, Rubina Brohi Nationality Article 11: (Karachi), Nasreen Zehra, Article 12: Equal Rights in Education Ume-Laila, Mumtaz Mughal, Article 13: Employment (Lahore), Shabina Ayaz, Article 14: Healthcare and Family Planning Saima Munir (Peshawar), Economic, Social & Cultural Benefits Haroon Dawood, Saima Javed Article 15: (Quetta), Wasim Wagha, Rural Women Article 16: Rabeea Hadi, Shamaila Tanvir, General RecommendationEquality before the 19: Law Farkhanda Aurangzeb, Myra Marriage and Family Imran (Islamabad) Violence against Women ChaptersImplementing Contributed CEDAW By in Pakistan DemocracyBy Tahira Abdullah and Women’s Rights: Pakistan’s Progress (2007-2012) Decentralization,By Ayesha Khan 18th Constitutional Amendment and Women’s Rights MinorityBy Rubina WomenSaigol of Pakistan: A Case of Double Jeopardy By Peter Jacob and Jennifer Jag Jewan Prepared By ii ThisAll publication rights is provided reserved gratis or sold, subject to the condition that it shall not, by way of trade or otherwise, be lent, re-sold, hired out or otherwise circulated without the publisher’s prior consent in any form of binding or cover other than in which it is published and without a similar condition being imposed on the subsequent publisher. References to this report and excerpts of the report can be reproduced with due acknowledgement of the publication and Aurat Publication and Information Service Foundation (AF). Disclaimer Opinions expressed in Independent Chapters of this Report are writers’ own and Aurat Foundation shares responsibility with writers for views expressed. However, the organisations which have endorsed the Pakistan NGO Alternative Report on CEDAW - 2012, may not necessarily share these opinions. Published By Aurat Publication and Information TitleServicePainting Foundation By LayoutAliya Mirza Design By PrintingShahzad AshrafBy DateCrystal of PrintersPublication November, 2012 iii Pakistan NGO AlternativeWith Updated Report Notes on– 2009-2012 CEDAWEndorsed by the (200 following5 civil-2009) society organizations: Acid Survivors Foundation AGHS Legal Aid Cell Christian Study Centre Ethnomedia HomeNet Pakistan Human Rights Commission of Pakistan Institute of Development Studies and Practices Insan Foundation Trust Interactive Resource Centre Khowendo Kor National Commission for Justice and Peace Noor Education Trust Omar Asghar Khan Foundation Potohar Organization for Development Advocacy – Pakistan Rozan Struggle for Change (SACH) SACHET – Pakistan Simorgh Women's Resource and Publication Centre Shirkat Gah Women’s Resource Centre South Asia Partnership – Pakistan Strengthening Participatory Organizations Sungi Development Foundation Sustainable Development Policy Institute War against Rape Consultative Process for Pakistan NGO Alternative Report steered by CEDAW Follow-Up Committee (2009-2010) Tahira Abdullah (Development worker & rights activist), Neelam Hussain (Simorgh), Nighat Said Khan (ASR Resource Centre), Maria Rashid (Rozan), Peter Jacob (National Commission for Justice and Peace), Arifa Mazhar (Sungi Development Foundation), Ume-Laila (HomeNet Pakistan), Zubaida Noor (Noor Education Trust), Kishwar Sultana (Insan Foundation Trust), Sameena Nazir (PODA-Pakistan), Rukhshanda Naz, Naeem Mirza, Rabeea Hadi, Saima Munir and Saima Javed (Aurat Foundation) iv v About Authors, Reviewers and Maliha Zia, Contributorsan advocate of the High Court, is a legal expert, researcher and women’s rights activist. She has done her LLM in Human Rights from School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, London. Her legal practice includes litigation and legal research on criminal, civil, family and constitutional law. She has worked for a number of years in the development sector with a primary focus on drafting laws on women’s legal rights and protection of women; and as a trainer on women and law and human rights issues. Her extensive work has included several reports, articles and training manuals on issues of international human rights treaties, including CEDAW, discrimination and violence against women in law and the judiciary. Her publications include ‘Honour killings and the compliance withRiffat law’, Butt, ‘Gender review of labour law’ and 'Sexual violence and the law in Pakistan’. an advocate and a former civil judge at the District Court Lahore, has extensive experience in civil and criminal litigation as well as in women’s rights laws, family laws, evidence, labour and employment laws, international conventions, international humanitarian law and international criminal prosecution. She has undertaken drafting and review of various laws for the Federal and Provincial Governments of Pakistan on women’s rights issues. She has extensively worked for personal laws of the minority communities. She is a law graduate of the Punjab University and holds a Masters of Law (LLM) from the University of Minnesota, United States of America. She is A CEDAW trainer; and has also served as legal expert at National CommissionNeelam Hussain on the Status of Women (2011-2012). is a feminist thinker and a human rights activist. She is a founder member and Coordinator of Simorgh Women's Resource and Publication Centre, Lahore. Neelam has specialised in English Literature and has edited and written for a number of books including children's stories and English translations of two novels by women writers. Other than research undertaken for Pathways under the Changing Narratives of Sexuality Theme, she is currently involved with research on forced marriage and women's inheritance rights. Neelam is a member ofNasreen Women's Azhar Action Forum. is a well-known women’s rights and human rights activist and an independent development consultant. She is founder member of Women’s Action Forum (WAF) and a member of the Human Rights of Commission of Pakistan since its inception. She has wide- ranging work experience in journalism, adult literacy, research and rights-based social development. She was appointed member of the National Commission on the Status of Women fromTahira 2009 Abdu to 2012,llah and won Shaheed Benazir Bhutto Human Rights Award in 2010. is a socio-economic development practitioner, peace activist and human rights defender, based in Islamabad, Pakistan. She has been striving towards gender equality and justice for almost four decades. She is an active member of WAF, HRCP and Legislative Watch Group of Aurat Foundation. Among her numerous works, she co-authored ‘Manifesto Suggestions for Political Parties’ with Shahla Zia in 2002 and; the 2012 version of the similar handbook with the same title recently co-authored with Naheed Aziz. vi Ayesha Khan is Senior Researcher at the Collective for Social Science Research, based in Karachi. Her work covers a range of issues, in particular gender and development, social policy and conflict/refugee issues in the region. She has extensive experience in qualitative research design. She has also worked as a journalist and been active in the women's movement in Pakistan. Her recent research has been a multi-country study ‘Pathways to Women’s Empowerment’ in which she examined the effect of paid work on Lady Health Workers in Pakistan.Rubina Saigol is an independent development researcher and women’s rights activist. She has been involved in the field of education and social development for the last seventeen years. She has authored and edited several books on education, human rights, women’s rights, terrorism, the state and nationalism. She has written extensively in Urdu and English and several of her studies and papers have been published in Pakistan and abroad. She also contributes to nationalPeter Jacob dailies on issues of current concern. has an academic background of Law, Political Science and Rural Development, and has been part of initiatives involving social inquiry and rights-based advocacy. In his 24 years of engagement with National Commission for Justice and Peace, he has combined intellectual pursuit with sublime activism to bring out several studies that are insightful for further researchJennifer inJag the J ewareasan of social action and human rights. works in the areas of Education, Theology, Human Rights and Peace Building. She conducts workshops, gives lectures and carries out research work in the said area. She is providing her expertise to several civil society organizations in conducting evaluations andNaee strategicm Mirza planning. is associated with Aurat Foundation for the last 16 years. He is a human rights activist and a former journalist, currently serving as Chief Operating Officer in AF. He is involved in planning, strategizing and implementing strategic organizational obligations to achieve objectives of women’s empowerment and gender equality through research, analysis and lobbying and advocacy with political parties, legislators and government on women’s rights, human
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