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Personal laws of Muslims and minorities
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- Laws are outdated and need to be aligned with the current issues and scenarios
- Non-Muslim minorities do not have/are personal laws outdated.
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- Girl marriage, divorce, child guardianship, inheritance etc.
- Directly affect women due to the social environment in Pakistan; which places women in a socially inferior and vulnerable position.
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Amendments to the
Anti – Women Practices
Act-2011
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- Law is silent to deal with specifically systems of Jirgas and other illegal parallel legal system
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- issues relating to warrants and compoundability of the law that has resulted in making it difficult to stop such customs from occurring in time; this should be taken into a legislative action against anyone involved in such systems
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Law of acid crimes
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- To combat easy and cheap access to corrosive substances used in acid crimes
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- Law punishing perpetrators of acid violence exists; a law outlawing and making it difficult to access different forms of corrosive substance must also be made.
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Provincial Commission on Status of the Women (PCSW)
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- In lines with National Commission on Status of Women 2012 (NCSW); there is need to form at provincial level to support the government
- Alignment of law in KP must be improved in line with the NCSW 2012 law
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- Prioritization & mainstreaming women in respective sphere of life
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Trafficking
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- As there is no such aw on internal trafficking and regulation of data on trafficking
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- Dealing with cases where the authorities encounter cases of trafficking, resulting in mis-reporting, mis-management and the lack of capturing accurately capturing and dealing with the issue
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Laws on sexual violence
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- Revision of laws on sexual violence, SoPs for police and medico-legal centers for dealing with such cases etc.
- The law remains silent on issues relating to incest, child molestation and a number of other issues.
- Procedural gaps remain as well as inadequate handling of such cases.
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- Increase in incidents of sexual violence
- A comprehensive approach to combat this issue
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Law on honour crime
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- The present law of honour crime has gaps which results to weak implementation of the law and allow perpetrators impunity; hence amendment be passed accordingly
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- Horrific form of violence against women
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Home based workers
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- At present, no protection to informal workers and home-based workers in the form of a policy and legislation.
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- Social and labour protection to informal workers and home-based workers
- Recognition of such entities
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Women’s Representation
in the Local
Government,
National, Provincial Assemblies, Senate & in
Political Parties
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- Increase in women’s quotas and reserved seats to 33%
- Amendment in the Political Parties Act to ensure 10% party tickets to women on general seats in addition to reserved seats quota
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- To ensure a viable majority of women at all levels of government
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Laws on
Domestic violence
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- Focus on the criminalization of law as opposed to just the response and rehabilitation
- Laws on domestic violence must be passed in all provinces
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- Increase in domestic violence against women
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Laws on Child marriages
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- Amendment in the Child Marriage Restraint Act 1929 to increase the age of marriage of the girl child; given over-arching effect; increase punishments and improve modes of punishment
- A draft is ready for Punjab; needs to pursue
- For Sindh, Nikha nama needs to be amended, CNIC attachment with nikha nama should be mandatory
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- girls are affected badly; and it leads to domestic violence against girls
- At present, punishment is very lower, a meager amount just PKR 1,000.
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Enabling Acts for International Conventions
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- Getting enable laws passed to enforce the acts for International Conventions ratified by Pakistan
- Providing legally mandate to the local application of international human rights conventions in Pakistan.
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- In Pakistan, non-existing of enabling act to ratified International Conventions pertaining to human rights
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Health
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- There is a need to explore the possibility of legislative reform through health initiatives
- Cases pertaining to polio vaccine should be penalized
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- Issues relates to maternal health, reproductive rights and even violence amongst others
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