Legal injustices: The Zina Hudood Ordinance of Pakistan and its implications for women

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dc.contributor.authorImran, Rahat
dc.date.accessioned2021-12-17T15:39:14Z
dc.date.available2021-12-17T15:39:14Z
dc.date.issued2005
dc.date.updated2021-12-17T15:34:11Z
dc.description.abstractDuring recent decades the women of Pakistan have been the most vulnerable and convenient targets of social, domestic and sexual violence. This paper will examine the trend of sexual violence against women that emerged in Pakistan with the introduction of the Islamization process through the implementation of the Sharia laws since1979. The paperâ s main focus will be on rape and the state legislation that governs it, namely the Zina Hudood Ordinance of 1979 and the Law of Evidence of 1984, and how the gender-discriminatory nature of these laws serves as a powerful weapon in the hands of the patriarchal society of Pakistan to subjugate women. These laws and their rigid interpretation in the name of Islam have not only facilitated oppression and sexual violence against women to an alarming degree in Pakistan, but also seriously eroded womenâ s chances of equal justice. The factors that led to the implementation and survival of such laws in the first place, and consequently how rape became a daunting weapon against women, will be discussed. The paper will analyze the various political, social, cultural and religious factors that contribute to this situation, and the legal and social complexities involved for women in seeking justice in rape cases. In conclusion, the paper will discuss Pakistani womenâ s initiative in evolving and building an organized resistance and struggle for the repeal of gender discriminatory laws.en
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
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dc.identifier.articleidArticle 5en
dc.identifier.citationImran, R. (2005) 'Legal injustices: The Zina Hudood Ordinance of Pakistan and its implications for women', Journal of International Women's Studies, 7(2), pp. 78-100. Available at: uri:https://vc.bridgew.edu/jiws/vol7/iss2/5 (Accessed: 17 December 2021)en
dc.identifier.endpage100en
dc.identifier.issn1539-8706
dc.identifier.issued2en
dc.identifier.journaltitleJournal of International Women's Studiesen
dc.identifier.startpage78en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/12356
dc.identifier.volume7en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherJournal of International Women's Studiesen
dc.relation.urihttps://vc.bridgew.edu/jiws/vol7/iss2/5
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dc.subjectZina Hudood Ordinanceen
dc.subjectIslamizationen
dc.subjectPakistani womenen
dc.titleLegal injustices: The Zina Hudood Ordinance of Pakistan and its implications for womenen
dc.typeArticle (peer-reviewed)en
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