Sabrina Khan
The author heads an NGO and is a women’s rights activist. Her writings for Criterion Quarterly are: Pakistan and the Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination Against Women
Pakistan and the Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination Against Women
By Sabrina Khan[1] Abstract The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women stipulates measures to be taken by state parties to bring about gender equality. Pakistan, as a signatory, has not been able to meet most of these benchmarks. Draconian laws such as the Hudood Ordinances of 1979 and the hold