'Honour Killings' in Pakistan and Compliance of ... - Aurat Foundation

About the Author
The author is a High Court Advocate with an LLM in Human Rights from
School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London. She has
been working on women's human rights, specifically women's legal rights for
the last 8 years. She has worked with several NGOs and international
organisations providing gender analysis of Pakistani law, drafting of laws and as
a trainer. Her work has included several reports, articles and trainings given on
issue of international human rights treaties, including CEDAW and
discrimination against women in law and the judiciary. Currently she is
practising law in the Sindh High Court at Karachi and continuing her work as a
free lance gender and legal consultant.
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Date of publication: November, 2011