Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment in Pakistan

by Rashida Patel

Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment in Pakistan provides an overview of the legal and practical changes which have been introduced to improve the deteriorating condition of women in Pakistan. The book presents a critical analysis of the continuous and increasing misinterpretations of the
principles of Islam through legal acceptance, and discusses laws which have been recently changed and have an effect on women's lives, including the Criminal...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195478819
• ISBN13: 9780195478815
• Release Date: December 2010
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 308 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.7" x 8.8"