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A new book of essays edited by parliamentarian Sherry Rehman offers insight into the past, present and future of the country’s women’s rights movement ....
Speakers discuss challenges in implementation of Hindu marriage law July 1, 2021 Sindh holds the distinction of being the first and only province of Pakistan to legislate on marriage registration for the Hindus and other related issues. However, the implementation of the law has been a challenge that needs to be met. The aforesaid proposition was the main crux of a consultation on the Sindh Hindu Marriage Act 2016 organised by the Sindh Human Rights Commission (SHRC) in collaboration with the Community World Service Asia. According to a statement issued, several such cases have surfaced that signal gaps in the implementation of the law due to lack of awareness among the relevant authorities as well as the public, and it was due to this that the SHRC felt the need for holding a consultation for devising a mechanism to promote awareness about the law. ....
Karachi February 14, 2021 The Sindh Human Rights Commission (SHRC) has found in its initial assessment that cases of gender-based violence and other human rights abuses increased across the province during the lockdown imposed to restrict the spread of Covid-19. The SHRC held a stakeholders’ meeting to discuss the findings of the initial assessment report. The heads and representatives of different institutions and professional groups shared their experiences as well as the challenges they faced during the lockdown. The commission observed in its assessment that Covid-19 impacted all spheres of life, and human rights is no exception; it rendered a large number of people jobless during the lockdown, causing people to face socio-economic and psychological problems. ....
SHRC sets up regional office in Sukkur Karachi February 4, 2021 With the expanding scope of human rights discourse and consequently increased reporting of rights violation cases from upper Sindh, the Sindh Human Rights Commission (SHRC) has set up its regional office in Sukkur. Headed by Justice (retd) Majida Razvi, the SHRC was established in May 2013 under the Sindh Protection of Human Rights Act 2011. Since then, the body has been striving for the promotion and protection of human rights in the province under its mandate. The opening of the regional office in Sukkur will help people living in the districts of upper Sindh to register their complaints there. “Now people living in upper Sindh do not have to travel all the way to Karachi to inform the body about their grievances. It was also the demand of the upper Sindh people to establish an SHRC office in the region,” said an official. ....