Honor Killing In Pakistan

By Veshal Gondal  Farzana Parveen, a 25 year old pregnant women, was stoned to death in front of the Lahore courthouse by her family members. Her only mistake was, that she refused to marry someone her parents had chosen[1]. She was attacked by her family as she walked to the courthouse to marry the man…

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Egypt’s New Stance on Sexual Harassment

By Virginia Lyon In his last week as Egypt’s leader, interim president Adly Mansour approved a decree criminalizing sexual harassment. Prior to the decree issued in early June Egypt’s laws failed to discuss or even mention sexual harassment. Rather, sexual harassment was referred to loosely as “indecent assault” and carried no punishment. Now, however, sexual…

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