Menaal Safi Munshey is currently based at the United Nations University Centre for Policy Research in Tokyo, where she is collaborating on a United Nations University and World Bank initiative on fragile and resilient cities. She holds an MPhil in criminological research from the University of Cambridge, and is a qualified barrister in England and Wales (Gray’s Inn). She previously read law at the University of Warwick. She is a lawyer and criminal justice policy consultant in Karachi, Pakistan.
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Resilience and Security in Cities: Lessons from Karachi and Medellín
The recently adopted United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) set the new global development agenda for the next 15 years. Significant among these are SDG 11 and SDG 16. SDG 11 purposes to “make cities inclusive, safe, ...
Violence against Women in Pakistan – Between Law and Reality
The World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap 2014 report places Pakistan as the second lowest performing country in the world in terms of gender equality. In Pakistan’s rural areas instances of violence against women in the form of ...
Blasphemy Laws and Human Rights in Pakistan
Notorious blasphemy laws have a significant impact on minority communities in Pakistan. Particularly their right to life, freedom of speech and freedom of religion as enshrined in Pakistan’s constitution and the universal declaration ...
