Zarizana Aziz

Zarizana Abdul Aziz is a human rights lawyer specialising in legal, judicial and policy reform. This requires addressing intersections between international human rights, gender, culture (social customs and norms), religion and the national legal regime. She is director of the Due Diligence Project and currently serves as principal capacity development specialist for gender and rule of law consultant with the Asian Development Bank.

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Gender Based Violence Courts in Pakistan: A Gap in Gender Equality Remains, but a Promising Start

Gender Based Violence Courts in Pakistan: A Gap in Gender Equality Remains, but a Promising Start

Available data indicated that in Pakistan, only 2-3% of rape perpetrators were convicted. In light of this, the then Chief Justice of the Lahore (Punjab) High Court invited the Asian Development Bank to provide technical assistance on ...