Closing the Gender Pay Gap “Once and for All”: Labour’s Proposed Reforms to GPG Reporting in the UK
The UK’s gender pay gap (GPG) has been declining over time, falling from 27.5% in 1997 to 14.3% in 2023. Nevertheless, at the current rate of decline, it will take...
Wrongly Denied – The Constitutional Right to Same-Sex Marriage in Hong Kong
In recent years, Hong Kong has experienced an unprecedented bloom of local jurisprudence that upheld spousal rights of same-sex couples, be it parental rights in AA v BB [2021] HKCFI...
Lahore High Court Strikes Down the Discriminatory Gender-Based Age Difference in the Definition of ‘Child’ in the Child Marriage Restraint Act 1929
About 18.3% of girls and 4.7% of boys in Pakistan are married before the age of 18. Child marriage is a human rights violation which affects both genders. However, it...
Supreme Court of Pakistan Holds that the Courts Cannot Pass a Decree of Khula Without a Woman’s Consent
Khula is not a favourable method of divorce for women because they are compelled to return their dower. Under the Muslim Law, dower is the sum of money or property...
