Gender-based violence is a global issue that affects 1 in 3 women in their lifetime. Acts of violence against women include physical, sexual, psychological, and harmful traditional practices. No country or culture is free from violence against women, which can impact women of all backgrounds. Recently, Pakistan passed a landmark law criminalizing domestic violence and other forms of violence against women. The new law aims to protect women and hold offenders accountable through prison sentences and fines.

1. Presented By
Rajia Munir
Zaib Un Nisa
Hafsa Murtaza
Kshaf Qaiser

2. VIOLENCE IS "THE USE OF PHYSICAL FORCE SO AS
TO INJURE, ABUSE, DAMAGE, OR DESTROY
SOMEONE"

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4. Gender-based violence (GBV) or violence against women and girls (VAWG), is a
global pandemic that affects 1 in 3 women in their lifetime.
The numbers are staggering:
• 35% of women worldwide have experienced either physical and/or sexual intimate partner violence or
non-partner sexual violence.
• Globally, 7% of women have been sexually assaulted by someone other than a partner.
• Globally, as many as 38% of murders of women are committed by an intimate partner.

5. NO COUNTRY ,REGION OR CULTURE IN THE WORLD IS FREE
FROM VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN IT CAN EFFECT WOMEN OF
EVERY RACE , AGE ,CULTURE AND IN PROFESSION.

6. • VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN (VAW), ALSO KNOWN
AS GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE AND SEXUAL AND
GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE ARE VIOLENT ACTS
PRIMARILY OR EXCLUSIVELY COMMITTED
AGAINST WOMEN AND GIRLS.

7. SIMPLY PUT VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN INCLUDES ACTS OF
AGGRESSION EXPERIENCED BY WOMEN BECAUSE OF THEIR SEX
SUCH ACTS INCLUDE PHYSICAL VIOLENCE ,SEXUAL VIOLENCE
,PSYCHOLOGICAL VIOLENCE AND HARMFUL TRADITIONAL
PRACTICES

10. • GENDER INEQUALITY ACKNOWLEDGES THAT MEN AND WOMEN ARE NOT EQUAL AND THAT
GENDER AFFECTS AN INDIVIDUAL'S LIVED EXPERIENCE. THESE DIFFERENCES ARISE FROM
DISTINCTIONS IN BIOLOGY, PSYCHOLOGY, AND CULTURAL NORMS.

11. • SOCIAL SYSTEM IN WHICH MEN HOLD PRIMARY POWER AND PREDOMINATE IN
ROLES OF POLITICAL LEADERSHIP, MORAL AUTHORITY, SOCIAL PRIVILEGE AND
CONTROL OF PROPERTY.

12. • AN AMOUNT OF PROPERTY OR MONEY BROUGHT BY A BRIDE TO HER HUSBAND
ON THEIR MARRIAGE.

13. • THE KILLING OF A RELATIVE, ESPECIALLY A GIRL OR WOMAN, WHO IS PERCEIVED TO HAVE
BROUGHT DISHONOUR ON THE FAMILY.

15. • A STATE IN PAKISTAN, A NATION RANKED THE WORLD'S THIRD MOST DANGEROUS PLACE FOR
GIRLS AND WOMEN, JUST PASSED A LAW PROTECTING WOMEN AGAINST VIOLENCE.
• THE NEW LAW PASSED BY THE PUNJAB ASSEMBLY IS GROUNDBREAKING AS IT INTENDS TO
CRIMINALIZE ALL FORMS OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN, INCLUDING DOMESTIC, EMOTIONAL,
PSYCHOLOGICAL, ECONOMIC, OR SEXUAL.

16. • DOMESTIC VIOLENCE OFFENDERS ARE EXPECTED TO FACE UP TO A YEAR IN
PRISON AND REPEAT OFFENDERS WILL FACE UP TO TWO YEARS OF
INCARCERATION.
• LAW AGAINST ACID CONTROL AND ACID CRIME ARE ON FIRST CONVICTION, AN
IMPRISONMENT OF ONE YEAR OR A FINE OF A HUNDRED THOUSAND RUPEES OR
BOTH.ON SECOND AND SUBSEQUENT CONVICTION, AN IMPRISONMENT OF TWO
YEARS OR A FINE OF TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND
• OFFENSE OF RAPE RAPE, GANG RAPE, RAPE OF MINORS AND/OR PERSONS WITH
DISABILITIES IS PUNISHABLE WITH IMPRISONMENT FOR LIFE AND FINE.

18. “And live with them in kindness. For if you dislike them – perhaps you
dislike a thing and Allah makes therein much good.”
Quran 4:19
The Messenger of Allah ‫ﷺ‬said:
“The virgin should not be given in marriage until her permission has been
sought.”
Divorced women should receive maintenance given with correctness and
courtesy: a duty for all who believe. (Surat al-Baqara: 241)