The Sindh Child Marriage Restraint Act (SCMRA) passed in 2013 makes Sindh the only province in Pakistan where the legal age of marriage for both boys and girls is 18 […]
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Struggle: Anti-Child Marriage Struggle
Exhibition: Sustaining Power
SuPWR is excited to announce several upcoming launch events for our photo exhibition that centres the voices from 16 women’s rights movements across Bangladesh, India, Nepal and Pakistan. The exhibition speaks […]
Child marriage in Pakistan: Conversations with activists
Child marriage in Pakistan is a multifaceted issue, consisting of varying legal dimensions and deeply rooted socio-cultural norms. The topic has been sporadically highlighted over the past two decades. In […]
Grassroots movement building against child marriage in South Asia
Child marriage is a serious violation of girls’ human rights. It negatively affects the lives and futures of millions of children in South Asia, a region which has an estimated […]
Child marriage in Pakistan: Legal ambiguities & landmark judgements
The recent child marriage case of Dua Zehra has sparked outrage across news outlets and social media, reigniting a socio-legal debate within Pakistan. Dua went missing from her home in […]
Vocabularies of backlash in South Asia
In recent years, ‘backlash’ has gained increased recognition as a conceptual frame through which to understand and address disparate forms of resistance and repression encountered by women’s struggles across the globe. This […]