Combating Institutionalized Discrimination and Gender-Based Violence in Pakistan
Despite Pakistan’s efforts to eliminate gender-based violence (GBV), violence against women has continued to fester within the country and has claimed an estimated 5,000 lives annually. An overview of the cultural, social and institutional barriers that women must navigate affirms the need for necessary reforms in the social, economic, and judicial sectors capable of creating a sociocultural environment that is conducive to women’s safety and autonomy.