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Violence Against Women In Punjab: Prevalence, Varying Trends And Efforts Of Media And Civil Society
Author(s) -
Sadia Rafi,
Mumtaz Ali,
Irfan Nawaz
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
pakistan journal of applied social sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2663-8894
pISSN - 2409-0077
DOI - 10.46568/pjass.v1i1.279
Subject(s) - civil society , government (linguistics) , context (archaeology) , political science , domestic violence , economic growth , engineering , public relations , criminology , environmental health , suicide prevention , medicine , sociology , poison control , geography , law , politics , economics , philosophy , linguistics , archaeology
This study aims at highlighting common types of violence against women in Punjab, then present research discusses varying trends of violence against women in this province and efforts, which were taken by media, police, government of Punjab and civil society organizations, to combat violence against women were analyzed in broader context. Combating violence, it needs emergency measures to be taken and redefine continued efforts. Thus, it is suggested that it is the need of the hour to pave way for women friendly legislations and prohibits all practices of women violence by improving efficacy of existing policies for combating women violence.

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