Pakistan

15 members of a Pakistani community were arrested this week for their role in the honor killing of a girl who had helped a couple elope. The girl was burned alive, which the community justified by stating that she had irrevocably damaged the village’s reputation.

Read more at: http://nytlive.nytimes.com/womenintheworld/2016/05/05/16-year-old-pakistani-girl-burned-alive-in-honor-killing/

May 5, 2016
Published by The AHA Foundation at May 5, 2016
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Brutal Honor Killing in Pakistan

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March 2, 2016
Published by The AHA Foundation at March 2, 2016
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Honor Killing in Pakistan

Pakistani police are looking for a man suspected of killing his two sisters in an act of honor […]
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February 23, 2016
Published by The AHA Foundation at February 23, 2016
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“A Girl in River” and Changes in Pakistan

Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy addresses the problem of honor killings in her Oscar-nominated documentary short, “A Girl in the River: […]
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January 30, 2016
Published by The AHA Foundation at January 30, 2016
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Documentary “A Girl in the River”

New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof sheds light on the Oscar-winning documentary “A Girl in the River: The Price […]
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January 27, 2016
Published by The AHA Foundation at January 27, 2016
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Child Marriages in Pakistan

In the Pakistani district of Thar, child brides are very common. Girls are often married at 9 and […]
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