International Crisis Group

Pakistan Must Lift Women In Order To Counter Security Threats |   Samina Ahmed & Melanne Verveer

Women in Pakistan are systematically subjected to discrimination and are increasingly targeted by violent extremists. Fifteen years after the adoption of UN Security Council Resolution 1325, reaffirming the importance of women in the prevention and resolution of conflict and peacebuilding, it is in the conflict zones of northwestern Pakistan and the tribal belt bordering on Afghanistan that women are most vulnerable. But there is much that could be done to involve women in political and social processes in Pakistan that could help counter this unacceptable situation.

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Source: The Boston Globe