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HOW PAKISTAN FAILED ITS WOMEN A SOCIOLEGAL ANALYSIS OF PUBLICS PERCEPTION REGARDING THE FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE PERPETUATION OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN

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http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/glsr.2021(VI-IV).03      10.31703/glsr.2021(VI-IV).03      Published : Dec 2021

How Pakistan Failed Its Women; A Socio-Legal Analysis of Public's Perception Regarding the Factors that Influence Perpetuation of Violence against Women

Abstract

    This study intends to analyze the socio-legal factors that influence the perpetuation of violence against women and identify what can be done to curtail this issue. For this purpose, an online cross-sectional descriptive survey was conducted on Pakistani citizens through the snowball sampling technique. A total number of n=385 respondents (174 males and 211 females) participated in this study. Adapted items were validated using Chronbach Alpha 0.83 value and results were analyzed through frequency and percentage and Pearson correlation coefficient p and lt; 0.05 was applied to check the direction, magnitude and consistency between social factors, legal factors and perpetuation of violence against women to answer research questions of the study. Acquired responses indicated a significant positive relationship between social and legal factors in perpetuating violence against women in Pakistan. Hence this study concluded that the explanation of violence against women is a phenomenon that results due to both social and legal factors.

    Women, Pakistan, Social Factors and Legal Factors, VAW

    (1) Samza Fatima
    Assistant Professor of Law, University Gillani Law College, BZU, Multan, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (2) Asfa Ashraf
    Visiting Lecturer, University Gillani Law College, BZU, Multan, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (3) Syed Kaleem Imam
    PhD in Politics and International Relations, Federal Secretary, Ministry of Narcotics Control Division, Pakistan.
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    APA : Fatima, S., Ashraf, A., & Imam, S. K. (2021). How Pakistan Failed Its Women; A Socio-Legal Analysis of Public's Perception Regarding the Factors that Influence Perpetuation of Violence against Women. Global Legal Studies Review, VI(IV), 18 - 24. https://doi.org/10.31703/glsr.2021(VI-IV).03

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    CHICAGO : Fatima, Samza, Asfa Ashraf, and Syed Kaleem Imam. 2021. "How Pakistan Failed Its Women; A Socio-Legal Analysis of Public's Perception Regarding the Factors that Influence Perpetuation of Violence against Women." Global Legal Studies Review, VI (IV): 18 - 24 doi: 10.31703/glsr.2021(VI-IV).03

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    HARVARD : FATIMA, S., ASHRAF, A. & IMAM, S. K. 2021. How Pakistan Failed Its Women; A Socio-Legal Analysis of Public's Perception Regarding the Factors that Influence Perpetuation of Violence against Women. Global Legal Studies Review, VI, 18 - 24.

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    MLA : Fatima, Samza, Asfa Ashraf, and Syed Kaleem Imam. "How Pakistan Failed Its Women; A Socio-Legal Analysis of Public's Perception Regarding the Factors that Influence Perpetuation of Violence against Women." Global Legal Studies Review, VI.IV (2021): 18 - 24 Print.

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    OXFORD : Fatima, Samza, Ashraf, Asfa, and Imam, Syed Kaleem (2021), "How Pakistan Failed Its Women; A Socio-Legal Analysis of Public's Perception Regarding the Factors that Influence Perpetuation of Violence against Women", Global Legal Studies Review, VI (IV), 18 - 24

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    TURABIAN : Fatima, Samza, Asfa Ashraf, and Syed Kaleem Imam. "How Pakistan Failed Its Women; A Socio-Legal Analysis of Public's Perception Regarding the Factors that Influence Perpetuation of Violence against Women." Global Legal Studies Review VI, no. IV (2021): 18 - 24. https://doi.org/10.31703/glsr.2021(VI-IV).03