When WAR first started out in 1989, it operated mainly
as a pressure group. Being a brainchild of Women’s Action
Forum (WAF) to combat injustices meted out to women in the
form of rape and sexual harassment, WAR became (and remains)
the only organization all over Pakistan dealing with the issues
of rape other forms of sexual abuse specifically.
In the yesteryears, one could find WAR in the press with an
outstanding regularity. One favored form of putting pressure
on the government and those who abused authority to suppress
women was putting items in the newspapers and elsewhere, to
strongly protest against the rising trend of abuse of women.
One of these abuses was in the form of the intolerably cruel
Hudood Ordinances. Galvanizing the power of the press, WAR
took on the task of religiously opposing the Ordinances with
full force, a battle that is on going.
In
the links below, one can find information on how WAR used
the fettered press to wage a war against the most tragic laws
ever to grace the statute of Pakistan.
| Media
ethics on women issues discussed
Source: Daily "DAWN"
Dated: Sept 29, 2004 |
| Sensational
and unethical approach of a section of print and electronic
media towards reporting of rape cases reduces chances
of getting justice for these victims. Read
full story...
|
Jirga
system encourages karo-kari: NGO
Source: Daily "DAWN"
Dated: May 09, 2004 |
A
non-governmental organization, War Against Rape, has
demanded of the authorities to declare karo-kari illegal,
as a large number of women are killed on the pretext
of that tradition. Read
full story... |
| Breaking
the silence
Source: Daily "THE NEWS"
Dated: May 09, 2004 |
If
the media had not picked up and published or broadcast
photographs of Iraqi prisoners being abused by British
and American soldiers, their leadership would probably
still be in denial. Read
full story... |
| Violence
against women assuming alarming proportions
Source: Daily "THE NEWS"
Dated: April 03, 2004 |
Women
in Pakistan are severely encumbered and discriminated
against. Violence against women within the home and
community, as well as in the custody of the law-enforcement
officials, is on the rise. Read
full story... |
Detailed
form for rape evidences proposed
Source: Daily "DAWN"
Dated: March 30, 2004 |
An
NGO, War Against Rape (WAR), has said that it has drafted
a new form for recording evidences and reports as provided
by a rape victim. Read
full story... |
| Activists
seek end to discriminatory laws - International Women's
Day
Source: Daily "DAWN"
Dated: Mar 09, 2004 |
Various
functions were organized by different organizations
to observe the International Women's Day in the city
on Monday. Speakers at these functions stressed that
women would have to wage a long struggle to get their
due rights which were not being given to them by society.
Read
full story... |
| Protest
demo held against women and child abuse
Source: Daily "DAWN"
Dated: Feb 14, 2004 |
Participants
of a big demonstration, organized by the Joint Action
Committee for People's Rights, condemned growing incidents
of violence against women and children and urged the
government to take stern action against the culprits.
Read
full story... |
| WAR's
appeal to govt
Source: Daily "DAWN"
Dated: Feb 13, 2004 |
The
War Against Rape (WAR) welcomes the Balochistan Assembly's
bold and unanimous rejection of the heinous custom of
karo-kari. Read
full story... |
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