War Against Rape (WAR) is a non-governmental organization (NGO) based in Karachi and founded in 1989. [1] [2]
Through 1979–1988 martial law was enacted in Pakistan; this led to the creation of many NGOs, including WAR. [3] The group's mission is to publicize the problem of rape in Pakistan; in a report released in 1992 covering 60 reported case of rape, 20% involved police officers. In 2008 the group claimed that several of its members were assaulted by a religious group as they tried to help a woman who had been gang raped identify her assailants. [4]
References
- ^ Mohiuddin, Yasmeen Niaz (2006). Pakistan: A Global Studies Handbook (1st ed.). ABC-CLIO. p. 355. ISBN 978-1851098019.
- ^ Khalid, R. (2011). Alexandra Rutherford; Rose Capdevila; Vindhya Undurti; Ingrid Palmary (eds.). Handbook of International Feminisms: Perspectives on Psychology, Women, Culture, and Rights (1st ed.). Springer. p. 136. ISBN 978-1441998682.
- ^ Suhail, Kausar; M. Asir Ajmal (2009). Lawrence H. Gerstein; Seung-Ming Alvin Leung; Kathryn L. Norsworthy; P. Paul Heppner (eds.). International Handbook of Cross-Cultural Counseling: Cultural Assumptions and Practices Worldwide (1st ed.). Sage. p. 246. ISBN 978-1441998682.
- ^ Staff (20 March 2008). "Rape case muddied by claims of 3 parties". Daily Times. Lahore. Archived from the original on 17 June 2013. Retrieved 17 June 2013.