The tribal system of justice is a continued agent of injustice and human rights violation in many parts of Pakistan. In some parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, there is still this senseless tradition of swara, i.e. settling a dispute by giving a girl or woman from one’s family in marriage to the other party as a form of compensation for some wrong or offense.… [Read more]
Swara Case in Swat Puts Girl’s Life at Stake
Filed Under: Social Change Tagged With: child marriage, Human Rights, human rights in Swat, swara, Swat swara, women's rights