Women laws and law firms in Pakistan:
According to the law firms in
Pakistan the family planning is un-Islamic is quite contrary to the actual
position comprehensive study (schedule to this report) has discussed the
Islamic viewpoint on family planning thoroughly it concludes that family
planning is permissible on the authority of the Holy Quran itself, from various
traditions and opinions of various Islamic jurists and scholars. Several law
firms in Pakistan hold that family planning is not only permissible but
desirable. The reasons cited for it include avoidance of labor pains, an
excessive number of woman's fear that her beauty may get affected. The night of
deciding to control fertility rests with each of the spouses. Where termination
of pregnancy or abortion is concerned, a substantial body of jurists has held
that a woman is free to have an abortion until 120 days of her pregnancy, even
without the consent of the husband. Recommendations of law firms in Pakistan:
1- The educational and health needs of women should be given top priority.
1- The educational and health needs of women should be given top priority.
2- All
governmental schemes programs must be geared towards removing all
gender-disparities in education facilities; all existing schemes or programs
should be immediately converted into programs for girls; ill parity is achieved
incentives of food, scholarships, etc. should be introduced for lower-income
families. Mechanisms should be developed for enforcing compulsory primary
education and law firms in Pakistan should participate in it.
3- The
financial allocations for education should be enhanced to 4% from the existing.
4- At
least 50 รณ of the entire education and training budget at all levels should be
for girls and women.
5- Provision
should be made for opportunities for women in new technologies
6- Allocations
to the health and population sectors sector should be gradually
7- An
outreach of all health, nutrition, hygiene and sanitation programs should be
training based on market needs increased to 6 % of GDP, in keeping with the WHO
philosophy extended with a particular focus on rural women, urban slums, squatter
settlements and women with disabilities. Regulations should be amended to
ensuring women the right to avail of tubal ligation without the husband's
permission and law firms in Pakistan should be consulted.
8- Women's
right to obtain an abortion by her choice within the first 120 days.
9- Pregnancy
is unambiguously declared an absolute legal right.
10- Women's
right to obtain an abortion beyond the 120 days be made permissible only in the
event of pregnancy due to rape, in the case of seriously disabled girls and women,
in case of danger to the woman's life or serious threat to her health, and in
the case of any exposure to disease or other hazards which may result in
abnormality of the child.
11- Serious
attention should be given towards providing reproductive and maternal health
care facilities, according to several recommendations made earlier, along with
sufficient financial allocations.
12- Family
planning programs should be to target men both as user’s ad
forwardness-raising. Information on any disseminated highlighting the fact that
a vasectomy for a male is a far less serious operation than tubal ligation
forewoman.
13- Media
should play a more constructive role in raising awareness about women's reproductive
health issues.
14- Tax
or other incentives for families with three or fewer children should be considered.
While it is difficult to go into exhaustive details about the provision of
basic facilities, it is necessary to highlight some which are necessary for
view of the increasing number of women entering the labor market and assuming
more responsibilities in the public sphere.