Offering vital new perspectives on the role of sexual violence as a weapon of
war in Pakistan, Disputed Legacies examines the situations that arise when
secular law comes into conflict with traditional practice and belief and how
this directly affects policy, pedagogy, and medical practice. Focusing
specifically on Pakistan, a country with a long history of internal and external
conflict, the contributors to this volume trace the often troubled interaction
between the state and its female citizens and examine the ingrained and
pervasive structures and social systems that enable impunity for perpetrators of
sexual violence to gain strength.
Disputed Legacies is part of the Sexual Violence and Impunity