BAYAN, a socio-legal journal, aims to fill the
gap in the area of legal scholarship on human rights and women’s
issues especially with regard to laws and legal practice that
exists in Pakistan; to provide a platform for the articulation
of more rights oriented and equity based perspectives in this
area; and, to provide information and critical analyses enabling
equity and rights based judgements. With these primary objectives
in mind, the journal is envisaged as a tool or mechanism for change
with regard to:
