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Domestic work is one of the oldest and socially acceptable form of informal labour for women and the girl child in the informal labour sector. Carrying out domestic work in others households is perceived to be a safe occupation for young girls, who are sent by their families to work as domestic workers to make ends meet. Young girls are denied the opportunity to receive education and skills needed for gainful future employment, thereby perpetuating a cycle of poverty in the family. Due to the gendered nature of domestic work it has become an undervalued, unrecognised, and lowest paid form of labour. Moreover, inadequate legislation poses a challenge to protect the rights of child domestic workers. In developing countries like Pakistan where incomes are low and few employment opportunities for women, there is always an available pool of women and the girl child who enter into domestic service. In Pakistan with a strong system of social hierarchy, the discrimination faced by the girl child is more pronounced. She suffers exploitation, all forms of abuse, and discrimination on the basis of her gender as well as class. This chapter addresses the question to what extent Pakistan has proactively addressed the rights of child domestic workers through legislation, and whether recent legislative interventions have been effective in protecting child domestic workers in Pakistan?
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In recent decades there has been a growing interest in global histories in many parts of the world. Exploring a ‘global history of international law’ is a comparatively recent phenomenon that has attracted the attention of both international lawyers and historians. However, most scholarly contributions dealing with the history of international law end up perpetuating Western Self-centrism and Euro-centrism. International law is often depicted in the writings of international law scholars, as both a product of, and only applicable to, Western Christian states. These scholars insist that the origins of modern (Post-Westphalian) international law lie in the state practice of the European nations of the sixteenth and seventeenth century. This approach that considers only old Christian states of Western Europe to be the original international community is exclusionary, since it fails to recognize and engage with other legal systems including the Islamic legal traditions. This chapter, through the writings of eminent classic and contemporary Islamic jurists, explores the development of As-Siyar (Islamic international law) within the Islamic legal tradition and attempts to address the existing gaps in the global history of the international law project.
Volume 2
The Asian Yearbook of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law aims to publish peer-reviewed scholarly articles and reviews as well as significant developments in human rights and humanitarian law. It examines international human rights and humanitarian law with a global reach, though its particular focus is on the Asian region.
The focused theme of Volume 2 is Islamic Law and its Implementation in Asia and the Middle East.
The focused theme of Volume 2 is Islamic Law and its Implementation in Asia and the Middle East.
Volume 2
The Asian Yearbook of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law aims to publish peer-reviewed scholarly articles and reviews as well as significant developments in human rights and humanitarian law. It examines international human rights and humanitarian law with a global reach, though its particular focus is on the Asian region.
The focused theme of Volume 2 is Islamic Law and its Implementation in Asia and the Middle East.
The focused theme of Volume 2 is Islamic Law and its Implementation in Asia and the Middle East.