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: i. Patriarchal attitudes towards women and the issue of violence to which women are routinely subjected. ii. Open up spaces for critical analyses/discussions on retrogressive laws and legal judgements a. with reference to Pakistan, and b. also within the wider socio-cultural context at regional and sub-regional levels.
