DAY 4: Pakistan...a voice for the voiceless

Pakistan has over 81 million women who suffer some of the worst cases of gender-based injustice. Female literacy is 23%; school enrollment is 16%,; maternal mortality rate is as high as 340 per 100,000 live births.








• 99% of the babies which are thrown into gutters, trash bins and on sidewalks in Karachi are girls. They are considered a
burden to society.
• Nearly 50% of women who do report rape are jailed due to an ordinance which doesn’t recognize rape in a marriage.
• Pakistani men killed 280 women and disfigured 750 in 2002 from intentional acid attacks.
• Daily up to three women die from “stove deaths”; one out of three of these were pregnant. This usually occurs after a
history of marital abuse for not giving birth to a son, disobedience, or allegations of adultery.

Pray: Ps. 9:8
* That God would restore the dignity of women who are victimes of a distorted code of honor.
* That He would raise up righteous officials to enforce the laws of the land.
* For the protection of Pakistani women.