Community-based paralegals to build just societies: insights from a legal empowerment project in Pakistan

Cheema, Abdur Rehman; Riaz, Mehvish

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“…Men are also killed in the name of honour (Riaz, 2021 b) and this aspect could also be highlighted but except for a couple of paintings, there is no significant and direct semiotic representation of male victims of honour violence in Pakistan. The role of legal system and issues concerning legal and paralegal support (Cheema & Riaz, 2021) can also be represented in the future.…”

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Semiotics of Gender Roles and Honour Killing in Pakistani Paintings

Riaz¹

2023

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The study examines how gender is represented through visual signs in the paintings on honour killing, how social structures gain meaning on getting painted, how power dynamics work in the so-called traditional or patriarchal societies, and if and how these semiotic constructions represent, underrepresent, or misrepresent Pakistani context. The grammar of the visual design of 40 paintings on honour killing, painted by male and female Pakistani painters belonging to different areas of Pakistan, have been qualitatively studied in the light of the theoretical understanding of ideational, interpersonal, and textual metafunctions suggested by Kress and van Leeuwen (2006). The visual grammar of the paintings suggests that the women have been represented as helpless, outcaste, oppressed, and marginalized, while men have, indirectly through visual signs, been depicted as oppressors and perpetrators. On the ideational level, society has also been highlighted as extremely oppressive and debilitating. Interpersonal metafunction reveals social negligence towards honour killing and female victimhood, while the textual orientation of the paintings not only suggests social control over the female body and choices as the core issue, but also highlights the strict condemnation of female oppression and honour killing by the painters.

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Semiotics of Gender Roles and Honour Killing in Pakistani Paintings

Riaz¹

2023

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“…Consider the legal aid rendered to individuals detained without trial, a situation that questions fundamental principles of due process and human rights protection. Legal aid is not merely a safety net for those affected by abuse but also a catalyst for addressing larger human rights predicaments (Cheema & Riaz, 2022).…”

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Legal Aid: A Cornerstone of Human Rights in Pakistan

Islam,

Jubeen,

Tayyaba

2023

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This article explores the relationship between legal aid and human rights in Pakistan, addressing the challenges faced by marginalized communities in accessing justice and the impact of legal aid in overcoming these barriers. It also highlights key policy implications, acknowledging limitations and emphasizing the need for robust government support to ensure equitable access to justice. Legal aid is portrayed as a lifeline for individuals facing human rights violations and injustices, to strengthen Pakistan's legal aid framework to promote justice and equity. This article offers valuable insights into these critical issues and provides a roadmap for improving access to justice and safeguarding human rights in Pakistan.

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Comparative semiotics of womanhood: portrayal of Chinese and Pakistani women in contemporary paintings

Riaz

2024

Chinese Semiotic Studies

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Images have the potential to both alienate and unite. Due to their ideological power, images can both create and clear misconceptions. To analyze the semiotic variation in the portrayal of women in contemporary art in relation to feminine identities and ideological representations, the study analyzes the choice of ideational signs in the contemporary Chinese and Pakistani paintings on the basis of the social semiotic approach of the grammar of visual design suggested by Kress and van Leeuwen. Considering diversity of themes and portrayal of women, 30 Pakistani and 30 Chinese paintings, painted by 17 Chinese and 17 Pakistani male and female painters were selected through an information-rich sampling technique. Results suggest that loneliness, waiting, leisure, and love for nature are the common themes related to Chinese and Pakistani women which the painters have creatively modeled. The images vary in the sense that Chinese women have been represented in constructive gender roles, such as working women, ballerinas, sports women, and hardworking farmers, etc., while Pakistani women have been represented in terms of resistance, oppression, victimhood, religiosity, and protection. The study has implications for gender studies, multimodal representations, and the way we comprehend, describe, and construct the interconnected yet fragmented fabric of our world.

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Community-based paralegals to build just societies: insights from a legal empowerment project in Pakistan

Cited by 3 publications

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Semiotics of Gender Roles and Honour Killing in Pakistani Paintings

Semiotics of Gender Roles and Honour Killing in Pakistani Paintings

Legal Aid: A Cornerstone of Human Rights in Pakistan

Comparative semiotics of womanhood: portrayal of Chinese and Pakistani women in contemporary paintings

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