On 12th February 1983, hundreds of women gathered at The Mall, a major road at the heart of Lahore, Pakistan. In response to a call from the Women’s Action Forum, the women had gathered with the intention of marching to the Lahore High Court to protest the proposed ‘Law of Evidence.’ The latest in a series of laws passed by Gen Ziaul Haq's regime since the military takeover in 1977, the ‘Law of Evidence’ required two women to give evidence to contest that of one man.

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