Rida Tahir is a qualified Barrister-at-law and an Advocate of the High Courts of Pakistan. She has vast experience in gender and child rights. She has drafted gender and child rights legislation and policy recommendations for the Provincial Assembly and Parliament of Pakistan.
Tahir is a passionate advocate for eliminating gender-based violence (GBV) and writes opinion pieces in the mainstream newspapers of Pakistan. Her work has been cited by multiple criminal justice system actors, including lawmakers in the country.
Tahir regularly provides capacity building trainings to judges, parliamentarians, law enforcement agencies, healthcare providers and policymakers on gender and child rights.
Asia has been called the “garment factory of the world”. The continent employs the largest garment sector workers, constituting approximately 75% of the industry’s global workforce.
South Asia has the second lowest female labour force participation in the world, at only 25%, with a high level of workplace harassment. About 30-40% of women in South Asia acknowledge su...
South Asia does not have a judiciary that is representative of its population. Women are under-represented. Across the region, women make up less than 10% of judges. In Pakistan, less tha...
Gender-based violence (GBV) is a global issue that affects 1 in 3 women during their lifetime.
