Seemal Hameed

Seemal Hameed is a research associate at the Research Society of International Law. She has worked on the implementation of human rights obligations pertaining to women’s and children’s rights, and she has also assisted in drafting Pakistan’s National Action Plan on Business and Human Rights, developing a guide for civil servants in Pakistan and in preparing a report on international human rights obligations for the Ministry of Human Rights.

Special economic zones in Pakistan undermine women’s human rights

By: Zoha Shahid & Seemal Hameed & Simrah Faruqi
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Even though special economic zones promote industrial development, such development comes at the expense of land, labour, and human rights.