Release supports persecuted Christian women in Pakistan

http://www.christiantoday.com/article/release.supports.persecuted.christian.women.in.pakistan/21811.htm

[Christianity Today UK] 5 Nov 2008--Release International is calling on Christians to make Pakistan their focus for the International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church on November 16.

Release is highlighting the plight of Christian women, who are denied full legal rights in Pakistan. Several speak out on Release’s new DVD, 'Pray for Pakistan'.

Christian women are doubly disadvantaged in Pakistan, said Release, which serves the persecuted church worldwide. In Pakistan, women are regarded as inferior to men in the courts, and Christians are considered inferior to Muslims.

As Christians are denied equal legal rights, there is a growing problem of Christian women being abused in the workplace, or abducted, raped and forcibly married.