Many entities and agencies have played their role in finalizing andcompleting this report, therefore I would like to thank all of them.In addition to this, I would like to mention names of some of themspecifically:Women and Children Legal Research Foundation would like to thankmanagement and all staff of the Ministry of Women's Affairs who haveassisted our field staff in collecting figures and information related to thisreport.Furthermore, I would like to express my appreciations to management andstaff of the Ministry of Public Works, directors and medical personnel ofthe hospitals, staff of the Ministry of Education, teachers and other schoolstaff who have helped a lot in collecting data and information related tothis research report.Also we would like to personally thank Ministry of Economy and otherrespected agencies and organizations who have provided facilities, localpeople, victims of violence and all others who have had a role in makingthis report a success.Finally, we would like to thank a lot Research Team of Women andChildren Legal Research Foundation in particular Mrs. Zarqa Yaftali, andAhmad Zia Ziayee who have assisted so much in completing this researchreport. Last but not the least we would like to thank (HBS) for their generouse support for funding this research.