Geneva, July 3 -- Concerns over the plight of religious minority women in Pakistan took centre stage at an event titled "Forced Conversions & Minority Women", held at the Geneva Press Club on the sidelines of the 62nd session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC).

The event, organised by Global Human Rights Defence and CAP Pour la Liberte de Conscience, brought together lawmakers, human rights advocates and civil society representatives, who raised alarm over what they described as continuing violations of religious freedom in Pakistan.

Speakers called on the international community to increase pressure on Islamabad to protect religious minorities and end the practice of forced conversions and forced marriages.

The discuss...