Tabassum Adnan
At first, the men's jirgas did not like the Khwendo Jirga.  Women's rights activists did not like it either. Then, in 2014, that changed. A child was raped, and the authorities did nothing.  Khwendo Jirga had a protest walk, to attract the attention of the public. The police made arrests.  Then, for the first time in Pashtun history, a woman, Adnan, was asked to sit on the men's jirga and help decide the case.   After the first protest, the women had more success.  In July, 2014, Adnan and Khwendo Jirga worked to pass a law against child marriage. Although some religious groups were not happy,  the Sindh Assembly passed a law against marriages for anyone under the age of eighteen.  In December, 2014 the Punjab Assembly voted to change the present law.