Dr. Rakhshinda Perveen has authored more than a dozen research papers, reports and training manuals/guides on issues of Gender Based Violence /Violence Against Women & Girls, conducted several high-level advocacy workshops, TOTs besides authoring 5 books. She is the architect of the study that started data collection on different forms VAWG in Pakistan way back in 2000; the design is still followed by a large number of academics and practitioners. Dr.