Rubeena Zakar is currently assistant professor in the Institute of Social and Cultural Studies, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan. She earned her Bachelor degree in Medicine and Surgery (MBBS) from Karachi University (1998); Master s in Population Sciences from Punjab University (2006); and Ph.D in Public Health from Bielefeld University, Germany (2012). She worked as a resident gynecologist in Sheikh Zaid Medical Complex, Lahore in 2001 and was associated as researcher in the Department of Public Health Medicine, Bielefeld University, Germany from 2006 to 2012. Her research interests include intimate partner violence, women s health in developing countries, inequalities in health care utilization, infant and child health, and women s rights in cross cultural perspective. She has presented various papers in international conferences and also has published several research articles in peer reviewed journals.