Women in Pakistan have traditionally used unhygienic methods to dry up their menstrual blood due to stigma around menstruation and lack of sex education. This much-needed initiative by Agha Khan Rural Support Programme trains rural ...
From Saving Afghan Women to Triple Talaq on to ‘Marrying Kashmiri women’: Saadia Ahmed explains how ‘the weaker sex’ is used by men to seek legitimacy for their unjust wars and invasions.
Aisha Sarwari on the kind of hate Pakistani women journalists receive when they talk about the difficulties women face in the society.
The initial examples of women’s resistance literature can be found in ancient Greek literature but it formally began with Europe’s Renaissance. Its major demand was provision of human rights to women and acceptance of their ...
Whenever you point out government’s failure in promoting the women sports, the only argument they have is the lack of sponsorship. That’s why women are paid less, they’d say. TV channels don’t telecast their matches ...
Refusing to choose between her child’s needs and her professional obligations, Mahjabeen Shereen, a member of the Balochistan Assembly, brought her infant with her in an assembly session The result? She was forced to leave ...
PML-N leader Talal Chaudhry caused an uproar over sexist remarks against PTI leader Firdous Ashiq Awan. Talal said that Firdous appeared more like a ‘man’ than a woman ‘If FirdousBaji washes her face, you’ll see ...
The world’s largest survey of sexual harassment in the legal profession has found that one in three women said they had suffered abuse from their bosses and colleagues. The London-based International Bar Association further stated ...
Ali Zafar’s nomination generated outrage on social media as users questioned how an alleged harasser who has complaints registered against him by several women can be honoured at the industry’s biggest award show. But there ...
Brother of slain Kohistan video scandal’s whistleblower Afzal Kohistani, Bin Yasir, wrote an article for a local news website saying that he fears for his life as the people who killed his brother will not ...
