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The women agricultural workers unlike their male counterparts remain exposed to violation of their rights in addition to the health effects despite enactment of several laws for their protection. At a dialogue titled ‘understanding climate change impacts on health of ...

KOHAT: The body of a minor girl was found in a drain here on Thursday morning. The postmortem revealed that the three-year-old was sexually assaulted. The girl’s father told reporters that she had gone missing at around 3pm on Wednesday ...

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan ranks as the third worst country in global rankings for gender equality, says a report published on Tuesday. The Geneva-based World Economic Forum (WEF) in its Global Gender Gap Report 2020 showed Pakistan is just ahead of Iraq ...

Discussing the challenges that Pakistani women belonging to the minority communities face, speakers at a session of the Women of the World (WOW) Festival on Sunday said that lack of social and economic empowerment further deprives the most vulnerable among ...

KARACHI:Speakers at a seminar, titled ‘Role of Women in National Economy’, organised by the Home Based Women Workers Federation (HBWWF) on Sunday, lamented that on average, wages paid to females were 40% less than what was paid to their male ...