Equal Pays
September 4, 2016
The Gender Gap Index 2015 ranked Pakistan second from last among 145 countries in terms of prevalence of gender based disparities; the Index measures national
Gender Issues
The trouble with staring men
September 4, 2016
An excise commissioner from the Indian state of Kerala attracted much derision when he recently stated that a man staring longer than 14 seconds at
Women and the changing state
August 25, 2016
There have been hundreds of (mostly repeat) studies on violence against women conducted by donor agencies and women’s rights NGOs in Pakistan. Religious laws and
Man drowns minor daughter to get ‘compensation’
August 18, 2016
GUJRAT: A man allegedly killed his four-year-old daughter by drowning her in Upper Jhelum Canal to get financial “compensation” from the provincial government. After throwing
SHC allows woman who converted to Islam to live with spouse
August 17, 2016
Karachi: The Sindh High Court allowed on Tuesday a woman, who had converted to Islam, to live with her spouse and directed police to provide
SHC seeks details of women development dept’s programmes
August 17, 2016
KARACHI: The Sindh High Court (SHC) directed on Monday the advocate-general to submit a report regarding allocation of budget and programmes launched by the women
Questioning of gender roles nothing new
August 16, 2016
Karachi The roles of men and women, as set out by society over the ages have been the subject of controversy for as long as
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