Federal govt appoints first transgender person
October 1, 2018
ISLAMABAD .: For the first time in the history of Pakistan, a transgender person has been given a job in the federal government. Recently, the Benazir
Social Issues
‘Educate women to stop population soaring’
October 1, 2018
KARACHI – Pakistan is the sixth most populous country in the world. If it continues to grow with the same pace, it will be ranked
Women be imparted knowledge of their rights: DC
September 29, 2018
Additional Deputy Commissioner (DC), Ch Munawar Hussain has said that a nation can take tangible strides towards accomplishment of the much cherished goal of becoming
Lyari’s education campaigner nominated for peace award
September 28, 2018
KARACHI – Mahira Ahmed Miyanji, a young woman from Lyari who teaches poor and needy girls free of cost, has been nominated by the Institute
Govt urged to take capacity-building steps for women
September 28, 2018
KARACHI: President of Pakistan Businessmen and Intellectuals Forum (PBIF) Mian Zahid Hussain has said that the government needs to take measures for capacity-building of women
‘Girls at higher risk of child marriage’
September 27, 2018
Barriers to education, the perception of women and girls as property rather than rights bearers, existing norms regarding financial and physical security, and the stigma
Transgender persons, PWDs faced attitudinal barriers
September 26, 2018
ISLAMABAD – Despite progressive legislative and policy measures to facilitate participation of transgender people, women and persons with disabilities (PWDs) in the electoral processes, these individuals
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