Structural violence against women and girls
June 20, 2019
“When one husband beats his wife, there is a clear case of personal violence, but when one million husbands keep one million wives in ignorance,
Views and Opinions
Rape, a gender-neutral crime in Pakistan?
June 10, 2019
One ought to appreciate the success of the Feminist Movement that has carved a path for creating laws that are women inclusive. However, a crime
Building the missing child protection system
May 30, 2019
“Tortured, beaten, boiling water thrown on her body and salt poured on her freshly bleeding wounds”, is how the TV channels described the punishment of
The place of women
May 21, 2019
The proportion of women entrepreneurs in Pakistan is dismally poor, barely a percentage of the country’s entrepreneurial community. Unless more women embrace business ventures, their
The marriage age debate
May 16, 2019
THE new debate over the minimum marriage age for girls has revealed a massive regression in our society’s social thinking and the implications are truly
Facilities for women
May 15, 2019
It is time to set up public toilets for women across the country. As Sindh Minister for Women’s Development Shahla Raza has pointed out, there
On women in science
April 23, 2019
Some weeks ago, humans made a marvellous scientific breakthrough—after ten years of research and hard work, scientists around the world working on a project called
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