The right of honour
For many, the Right Livelihood Award founded in 1980 to honour those who it was believed had been ignored by the Nobel Peace Prize committee,...
Women empowerment: Denmark pledges $1m for UN programme
ISLAMABAD: The government of Denmark has provided a grant of $1 million to support UN Women, the United Nations entity for gender equality and the...
UN urged to curb sexual violence in conflict zones
ISLAMABAD: More human and financial resources should be invested in the security sector reforms and disarmament, demobilisation and reintegration efforts to erect barriers against sexual...
Negotiating away the rights of women
By: Dr Tariq Rahman Far be it for me to be facetious, but the two proposals of the Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) do bring...
Sean Penn presents Human Rights Award in Dublin
By: Richard Chambers The US actor Sean Penn has presented an international Human Rights Award to the Pakistani women’s group ‘Sawera’ at a ceremony in...