By: Golnar Motevalli THE number of civilian casualties in Afghanistan has decreased for the first time in six years, said the UN, but targeted killings by insurgents — particularly of women, girls and government employees — increased dramatically. In its annual report on the protection of civilians in armed conflict, the UN recorded 2,754 Afghan […]
GENEVA: The gang rape victim who became an international icon for daring to stand up to her attackers insists education is the key to ending the oppression of women in Pakistan. “Education is really most important,” Mukhtaran Mai, who has founded several schools in Pakistan since her ordeal over a decade ago, told AFP in […]
Karachi: The provincial assembly on Monday unanimously passed a resolution calling for the empowerment of women in connection with the National Women’s Day. The resolution moved by Minister for Women Development Tauqeer Fatima Bhutto was supported by several other legislators. It reads: “Every year, Women’s Day brings a reminder of the movements launched and the […]
By: GULSHER PANHWER Female education is a vital plank for girls/women empowerment. Educational policies from the very inception of Pakistan were geared to focus on quality, i.e. emphasising on increasing enrolment and then, according to policies and plans, including gender equality in education, which was to automatically follow. However, that has not been the case. […]
By: Shahid Husain Karachi: Sindh Women Development Minister Tauqeer Fatima Bhutto said that the province had played a vital role in highlighting legislation to combat child marriages and its actions were greatly appreciated at the federal level, but on the other hand, some experts pointed out that the phenomenon was most prevalent in Sindh. These […]
HYDERABAD: Sindh Minister for Women Development Tauqir Fatima Bhutto has said that the Pakistan Peoples Party’s government has done record legislative work and taken executive measures to improve the lot of women in the province. Talking to the media here Sunday at Mehfil-i-Milad, the minister reiterated that the empowerment of women was a goal of […]
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