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Activist’s battle against period tax earns global recognition
7+ hour, 11+ min ago (257+ words) " Pakistani activist recognised alongside 16 global figures as TIME's Women of the Year 2026" Shares honour with filmmaker Zhao, Olympian McLaughlin-Levrone ISLAMABAD: Wom'en's rights activist Mahnoor Omer took the State to court in September by filing a petition challenging the imposition of…...
PAKISTAN’s STRUGGLE FOR WOMEN’S RIGHTS
5+ mon, 1+ week ago (954+ words) Historically, feminism in Pakistan has relied heavily on the power of the law to promote gender justice. For much of Pakistan's history, feminists formed alliances with state actors and institutions to achieve their goals. This was, in part, due to…...
Token feminism in development
6+ mon, 6+ day ago (466+ words) WOMEN in Pakistan constitute 48.5 per cent of the population but face systemic disadvantages in education, healthcare and economic participation. To realise the country's full potential, increa'sing women's economic participation is critical. This alone is a damning indictment of the little…...
The real activism - Newspaper
8+ mon, 7+ hour ago (168+ words) THIS is with reference to the article "Not for sale" (June 13), which presented a decent insight into the actual plight of women in Pakistan and the seriously deep disconnect and incoherence among the policy-framing apparatus, donor-driven activism, and the ground…...
Not about women - Newspaper
8+ mon, 6+ day ago (400+ words) A LITTLE over a decade ago, in 2013, Lila Abu-Lughod's book Do Muslim Women Need Saving? caused a stir, admittedly for its provocative title. The anthropologist dove into understanding the Western world's obsession with saving Muslim women. Words like "oppression', "choice…...
WIDE ANGLE: OPPRESSIVE TO WOMEN?
8+ mon, 1+ week ago (713+ words) Hulu's television adaptation of Margaret Atwood's landmark 1985 feminist novel, The Handmaid's Tale, has now come to an end. The series focused on female oppression within the imagined future religio-fascist state of Gilead. So, in light of the Donald Trump-led Republican…...
The freedom to fly solo
10+ mon, 1+ week ago (813+ words) Women in Pakistan grow up surrounded by the critical and toxic perspectives of everyone around them. Get the latest news and updates from Dawn "FEMINISM convinced women they could have it all. Now they're 40, independent and crying in a very…...
Gender politics is inherently biased
10+ mon, 3+ week ago (189+ words) WITH a female population of over 119 million, Pakistan ranks 145th on the 2024 Global Gender Gap Index, second to... Get the latest news and updates from Dawn WITH a female population of over 119 million, Pakistan ranks 145th on the 2024 Global Gender Gap Index,…...
Return of the alpha male: Why toxic masculinity is gaining prominence
11+ mon, 1+ week ago (699+ words) Toxic masculinity peddled by online influencers is becoming increasingly prominent, experts say, buoyed by the resurgence of far-right ideology and a virulent backlash against feminism. In March, a 26-year-old man was jailed in the UK for killing his ex-girlfriend, her…...
Where are the feminists now?
11+ mon, 2+ week ago (528+ words) Arey, March 8 is over and I barely heard about the Aurat March happening this time around. What happened " have the feminists finally gone into hiding? But wait " before we get carried away celebrating the supposed disappearance of feminists, let's take…...