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Fear of a woman - Newspaper - DAWN. COM
9+ hour, 50+ min ago (280+ words) Societies don’t progress through silence....
Balochistan PA seeks tax reduction for women's hygiene products
3+ week, 9+ hour ago (209+ words) QUETTA: The Balo'ch'is'tan Assembly on Monday adopted two resolutions on reducing taxes on women's hygiene and sanitary products, and to stren'gth'en minority representation at provincial and local levels. The resolution, jointly moved by JUI-F female members Ms Shahida Rauf, Ume…...
With a week left for Aurat March in Karachi, organisers say NOC yet to be issued
4+ week, 1+ day ago (669+ words) KARACHI: Aurat March organisers in Karachi said on Sunday that they had not been issued a no-objection certificate (NOC) yet for holding the annual march in the city, scheduled for May 10. The organisers said they had sent a letter to…...
Global crises demand feminist lens on governance - Newspaper - DAWN. COM
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (576+ words) OVER the past three years, a series of devastating conflicts " the Russian invasion of Ukraine, and by Israel in. .. Get the latest news and updates from Dawn OVER the past three years, a series of devastating conflicts " the Russian invasion…...
Activist's battle against period tax earns global recognition
3+ mon, 2+ day ago (257+ words) " Pakistani activist recognised alongside 16 global figures as TIME's Women of the Year 2026" Shares honour with filmmaker Zhao, Olympian Mc Laughlin-Levrone ISLAMABAD: Wom'en's rights activist Mahnoor Omer took the State to court in September by filing a petition challenging the imposition…...
PAKISTAN's STRUGGLE FOR WOMEN'S RIGHTS
8+ 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
9+ mon, 1+ week 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
11+ mon, 4+ day 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
11+ mon, 1+ week 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?
11+ mon, 2+ 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…...