Of Begums, Dastans And Generational Memory
Sara Danial: Let’s first talk about your book, The Begum and the Dastan. How difficult was documenting the lives of ...
Wednesday, September 28, 2022
Tag: gender
Accepting Women’s Full Potential: The Only Way To Close Gender Gap In Financial Inclusion
Although phrases, such as ‘women in development’, are mentioned in social discourses far to often in Pakistan, they sound hollow ...
The Long, Winding Way To Gender Equality
Although some awareness has been created on gender equality in the last decade, still a long distance must be covered ...
The Case For Diversity: How Class And Gender Segment The Legal Profession
The legal profession has long been touted to be the exclusive domain of the elite class. I have heard many ...
Understanding The Gap: Breaking Down Pakistan’s Dismal Scores In Gender Equality
The Global Gender Gap Report 2022 issued by the World Economic Forum (WEF) ranks Pakistan 145 out of 146 countries. ...
The Hubris Of Our Intellectuals
If you are irritated by every rub, how will your mirror be polished?” -- Rumi I remember Dr Arfa Syeda ...
The Gender Perspective Is Often Missing From Our Discussions
Although women comprise 48.54 percent of the total population in Pakistan, their perspective is missing in national policies, laws and ...
Thinking About Diversity, Equity And Inclusion
Last month, I attended an interesting series of trainings on ‘Diversity, Equity and Inclusion.’ My initial reaction was skeptical, but ...
Who Is Haala From ‘Mere Humsafar’? I Believe It’s Me!
A few days ago, I got a recommendation from YouTube for a show called Mere Humsafar. From the promo itself, ...
Understanding Economic Crisis In Azad Jammu & Kashmir: Class, Gender And Development
Despite the centrality of the dispute of Jammu & Kashmir in the political, economic and diplomatic discourse of the mainland ...
How Gender Based Violence Makes A Mockery Of A Country’s Claim To Protect Human Rights
Kofi Anan, former General-Secretary of the United Nations, once commented that violence against women is the most shameful and pervasive ...
Second Edition Of Ananke ‘Women In Literature’ Festival To Celebrate Literati From The Global South
The second edition of Ananke’s Women in Literature Festival will be held digitally on the 31st of March and the ...
Trans Woman Injured In Mansehra Attack Succumbs To Wounds
Sameer, one of the victims of the recent attack on five trans women in Mansehra, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), has passed ...
Govt Launches National Gender Policy Framework To Tackle Gender Inequality
The Ministry of Planning, Development and Special Initiatives has launched a National Gender Policy Framework to empower and ensure equal ...
In A First, Woman Police Officer Made AIG In KP
Ayesha Gul has made history by becoming the first female police officer to be promoted to the position of assistant ...
Masculinity, Muslimness And Sovereignty
Pakistan has been juggling the roles of a progressive Islamic republic along with the dual image of a nation that ...
Pakistani TV Dramas And Women’s Roles: How Screen And Real-Life Influence Each Other
The media is regarded as a social transformation agent. It has the ability to almost hypnotise us all. In the ...
In KP’s Merged Districts, The Covid Pandemic Led To An Epidemic Of Domestic Violence
Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, particularly the newly merged tribal districts (formerly FATA), have a very high rate of domestic violence in Pakistan. The ...
What Law Enforcement And The Criminal Justice System Can Do To Make Women Safer From Harassment
The current influx of cases of harassment of women has raised questions on our social values and the criminal justice ...
Am I The Only One Who Didn’t Know Why Men’s Day Existed?
At 5:03pm on November 19 2021, a friend at work casually mentioned: “Today is International Men’s Day.” The response my ...
Alia Ahmed Wins Zeenat Haroon Rashid Prize 2021 With A Short Story About The Callousness Of Privilege
The Zeenat Haroon Rashid Writing Prize for Women has announced that the award for 2021 goes to writer Alia Ahmed ...
Narowal Woman Killed By In-Laws For Having Too Many Daughters
A pregnant woman in Narowal was murdered by her in-laws allegedly because she was about to give birth to a ...
LHC Seeks Response From Punjab Government, Police Over Transgender Individual’s Petition Citing Discrimination In Employment
A writ petition filed by a transgender citizen Ashi Jan has led to the Lahore High Court (LHC) seeking a ...
Reclaiming Pashtunwali: Pashtuns Need To Redefine ‘Honour’ As A Gender-Equal Idea
Hardly a day goes by without a headline featuring a woman being killed in Pakistan. Oft-reported cases include violence committed ...
THE TRUTH WILL OUT
Islamabad Court Lets Off Veteran Journalist Ayaz Amir In Sarah Murder Case
An Islamabad court on Tuesday discharged veteran journalist...
Audio Leaks Intertwined With COAS Appointment, Journalist Kamran Yousaf Says
Journalist Kamran Yousaf said on Tuesday that the...