Tag: gender equality
Top Pakistani CEO’s become champions of gender equality
ISLAMABAD: Male Champions of Change (MCC) Pakistan on Monday held their milestone event, the Insights Meeting, at Serena Hotels, Islamabad.
Based on the work undertaken...
G7 ministers pledge to make gender equality ‘global cause’
PARIS: France's Minister for Gender Equality Marlene Schiappa and her G7 counterparts on Friday signed a joint declaration to make the issue a "global...
Gender equality, rights on agenda on International Women’s Day
LONDON: Campaigners for gender equality marked International Women’s Day on Friday with protests, discussion panels and walkouts as well as celebrations.
In one of the...
Gender equality at work more than 200 years off: report
GENEVA: Women may be shouting louder than ever for equal treatment and pay, but a report out Tuesday indicates it will take centuries to...
Never think you’re lesser than men, CJP tells women
Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Mian Saqib Nisar on Thursday put his weight behind women by encouraging them to never lose faith in their...
Efforts required to produce ‘gender-neutral media content’
KARACHI: UKS, a resource, research and publication centre with an emphasis on women's development and gender equality called for efforts to produce gender -sensitive and...
Kareena Kapoor is not a feminist, believes in equality
MUMBAI: Kareena Kapoor Khan says she is not a feminist and believes in equality.
Kareena, along with co-actors Sonam Kapoor, Swara Bhasker and Shikha Talsania,...
Male Hollywood stars must take pay cuts: Salma Hayek
CANNES: Hollywood star Salma Hayek said Sunday that male stars will have to take pay cuts if they are serious about equality for women.
The...
Pakistan at bottom in gender equality at work index
Pakistan isn’t meeting its economic potential, and some of that has to do with widespread gender equality, according to a recent research conducted by...
Roma women fight prejudice with art
BERLIN: When Hungarian actress Franciska Farkas revealed that she was Roma four years ago, there was ‘of course’ a negative reaction, she said, but...
Next Indiana Jones to be a woman?
LOS ANGELES: The man behind one of Hollywood's most famous character, Indiana Jones, Steven Spielberg says he knows putting a woman in the lead role...
UN official, Bilawal discuss women empowerment
KARACHI: UN Women in Pakistan Country Representative, Jamshed Kazi called on the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari at Bilawal House on Tuesday.
Jamshed...
Aurat March Lahore issues list of demands
LAHORE: The ‘Aurat March Lahore’ organised by different women’s rights organisations and collectives on International Women’s Day 2018 on Friday issued a joint list of...
Uplifting women an economic necessity
BY POOJA DAWANI
There is overwhelming evidence that gender equality – the equal participation of women in the labour market – can boost productivity and...
German equality czar pens gender neutral anthem
BERLIN: Germany’s equality czar wants to remove words like “fatherland” and “brotherly” from the country’s national anthem, following Canada and Austria in adopting gender-neutral...
‘Kung fu nuns’ swap maroon robes for lycra leggings to promote...
About 200 “Kung fu nuns” kicked off a month-long journey from Nepal through India on Saturday, swapping their flowing maroon robes for lycra leggings...
Pakistani game development studio leading way for gender equality, women empowerment
ISLAMABAD: The company WeRplay has become the first game development studio in Pakistan to step up its commitment towards improving gender diversity within its business...
