Tag: Women

The second step of “Shabash Pakistan” espousing the theme ‘leadership is action not position’, took off at the fourth anniversary of Fatima Jinnah Women...

Representatives of civil society and NGOs lauded the Punjab government for passing eight Bills to safeguard and protect the rights of women at a...

Pakistan Railways and Wapda maintained their winning run in the 1st Women's Challenge Cup Hockey Tournament posting wide margin victories against their respective rivals...

Pakistan Army notched up wide 5-0 win over Sindh and Wapda hardly defeated spirited Railways 1-0 in the 1st Women’s Challenge Cup Hockey Tournament...

Over 3.9 million families across the country have received cash assistance under the major women empowerment initiative of Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) with...

The Punjab Government has spent Rs 14.2 billion on projects for women’s welfare during the current fiscal year, Planning and Development Board Secretary Punjab...

Pakistan celebrated the National Working Women Day on December 22 with the aim to honour working women and convey a message to the society...

Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf has stated that the present democratic government was committed to the socio-economic empowerment of women and had also taken...

Violence against women is a common problem in our country and the number of women and girls killed in the name of ‘honour’ in...

Sindh Women Development Minister Tauqir Fatima Bhutto announced the Sindh Women Policy on Friday, and said that the policy substantiated the government’s commitment to...

The contribution of female parliamentarians to the oversight of the executive by raising questions in the House remained exemplary this year, as they raised...

Challenging the engrained mentality of ‘chaddar and chaar diwaari’ in the society, women in Pakistan have begun overstepping socially constructed barriers to join the...

The Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) Institute for Social Change (ISC) has organised a one day workshop with the support of Actionaid Pakistan on December 22...

The prevalence of breast cancer is higher among the young women in the country. It is considered the second most common cause of death...

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Chairman Imran Khan’s recent statement on reserved seats for female parliamentarians was not taken well by the female legislators on Monday as...

Next year’s US Open has been extended by a day to allow the men’s final to be played on a Monday, with the women’s...

Danny Kerry believes the Great Britain women's team needs a "new direction" after winning bronze at London 2012. He has stepped down after eight years...