Tag: Women
More and more children leaving school after grade five: report
Planning Commission of Pakistan and United Nation’s Children Fund (UNICEF) jointly launched a national report on situational analysis of children and women in Pakistan.
The...
Women’s Challenge Cup Hockey at Lahore from 30th
The Ist Women’s Challenge Cup Hockey Tournament is being held at the National Hockey Stadium in Lahore from December 30. The Pakistan Hockey Federation...
Climb for a cause: Young girls challenge stereotypes against women
As many as 50 young girls engaged in rock climbing, camping and cooking activities on Sunday to challenge gender-role stereotypes. Female students from leading...
British minority ethnic women being discriminated in job market
The unemployment of British minority ethnic women has more than doubled as compared to their white counterparts, with some removing their hijabs and changing...
More women tennis stars headed for Sydney Int’l
The women's field for next year's Sydney International is edging towards the full suite of the world's top 10 players, but Maria Sharapova looks...
Indian village bars women from using mobile phones
A village council in eastern India has banned woman from using mobile phones, saying they "pollute the social atmosphere" by encouraging women to elope...
Women players for ICC World Cup
The women wing of Pakistan Cricket Board on Saturday announced the names of thirty women players for ICC Women’s World Cup being played from...
Billions spent on women empowerment: Bozda
Pakistan People's Party (PPP) MPA Rai Naz Bozda said that Sindh government had spent billions for the welfare of women in the province. She...
1 million women ‘overdiagnosed’ with breast cancer due to mammograms
Researchers estimated on Wednesday that mammograms caused more than 1 million American women over the past three decades to be diagnosed with early-stage breast...
Victoria Azarenka joins top women tennis stars
Victoria Azarenka will begin her campaign to defend her Australian Open title in the city where her meteoric rise up the world rankings began...
LCWU announces Malala scholarships
To mark the UN International Malala Day on Saturday, Lahore College for Women University (LCWU) announced “15 Malala Yousafzai scholarships” for girls hailing from...
‘Royal and Ancient Golf Club should allow women’
The Royal and Ancient Golf Club must "get real" and end its ban on women members, the outgoing chairman of the British Olympic Association...
Benazir Bhutto National Women Karate begins
Shaheed Benazir Bhutto 8th National women karate championship will be played here form today, Friday at Wapda Sports complex.
Teams from Army, Wapda, Railways, Police,...
Inter-Dist Women Cricket
The 4th U-19 Inter-District Regional Women Cricket Tournament, 2012 will start today under the supervision of Representative Pakistan Cricket Board Women’s Wing Lahore Region....
India beat Pakistan to lift Women’s Asia T20 cup
India won the ACC Women’s T20 Cup on Wednesday defeating Pakistan by 18 runs at Guangzho in China, media reports said.
Chasing only 82 to...
Woman sells baby for Rs120,000
A woman has sold her seven-months-old baby to ‘continue her medical treatment.’
The woman from Qila Mian Singh, Gujranwala said she was so poor she...
Despite India loss, Pakistan women’s team cruise into semis
Despite losing to their Indian counterparts, Pakistan women’s Twenty-20 team cruised into the semi-final of the Asian Cricket Council Women’s Twenty20 Asia Cup underway...
