Tag: Women
Women must wait 217 years to earn the same as men,...
LONDON: Women will have to wait 217 years before they earn as much as men and have equal representation in the workplace, research said, revealing...
Women need to wait 217 years to get equal representation at...
LONDON: Women will have to wait 217 years before they earn as much as men and have equal representation in the workplace, the research...
Men still killing women for ‘honour’, despite new law
ISLAMABAD: A year since new laws came into force aimed at stemming the flow of "honour killings", scores of young women in Pakistan are...
Saudi Arabia to finally allow women into sports stadiums
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia will allow women into sports stadiums for the first time from next year, authorities said Sunday, in a landmark move opening...
Women in Pakistan relying on social media to fight gender-based violence
Last month, Sarah Gill – a 27-year-old Pakistani trans activist who is about to become Pakistan’s first transgender doctor – sent out a distress...
Special court established to deal with harassment cases of women
A special court has been formed to deal with cases of harassment against women by the Lahore High Court (LHC) Chief Justice Mansoor Ali...
Trump administration considering tighter vetting for women, children refugees: sources
WASHINGTON/NEW YORK: The Trump administration is considering tightening the vetting process for women and children seeking to enter the United States as refugees, a...
Motorcycle rider attacks woman with ‘sharp object’
On Thursday evening, a motorcycle rider stabbed a woman with a ‘sharp object’ in Malir, Karachi.
The woman, named Jazba Javed, was crossing the road...
PCSW holds training session for women MPAs
LAHORE: The Punjab Commission on the Status of Women (PCSW) organised a training session in Punjab Assembly with women members of the Provincial Assembly on...
Female prisoners in Colombia taste freedom serving dinner in restaurant
Cartagena: Arleth Martinez smooths her clothes, kisses a photo of her twins and leaves for work. It's only a few meters from her Colombian...
‘Millions of women at risk of breast cancer in Pakistan’
LAHORE: Millions of women in Pakistan are at risk of getting breast cancer in Pakistan. This was stated by the chief executive of Pink Ribbon,...
Harassment allegations against Rescue PRO to be inquired
LAHORE: Punjab chief secretary has appointed three officials for an inquiry into the matter of Rescue 1122 DG’s Public Relations Officer (PRO) Jam Sajjad who...
Masarrat Misbah: A messiah for acid burn victims
In conversation with Masarrat Misbah
“I still remember when a girl walked into my salon in a burqa. Thinking she was a beggar, I told...
Saudi Arabia aims for boost in female employment but women need...
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia is aiming for a major boost in female employment in the kingdom but women need not go to an office, the...
Rickshaw campaign for elimination of violence against women launched
Aurat Foundation (AF) in collaboration with Oxfam Pakistan on Tuesday launched a rickshaw campaign titled Enough, Together We Can End Violence against Women and...
Mufti shocks Russia with call for genital mutilation of all women
A senior Muslim cleric in Russia has prompted controversy by urging universal female genital mutilation after a rights group released a report on the...
Woman killed, husband injured in Panjgur firing
A woman was killed while her husband sustained critical bullet wounds by the firing of armed men on their house on Wednesday.
Police said the...
