• Decimating Innocence: Child Marriage in Pakistan

    Recently, clerics from Pakistan Islamic Ideology Council termed a bill that increased the girls’ age of marriage from 16 to 18, as “blasphemous” & “un-Islamic”. According to Girls Not Brides representatives in Pakistan; a global partnership of 500+ civil society organizations committed to ending child marriage and enabling girls to fulfill...
  • Laboring on

    Gender equality is the buzzword of the 21th century as is the very real struggle for growth of global economy. Surprisingly though, with such realities in plain sight, half of the population of the world being women are still unable to fully participate in modern economy. That said, those...
  • Setting the rules for women

    A few months after a law was passed in neighboring Uganda to ban women from wearing miniskirts, I sat in a bus keenly listening to a conversation between two elderly women. That was in mid-2014. The topic seemed to have been initiated by the sight of a young lady...
  • Silencing the Lambs: A Look At Domestic Violence in Pakistan

    “In an incident in Mingora (North Area, Valley of Swat) Pakistan, in May 2001, a woman was allegedly gunned down by her husband over a domestic dispute and then the husband escaped.” – ****...
  • The Hera Syndrome

    “Why do women hate each other?” An existential question that occurs in the mind of any woman in relation to her social and practical life; even in her participation in civil activities and charity work which is mainly based on altruism and cooperation. A few months ago, I met...
  • For the love of the game?

    As women all over the world continue to demand that their voices be heard, the place of women in sports and fitness seems to be lost in a cloud of uncertainty Admit it, at least at one point in your life, whether you succeeded or failed, whether as a...
  • Revisiting the “second shift”

    Those already familiar with the concept of the “second shift” would know that the word “revisiting” in the title of this essay is actually a misnomer. And to those less familiar or uninitiated, let me introduce you, officially, to Second Shift. But in order to appreciate what the second...
  • Empowering Voices of Tomorrow

    Children hold key to the future and their positive mental, physical as well as socio-economic nourishment is fundamental not only for healthy societies, but for sustainable development of nations. That said, children are also one of the most vulnerable groups susceptible to man as well as climate inflicted devastation...
  • Women in Space

    The universe knows no boundaries, and neither do women. The universe fosters life, growth, sustenance and beauty without ever collapsing under the weight of its fair share of storms, explosions and rocky meteor showers – just like a woman who bears heavy burdens upon herself without ever ceasing to...
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