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On Silencing Creativity and Struggle for Free Thought
Rahman Abbas is the winner of India’s highest literary award, the Sahitya Akademi Award,... -
Gender equality is the world’s unfinished business – and unfinished potential
The private sector is indispensable for closing the gap, according to a new...
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Geneva – Online violence against women human rights defenders, activists and journalists has reached a tipping point, often fueling offline attacks, according to a new report released today, produced by the European Commission and UN Women’s ACT... -
From Hashtags to Action: Why Pakistan Needs a Collective Blueprint for Women in Tech Every year on International Women’s Day, timelines flood with powerful stories, corporate campaigns, and hashtags... -
The private sector is indispensable for closing the gap, according to a new report from UN Women launched today New York – Gender equality remains the unfinished business of our... -
Governments commit more than 212 actions showing global support for women and girls. New York – 2025 marks a once-in-a-generation milestone for women’s rights and gender equality: 30 years since...
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The United Nations Decade for Women (1976–1985) originated the concept Women in Development (WID). Influenced by feminist discourse of early 70’s in the Global North, it aimed to integrate... -
Tell us about yourself, where you are from, and a bit about your childhood that led you to choose your career and educational path. I’m Fatima Alshamsi, an Emirati... -
Art imitates life. It not only mirrors society, but also supplies a mirror through which social norms, taboos, stereotypes and deeply entrenched belief systems can be discovered by a... -
November 25th, 2024, (New York/Vienna): On the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, November 25, the report Femicides in 2023: Global Estimates of Intimate Partner/Family Member Femicides by UN...
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Bridging the Gender Gap: Women in Pakistan’s Evolving Tech Sector
While Pakistan is going through severe economic and political turmoil at the moment,... -
Kaarvan Trained Artisans Highlight Women Empowerment Through Craft
An exhibition, Uraan Chapter 12, displaying exquisite handicrafts by Pakistani female artisans was...
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The kitchen has long been a contested space in a woman’s life. A place of both nourishment and negotiation, creation, and confinement. It is where traditions are preserved, family... -
Reality what does it mean? It is something we create. It is our perception of the world… as we see it, as we speak it… as we feel it.... -
The world has witnessed massive upheavals over the past three decades. The exponential increase in globalization has, by extension, triggered a ripple effect on politics, economy, health, innovation, and... -
On a pedestal is a woman placed and into a deity made – just like Durga with her larger than life persona, the epitome of ultimate feminine power and... -
A Woman’s body… piece by piece, inch by inch, navigated, investigated, desecrated! From the sacrilegious murder of the Greco-Egyptian philosopher, astronomer and one of the first female mathematicians, Hypatia,... -
This article is part of Ananke’s 10th anniversary special, whicb can be viewed here. Anger is a powerful emotion, and perhaps why it has historically been denied to women.... -
This essay is part of Ananke’s 10th anniversary special edition which can be viewed here. It often comes as a surprise to many people that it has been... -
“And then what happened?” I asked, hanging onto every word as she painted a picture of friendships so deep, so full of life, even though they had faded nearly...