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Pakistan issued its first third gender passport – but giving respect to the transgender community is asking for too much
A hoard of men of all ages thought it was amusing and entertaining to harass a group of transgender people in Murree.
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Because gender equality can only be proven if women can show up to work in their underwear?
Men are so engulfed by their own male privilege that they actually deny the concept of equality between sexes.
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Of Halala marriages and the sexual exploitation of Muslim women
Women pay to marry strangers, consummate their marriage and then divorce them, in order to remarry their former spouse
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With no medical reasons or links to religion, why are women still being circumcised?
The little girl screamed and shrieked as the healer sliced off a piece of her genitals with a knife.
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Wear red today
By wearing red today, we can show that we stand in solidarity for equality, justice and human rights for all women.
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Pakistan isn’t the only country that bestows injustices to its transgender community
Since May 2016, transgender students were allowed to use bathrooms according to chosen identity. Trump revoked this.
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An open letter to Zara and Zoya Khan
When I walk down the streets of Lahore and feel a man groping me, I will be reminded of you before I take him down.
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Hina Shahnawaz was powerful and financially independent, so patriarchy killed her
One commonality of both versions of her story shows inability on the male’s part to accept her decision-making power.
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Is the killing of Rohingya ‘ethnic cleansing’ or Muslim genocide?
The Burmese troops have slaughtered children, raped women, as well as killed and shot men.
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Why was this Christian boy beaten for drinking water from a mosque?
Many employers prefer Christians for sanitation jobs, and advertise for those jobs as open only to non-Muslims.