Blogs from Dr Meher Zaidi
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Hungry for some rights
Exploitative waderas and industrialists are making the hunger situation in the country even worse.
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Sindh's elite must change now
The floods seems like a signal from God, not for revolution but for social change in Sindh. The male, elitist polity has proved to be useless.
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T2F: A pursuit of the heart
Sabeen Mahmud is an inspiration. She calls her organisation 'PeaceNiche' a social platform where goodness can be launched - and many would agree.
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Guns and poppies in Sindh
The children in Sindh are being pushed into deadly addiction. They are being given drugs instead of books in their hands. I see no hope for the people of Sindh if this goes on.
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Protecting our children
The white flesh trade dates to even before Afghan war. Children are sold as slaves to serve adult masters. Boys are supplied to truckers all over the country.
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Strengthening medico-legal evidence
Karachi has nine medico-legal centers in public sector hospitals with only 8 female medico-legal officers. For cases of rape there is no separate facility for examination and recording of such cases. There is no equipment or kits as required by the WHO guidelines for recording and storing evidence and a serious lack of awareness.
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Sindh’s daughters raped as judiciary stands by
No judicial structure exists to protect girls like 4-year-old Sara who was raped and attacked by her brother-in-law. In posh areas of Karachi powerful families with political clout rape and abuse school girls. But most cases rarely make it to court, and when they do verdicts are not often favorable.
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