Gender inequality

Despite Punjab and Sindh passing laws against child marriages, K-P still has no effective legislation to stop practice

Addressing underlying causes needs a holistic approach including law enforcement, poverty alleviation, and education

Women face barriers to voting imposed by male elders, challenging gender norms for political participation

Judge tells workshop there is only one lab in Hyderabad to test DNA in Sindh

Globally, only 7% of women have financial services as per the World Bank Global Index Report 2017

FGM, child marriages, and the preference for sons over daughters curtail women empowerment

Human rights report suggests pandemic likely to have adverse impact on the lives of women and vulnerable groups

Survey considered 547 listed companies, of which 50 did not have any record

Facts on inequality today

According to a recent report by Oxfam, the unpaid work women do adds up to $10.8 trillion per year

According to a recent report by Oxfam, the unpaid work women do adds up to $10.8 trillion per year

Iceland ranks at the top of the list followed by Norway and Finland

Since 2017, Pakistan also counts itself among countries with abnormally high gender ratios

Federal ombudsperson for anti-harassment highlights recent increase in such incidents

Ranked 148th among 149 states in terms of women empowerment

A report by WEF paints a dismal picture of gender pay gap in the workplace, specifically in developing countries.

Producers admitted that Matt Smith negotiated a better deal than Claire Foy because of his perceived higher profile

The report highlights a very bleak picture for women and girls in Pakistan.

Experts regret failure to achieve development goals

Despite greater education opportunities, jobs do not come easy for women in the Middle East

'Until Congress revises the law, both women and men will be covered by the five-year requirement'

There exist women in Karachi – the most ‘modern’ city of Pakistan perhaps – who are still deprived of...

All one seems to stumble upon are the she-asked-for-it and it-was-justified-what-with-her-behaviour comments

Gender responsive budgeting can equip lawmakers with tools that bring much-needed gender focus to all financial plans

There were 337,922 reports of violence against women such as rape, molestation, abduction and cruelty by husbands

We desperately need feminism in this country because we have myriad cases of heinous crimes against women

Women have issues that men don’t and men have hitches that women don’t

Pakistan has the lowest percentage of women in managerial positions — a meagre 3%

Women shared war stories about succeeding in a male-dominated industry

Not one woman is seated at the table in a position of power

Pakistan ranks 121 of 155 countries on the Gender Equality Index while India ranks 130

The participation of women in reporting roles had grown only from 27 per cent in 2010 to 36 per cent in 2015

Female literacy negatively impacted by fewer girls schools, teachers

Out of 151 countries, country ranks 127th on GII

Scholars from around Asia discuss concept of feminism in their regions