Women empowerment

Dozens of Afghan troops receiving training in the United States have gone missing over the past two years

Speakers agree gender disparity acts as hurdle to economic prosperity, democratisation of society

The 10th woman chartered accountant of Pakistan runs a firm for women, by women

More power to you!

Documentary screened at IBA depicts struggles of young Afghan rapper

Training workshops aim to empower women by giving an alternative to broken public transport system

Sindh Assembly is the only assembly in Pakistan that has taken a lead while passing bills upholding women rights

She stressed the need to launch campaigns to raise awareness on importance of women’s rights

Gender gap in this country is not only to be blamed on lawmakers and enforcers

The minister was representing the green flag at South Asian Women Development Forum in Kathmandu, Nepal

The comic superhero will be officially appointed UN's new Honorary Ambassador for the Empowerment of Woman and Girls

Sri Lanka said Wednesday it will lift a bar on women reaching the top ranks of the police

The actions of men should not depend on whether they have daughters or sisters, or whether they are married or not

In Pakistan, women’s primary role is still considered to be that of a caregiver

DoctHERS won the Campaigner Awardf or improving the lives of girls and women across Pakistan

Doubting yourself should be the last thing on your mind.

The donation is part of a grant to empower women in Pakistan’s agriculture sector USAID’s Gender Equity Programme

Purpose is to impart computer training to under-privileged young women

If we want to seriously challenge domestic violence, we have to relook at the absurdities in our politics of housework

Rarely do we find curse words that target the male relation of an individual

Women’s divorce from the spiritual realm is at the root of the segregation of the sexes

Time and effort still needed to provide women access to justice, say speakers

They still face a fight for their rights, but women have begun to break through the glass ceiling

Jordan now counts 720 registered women players

With this law, we, the women, have entered the private sphere of men, where they feel safest to do as they please

Women can bring different ideas to the table, which benefit economy and society

In Chitral, social taboo and local culture forbid females from pursuing a career in singing

Entrepreneurship is a key component of economic growth worldwide, including in Pakistan

In the traditional Baloch tribal society, women enjoyed far more respect than what the situation is today

We subject women to arbitrary and nasty criterion of how they should look, act and speak

The participants will get interest-free loans of Rs0.25m to launch their businesses

Gender DIG office has been set up to deal with domestic violence cases: Sufi

The event was arranged by PDO to bridge gap between local bodies and NGO sector

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

Pakistan is the only country in the region not to have elevated a woman to the highest level of the judiciary

The fact that women continue to outperform men in nearly every sector of education, speaks of their dedication

Our newsroom is possibly the most diverse in terms of gender

Interactive theatre festival opens in City

Not a single woman has ever been elevated as judge of the Supreme Court in our near-seven-decade-long legal history

Despite his eagerness to work towards more freedom for women, the prince says the process will take time

Speakers say women should be elected on general seats instead of reserved ones

Led by Khwendo Kor, entrepreneurs, body will help businesswomen in K-P, FATA

British Council will hold a bloggers meet-up on April 20 to foster more support for the WOW festival

Hussan Jamala’s centres tutors them from reading to handicrafts to safe childbirth

The minister said recipients of the motorbikes would be picked through balloting

Despite the increase in education levels, women's employment rate was only 70 percent that of men

Manages six vocational training centres which impart basic training to women

Pakistani women have an important role at the household and subsistence economic level

In a first, three Christian women have been appointed police officers in Khyber Agency

UN panel on women empowerment presents agenda