women

Thousands of rural community health workers in Pakistan, India, and Nepal demand higher wages and labour rights

Pakistan has an indifferent attitude towards girls’ education; scarce health facilities for women

Critics call the ban on the niqab in schools 'tyrannical' while supporters see it as an anti-extremism measure

Afghan interim education officials brief OIC scholars on curricula, environment for girls’ education

RFEF President Rubiales, 46, under investigation for forcibly kissing Hermoso during Spain's Sydney triumph on Aug. 20

Four-member panel formed to probe incident; school sealed in Gulshan-e-Hadeed

Delphine Rouilleault, head of the France Terre D'Asile NGO, said 'hundreds' of Afghan women were 'hiding' in Pakistan

Journalists Negin Bagheri and Elnaz Mohammadi receive partly suspended sentences for ‘conspiracy’ and ‘collusion’

Also expresses concerns Imran was being detained in conditions that allegedly violated Pakistan Prison Rules 1978

Girls directed to wear knee-length kurtas, shalwars as well as white dupattas

Horner welcomes Formula Equal’s plan and says more women will make their way into racing ‘naturally’

Mismanagement, manhandling of women termed ‘dishonour’

When women take male guardians, gender-sensitive work is difficult and aid budgets must bear extra costs

Says SBP business loans offered to women were not even utilised by 5%

Women were the backbone of all developing countries, said experts

Speakers say women-led SMEs key to economic growth

CCP chairperson stresses need for enforcing competition principles

Afghan women fear being cut from public life as much as violent death

Event was organised by Directorate of Youth Affairs in collaboration with NGO

Petitioners challenge denial of permission

Provides a platform to kick-start an idea, label, brand or production house

Conference is aimed to bridge the perception-reality gap

FIA Cyber Crime Circle spokesperson says offender shared objectionable photos of a woman on social media

Governor wants cultural taboos removed for businesswomen

Female madrasas across Afghanistan see marked increases in enrolment as girls and women banned from secular schools

Only one in six bank accounts run by a woman in Pakistan

Problems of antenatal care, racism, gender-based violence, sexual harassment, and women's mental health discussed

Team of legal experts will assist victims of sexual harassment in Balochistan

Faezeh Hashemi had repeatedly been accused of spreading anti-state propaganda

Diya Bheel’s decapitated body with skin peeled off was found dumped in a field

Says the ban is 'self-defeating and disserving the interests of Afghan people'

Saturday's order issued by the Taliban authorities drew swift international condemnation

SCF’s initiative in Matiari district to make rural females ‘read and write’

Women must have the right to receive summons, come under the ambit and definition of 'adult and reasonable person'

Dr Rabia Razzaque from ILO Pakistan says social dialogue is a must to promote a decent work environment

Pakistan Mountain Festival kicks off with live painting competition

Indian occupying forces using rape as a weapon of war to punish the entire Kashmiri community

Over 300 women participated, while 40 of them exhibited their products

Female traffic sergeants to promote gender equality in the police department

Having spent lives inside boundary walls of mud homes, they claim space alongside men

Case pertaining to allegations of harassment by senior NAB officials

Suspect, identified as Muzamil Hussain Mughal, surrenders to police

Lok Virsa holds 15th Annual Rural Women Conference in federal capital

Although breast cancer treatable disease, delay in diagnosis poses risk to women's lives

Occupy first and third positions in SSC Part-II annual examinations

In-laws deny accusations; widow medically examined

Rs350m released for completion of work on under-construction building

Fine of Rs2.5 million also imposed on accused as president upholds federal ombudsperson’s sentence

Says discrimination is not permissible under constitution

Solidarity protests with Iranian women have been held worldwide, and rallies are planned in 70 cities on Saturday