Survivors tell of France’s ‘dirty war’ in Cameroon independence
It was a “dirty war” waged by French colonial troops but it never made headlines and even today goes untold in school history books. The brutal conflict unfolded in Cameroon,…
Gendered toll of floods
Pakistan’s 2025 monsoon floods have once again unleashed a humanitarian disaster – and once again, women and girls are bearing an outsized burden. Reproductive healthcare has emerged as a critical…
From Karachi to Gaza: Pakistani startup ships prosthetics to child war survivors
As soon as eight-year-old Sidra Al Bordeeni returned from the clinic with her prosthetic arm, she jumped on a bicycle in the Jordanian refugee camp where she lives, riding for…
Gender, justice, and Pakistan: Part 1
Pakistan is a country known for many virtues and far more than many vices. Our rankings in global indices remarking on the state of our human rights read as a…
Gender, justice, and Pakistan: Part – II
Cultural, social or economic – pick a stratum of identification and we will have breached its lowest point to claim it for ourselves in the bid to hold our women…
Gender and disaster
PAKISTAN is undergoing the worst of catastrophes due to unprecedented monsoon rains and the ensuing floods. The exact losses and damage to crops, homes, livelihoods and animals cannot be ascertained…
Gender and disaster
PAKISTAN is undergoing the worst of catastrophes due to unprecedented monsoon rains and the ensuing floods. The exact losses and damage to crops, homes, livelihoods and animals cannot be ascertained…
Detroit’s strikes become an industrial ‘Survivor’ game
The United Auto Workers head into the 19th day of strikes with a bold strategy that places the Detroit Three automakers into a high-stakes game of “Survivor” with a weekly…
Climate-change survivors
Climate-led disasters are pushing developing and under-developed countries into the poverty trap. Sudden financial losses caused by natural calamities increase the financial crisis of weak economies and exacerbates their need…
Redressal for sexual violence survivors
The conviction rate in cases of sexual violence increased from three per cent to 16 per cent during 2022-2023. Data suggests that the reporting rate has also increased. About 12…
