Making mental health a priority
The World Health Organization (WHO) recognizes World Mental Health Day in the month of October every year. There are endless numbers of calamities, natural and human-made, that are wreaking havoc…
Change for the better
Pakistan is a country that has a plague-like problem of abusing women, including everything from domestic violence to child marriage. Only recently, the former wife of a much-celebrated actor came…
No education for the forcibly converted
How violation of the fundamental rights of a citizen dents our entire society is often ignored by the power structures in the country. This is especially so when it translates…
The gender gap
The World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap Report for this year places Pakistan second last out of 146 countries in terms of gender parity. According to the report, based on…
Understanding the Dua case [Part – I]
What transpired on April 16, 2022 and the events that subsequently unravelled therefrom were bewildering enough but certain intriguing conundrums surfaced that were left forsaken by commentators. One question that…
Understanding the Dua case [Part – II]
The Child Marriage Restraint Act, 1929 unequivocally defines a child as someone under the age of 16 while provisions of Pakistan Penal Code, 1860 stipulate that children under the age…
Persistent disparity
EQUAL rights are meant for everyone. And yet gender-based discrimination continues to deprive women and girls of their rights and opportunities. The SDGs aim at achieving gender equality and urge…
Intimate partner violence
Intimate partner violence (IPV) is one of the most common forms of violence against women and girls. It includes psychological, emotional, physical, and sexual abuse and controlling behaviours by an…
GBV is preventable
Gender-based violence (GBV) is a global issue that affects individuals across all socio-economic backgrounds throughout the world. GBV covers multiple forms of violence that are perpetuated against an individual or…
And we kept missing the bus
There was a time during the 1990s when we used to talk a lot about how we wish we could emulate the Asian Tigers. That had remained just ‘talk’ and…
