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“Painful Ornament of Women”
“Painful Ornament of Women”

International women’s day (8th March) is a global day celebrating the economic, social, and political achievements of women’ past, present, and future On this special day, I want to write something about different kinds of environments where women are constantly emphasized to wear a lot of heavy and painful ornaments like animals. The heavy ornaments is a campaign for me…

Woman: an equal human being
Woman: an equal human being

“I do not wish women to have power over men; but over themselves.” – Mary Shelley Women have always been deprived of their due rights when it comes to leadership, social, economic and political matters. It could be a freedom of speech, leadership roles, workplace harassment, forced marriages, education barriers or basic gender discrimination. Women are usually considered as the…

Gender Equality; Still a far cry??
Gender Equality; Still a far cry??

‘A woman is the full circle, within her is the power to create, nurture and to transform.’  Diane Mariechild Woman, making half of the world population, isn’t just an ornamental piece to be kept at home, neither is she a lesser-being for whom opportunities are never meant to be. She is as worth as men, an equal part of society…

Women Empowerment in all spheres of life
Women Empowerment in all spheres of life

Empowering women is essential to the health and social development of countries. Women are a key contributor to the economy and producers of food. Throughout history, the central role of women in society has ensured the stability, progress, and long-term development of nations. Women remain a largely underutilized source of talent and labor. The more educated a woman is, the…

The need for Political Empowerment of Women
The need for Political Empowerment of Women

Once I read a quote that, there is no force more powerful than a women determined to rise. There is no doubt that mentally women are better than men. Being a woman, I was happy that Allah granted a woman more power than a man mentally, but unfortunately, girls in our country are not trained on these grounds so that…

Political Empowerment of Women
Political Empowerment of Women

Women Empowerment refers to making women powerful to make them capable of deciding for themselves. Women have suffered a lot through the years at the hands of men. In earlier centuries, they were treated as almost non-existent. As if all the rights belonged to men even something as basic as voting. As the times evolved, women realized their power. There…

SHE (A Blessing)
SHE (A Blessing)

Financial liability, burden, misfortune, tragedy and so on. These are the terms which people use when describing a woman in Pakistan. According to our society, a woman is merely born to do all the household chores and her aim is to be the best house wife. Don’t speak! You don’t have any right to question that why you are just…

The possibility of Selective Activism
The possibility of Selective Activism

The status of women’s empowerment in Pakistan is alien to nobody and this has been reflected and continues to be reflected in the experiences and incidents that we see everyday- although this is an added debate that how many of them get reported and receive media traction and how many of them are hushed up. Recent motorway incident in Sep…

Women in Leadership Roles and Politics
Women in Leadership Roles and Politics

A woman can be a great leader, run a business, be an entrepreneur, a politician, or choose the career of her own choice. There is a myth that needs to be smashed that women’s work is to only look after the homes and they don’t have any role other than doing home chores and serving the family. There is another…

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