ISLAMABAD: Federal Secretary for Ministry of Human Rights (MOHR) Rabia Javeri Agha on Monday said they are endeavouring to raise awareness of women rights and ensure their access to get help in case of domestic violence or any other issue especially during COVID 19. Agha said that according to World Health Organisation one out of three women in the world…
The role of female leaders during the pandemic has received a great deal of attention in the global media. The prime minister of New Zealand has received the most praise for not just flattening the Covid-19 curve, but annihilating it altogether. Other countries with women leaders who have raised the bar include Germany, Finland, Taiwan and Iceland. Canada’s chief public…
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan appointed Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Senator Shibli Faraz as the new information minister and Lt-Gen (retd) Asim Saleem Bajwa as his special assistant on information and broadcasting, removing Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan from the post with immediate effect. “The Prime Minister has been pleased to remove Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan from the office of Special Assistant…
Kashmir Women’s Movement (KWM) and Organisation of Kashmir Coalition (OKC) organised a COVID-19 KASHMIR WOMEN’S CONFERENCE via video link in which included politicians, lawyers and human rights defenders, academics and jurists. Among others, who took part in the conference included: Dr Shireen Mazari – Federal Minister for Human Rights, Pakistan; Shamim Shawl – Permanent Representative to the United Nations, IMWU;…