Islamabad: Women entrepreneurs demanded incentives and tax breaks in the national budget saying that the progress can be achieved by providing equal opportunities to the 52 per cent of the population. Allocation for development of …

Women’s participation in sports has a long history; a history evident by discrimination but also one tugged with major accomplishments by female athletes especially in Pakistan. Pakistani women in sports marked excellence in heaps. Whether …

Islamabad: Prime Minister Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani said that women being an important segment of the society have to be empowered economically and socially to play their due role for the socio-economic development of the …

Mohammad Ali Jinnah said in Speech delivered at Islamia College for women March 25, 1940:
I have always maintained that no nation can ever be worthy of its existence that cannot take its women along with …

The debate on gender discrimination in social spectrum of Pakistan is going for centuries. A wide believe is that woman is sub-ordinate to men particularly in male chauvinistic societies. However in wake of enlightened moderation …

New York: The new United Nations agency promoting women’s rights and their full participation in global affairs will reinforce its presence in individual countries, as opposed to relying on regional representation, to more clearly understand …

ISLAMABAD: Poor performance on the part of two federal ministries coupled with lack of coordination between the federal and provincial governments has led to the failure of the reproductive health project for which the Asian …

Violence and discrimination against women and girls remains pervasive and is often overlooked, a United Nations independent human rights expert said today, adding that efforts to achieve the global anti-poverty goals should include closer attention …

New York: Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today highlighted the vital contributions of rural women to development, while calling for their enjoyment of a full range of rights from property ownership and inheritance, to health and education.
“Rural …

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani has said that Pakistan stands committed towards women’s emancipation through ensuring their legal, economic, political and social empowerment.“Our government fully acknowledges the fact that the women in Pakistan …