Month: January 2010

Seminar on honour killing

KARACHI: National Commission on the Status of the Women (NCSW) in collaboration with Aurat Foundation is organizing a seminar on “Crimes in the Name of...

What was Shazia’s fault?

Was it Shazia’s fault that she was born where she was born? Was it her fault that she had to work to survive? Was it...

Women’s bills revisited

By Zubeida Mustafa Hats off to the women who lobbied for the two bills on sexual harassment, and managed last week to move them a...

Empowering women

Finally the National Assembly passed the Protection Against Harassment at Workplace Bill, 2009 after the Criminal Law Amendment Bill was adopted by the Senate. The...