Marriageable age should be increased to 20 years: seminar
Karachi: Experts at a workshop on Monday called for declaring child marriages a human rights violation in Pakistan and recommended enhancing marriageable age to 20...
Discrimination against girls
Sir: The discrimination against girls is not only prevalent in Pakistan but is a universal phenomenon. However, girls in Pakistan especially have been the victims...
Has no woman ever complained of workplace harassment?
KARACHI: The participants of a consultative meeting on women’s rights were shocked to know on Monday that none of the provincial government’s 18 complaint centres...
Steps urged to encourage women reporting violence
Asif Choudary LAHORE: The experts in a consultative meeting on Monday identified various flaws in the police, prosecution and judicial systems, especially with gender perspective,...
Call for more laws against harassment of women
KARACHI: Women parliamentarians and representatives of Sindh-based non-governmental organisations at a consultative meeting on Monday called for swift implementation of laws against harassment of women...