Despite progress, gender disparity persists
Karachi: While the importance of gender equality is well recognised globally, gender equality and equitable division of resources and opportunities among men and women remain...
Reassigning our gender role
By: Hilde Jacobs As soon as women come out of their dependence on men, the problem of gender inequality and discrimination against girls will disappear...
Language, gender and power
By: Dr Tariq Rahman ‘What has gender got to do with either language or power?’ You say to yourself and shrug your shoulders. But before...
Public sector tops in sexual harassment
By: JAMAL SHAHID ISLAMABAD: Mystifying, but it is official. More woman workers fall victim to sexual harassment in the government sector than in the private...
An anaemic economy and women
Sir: One of my students from Islamabad, who had the opportunity to visit some rural areas in Sindh and Balochistan last month, asked me the...