Women of 2019 on March 10, 2019According to famous Pakistani poet AIlama Iqbal “all the colours in the universe are because of women”. She provides comfort, peace of mind, solace, happiness, companionship but the society pays back with rape and physical/mental abuse. She’s essentially considered a commonality. Women’s day 2019 is not much different from 2018. If the women in America […]
Women’s day and FGM on February 8, 2019February 6, has been declared the International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation (FGM). Many United Nations (UN) agencies have accelerated efforts to ensure the global abandonment of the practice by 2030 and many young women and girls have actively stood up and spoken publicly about the practice. One of the prime example […]
Sex education in 2020 on December 20, 2018RSE could be positively effective when it is taught by trained professionals in regular sessions, and if it delivers age-appropriate content, is inclusive of different sexual and gender identities, is embedded into school policy, and involves the input of young people and their families In 2020 Sex education will be a compulsory subject for all […]
Yemen is bleeding! on November 12, 2018Without a shadow of doubt Yemen is bleeding but it seems no one cares about it! When Palestine was bombarded by Israel- the media spoke about it. Even, when controversial chemical weapons were used in Syria, the media talked about it but sadly the war in Yemen which is being carried out by Saudi Arabia […]
Women’s day and public health on March 19, 2018Many conferences have been held to improve women’s financial, social and health situation. But not so much is being done for the amelioration of women’s mental health. Women, around the globe, are suffering from severe PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder), which develops from frequent abuse at home or in the immediate surroundings. This can have […]
Remembering the victims of FGM on February 8, 2018February 6 has been declared the International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation by the United Nations (UN). The eradication of this horrific practice is one of the goals the UN wants to achieve by 2030. This ritual is most common in Africa. A survey conducted in 2000 found that as many as […]
Time to act against abuse of women and children on January 21, 2018Children around the globe are being sexually abused and killed. We feel outraged after an incident comes to the fore but it is business as usual a few days later. The government, child protection committees and even parents have failed to protect the children. In Pakistan, 7-year-old Zainab Ansari was brutally murdered after being raped. […]
Women rights continue to be violated on January 8, 2018December 10 is celebrated as International Human Rights Day by the United Nations. According to the UN, it is the day to ‘recognise human rights and speak up against the unspeakable’. Several human rights violations took place over the past few years across the world. War against Yemen, war in Syria, civil war in Iraq […]