Social entrepreneurship on October 16, 2017The peculiar context of Pakistan, where the COAS has to make public the seriousness of illness of economy (perhaps economy is too serious a matter to entrust to economists in civilian governments) and where a vast majority of Pakistanis are always fooled with fabricated figures and exploited with unfair taxation system; makes social entrepreneurship not […]
Misogyny knows no boundaries on October 9, 2017The respite associated with sexist language, objectification of women in their varied portrayals, free and ‘unfair’ use of male privileges, rape, acid attacks, dowry violence, son preference, incest, killing in the name of ‘honour’, human trafficking, bullying and harassment at work places of (even) women in leadership roles, under-representation of women in development and many […]
Misogyny knows no boundaries on October 9, 2017The respite associated with sexist language, objectification of women in their varied portrayals, free and ‘unfair’ use of male privileges, rape, acid attacks, dowry violence, son preference, incest, killing in the name of ‘honour’, human trafficking, bullying and harassment at work places of (even) women in leadership roles, under-representation of women in development and many […]
Acknowledging inconvenient inequalities on September 27, 2017The mathematical materialisation of gender equality and human equality is the act of the calm economists and not of the emotional rights activists. One out of every 5 people in the world lives in South Asia and 6 South Asian countries rank in the bottom 20 in terms of addressing inequalities on recently devised CRI […]
Ageism and competent women on September 19, 2017Ageism is the latest innovation in patriarchy that is bound to be the ultimate battlefield of all women who are fighting their equality and empowerment cases in hostile board rooms; trying to break the brass and glass ceilings; opposing the language of discrimination; rejecting benevolence, sexism and paradigms of limitations Despite experiencing a cycle of […]
Engendering policing in Pakistan on September 13, 2017 Police is the first respondent to Gender Based Violence (GBV) and Violence Against Women & Girls (VAWG). Their attitude and response can have a dramatic impact on developments, including the prevention of future violent acts and the protection of victims. The basis of Gender Responsive Policing (GRP) is an organisational strategy, which employs mechanisms […]
In praise of capital punishment on April 21, 2016What should be the approach of the advocates and activists for women’s rights and gender mainstreaming in a society like ours where vulgar display of wealth (ill gotten wealth most often) and power are normative and where people are respected for their positions not strengths? The question has always been in my mind at different […]
Implementing gender-based taxation on May 3, 2011The empowerment of women has emerged as one of the cattiest slogans and mantra in academia and activism. Feminisation of poverty, agriculture etc and inclusion of women in the armed forces have occupied centre-stage in the empowerment hype. Pro-women legislation, political participation and economic freedom have been repeatedly cited as the magic bullets for women […]