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Rank. 135th out of 191. Global Gender Gap Index [ 2] Value. 0.575 (2023) Rank. 142th out of 146 (2023) Women in Pakistan make up 48.76% of the population according to the 2017 census of Pakistan. [ 3] Women in Pakistan have played an important role throughout Pakistan's history [ 4] and they are allowed to vote in elections since 1956. [ 5]
Indus News: English: November 2018 Lahore [20] KTN News: Sindhi, Urdu: October 2007 Karachi: Khyber News: Pashto, Urdu: August 2007 Islamabad [21] Lahore News: Urdu: 1 February 2017 Lahore [22] News One: 27 November 2007 Karachi [23] PTV News: Urdu: 14 August 2007 Islamabad [24] PTV World: English: 29 January 2013 [25] Public News: Urdu: 24 ...
Mera Jism Meri Marzi ( Urdu: میرا جسم میری مرضی; lit. 'My body, my choice') is a slogan used by feminists in Pakistan to demand bodily autonomy and protest gender-based violence. [1] The slogan was popularized during the Aurat March in Pakistan, which has been observed on International Women's Day since 2018.
Network. Zindagi. Release. 11 August 2020. ( 2020-08-11) Churails ( transl. Witches / Demons [female] / Banshees) is a 2020 Pakistani drama web series released through the Indian platforms ZEE5 and Zindagi. [ 1] It is written and directed by Asim Abbasi. [ 2] The web series stars Sarwat Gilani, Mehar Bano, Nimra Bucha and Yasra Rizvi in lead ...
Rubina Saigol (died 27 August 2021) [1] was a Pakistani feminist scholar, educationalist and women's rights activist. She authored and edited several books and papers in English and Urdu. Her scholarly work explored the themes of gender, education, nationalism, the state, ethnicity, religious radicalism, terrorism, feminism and human rights.
Zaib-un-Nissa Hamidullah (1921–2000), Indian-born Pakistani journalist, columnist, non-fiction writer, women's rights activist. Shahida Hassan, since the mid-1990s, poet. Zahida Hina, since 1962, essayist, journalist, columnist, short story writer, novelist. Shahrukh Husain (born 1950), novelist, non-fiction writer, living in London.
Women's Parliamentary Caucus (WPC) is a non-partisan informal forum for women parliamentarians of Pakistan. It was established on 21 November 2008 through a unanimous resolution passed by the Women Parliamentarians beyond party lines. [60] Former Speaker National Assembly of Pakistan Dr. Fehmida Mirza is the patron in-chief of the caucus. [61] Dr.
Violence against women in Pakistan, particularly intimate partner violence and sexual violence, is a major public health problem and a violation of women's human rights in Pakistan. [ 1][ 2] Women in Pakistan mainly encounter violence by being forced into marriage, through workplace sexual harassment, domestic violence and by honour killings.