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The Sindhi language has a long history of arts, literature, and culture. The first Sindhi newspaper was Sind Sudhar, founded in 1884. Sindhi language newspapers played a vital role for Independence in 1947; In 1920, Al-Wahid newspaper published by Haji Abdullah Haroon in Karachi.
Islamabad, Pakistan. Occupation (s) Feminist, Researcher. Known for. Secretary of Women Democratic Front [1] Tooba Syed ( Urdu: طوبیٰ سید, born May 29, 1991) is a Pakistani feminist organiser, writer, and gender researcher. She is the secretary information and publishing of the feminist organization Women Democratic Front.
The Punjab Commission on Status of Women ( PCSW) is a human rights institution in Pakistan, which was established by the Government of Punjab in March 2014 under the PCSW Act, 2014. [1] Its mandate is to work for the empowerment of women, expansion of opportunities for socio-economic development of women, and elimination of all forms of ...
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.
Founded on 4 April 2004 From Quetta balochistan. Online (digital) publication started in 2011. 3. The Dayspring [4] Fortnightly. English. Islamabad. 2018. Pakistan first youth centric news agency independent newspaper of Dayspring Media, launched on 1 November 2018.
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.
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]
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.