Our society is littered with examples of misogyny. Whenever a girl is raped, degraded, insulted, molested or harrassed, people only point fingers toward that girl. There have been incidents in the past, in which the rapers were released just because they told the authorities that just because the victim girl was without proper dress and [...]
Over the last few years, since the market boom has taken off in the Pakistan, and the society has opened up and girls have found their way to shop around in the markets at their own without their families or the guardians, the incidents of spanking have increased.
Boys and even men, yes some of them, [...]
My friend Rubab was returning for her university and she took the turn in her street at 2 pm, when the street was deserted as people were tired due to fasting, she was thrown a side by a push. Bewildered and shocked, as she tried to get up on her feet, she was slapped and [...]
In Pakistan, girls live under the extreme conditions. In our society all the taboos, restrictions and rules are for the girls. Everyone in the family and outside try to enforce its authority over the girls. Girl play role of daughter, wife, mother, and sister and yet she is considered inferior and her role is always [...]
Read the below the resignation of a female journalist and be part of her cause. She and alot of ladies like her need help from the media and from us all and of course the government.
Article taken from Pakistan Politics - http://pkpolitics.com
URL to article: http://pkpolitics.com/2009/06/24/sexual-harassment-of-female-journalist/
Sexual Harassment of Female Journalist
Posted By admin pkpolitics On June 24, 2009 (11:36 [...]
Equal right to women should be given to let them pursue their dreams and be part of Pakistan’s growth.
Over the years, the mobile phones and their applications have got integrated so tightly with our society that it has become virtually impossible to alienate it from the core. Where this infusion in the society has brought many advanteges which cannot be left or denied or down played, there have sprouted many ills and evils [...]
Well not only, our young generation is heading towards the world wild web, it’s heading towards the vistas of evil even with more rigor and vigor. Research, shopping, job searching, career advancement and distant learning are alien concepts to most of the Pakistani youth.
What they are more interested is getting in contact with the pakistani [...]
Minister for Women Development Sherry Rehman on Saturday said the government was in the process of legislation to create an environment for legal protection of women against harassment at the workplace.
Harassment at workplace is a very serious issue, most importantly because it relates to the right of women to live with dignity, she told media [...]
The ration of poverty and unemployment is touching all time high in the country, and there is no, literally no urgency, plan or vision of government to alleviate this problem. There is no strategy or policy to provide jobs to the educated boys and girls of Pakistan, and there is no effort on the part [...]
