Pakistan
May 8, 2013
Women’s issues: Who will be fair to the fairer sex?, Pakistan
According to a 2012 survey by the World Economic Forum, Pakistan is still considered to be one of the worst places in the world to be a woman.
May 7, 2013
In election season, Pakistani women struggle to be heard, as voters or candidates
For decades, not a single woman in this dusty Pakistani village surrounded by wheat fields and orange trees has voted. And they aren't likely to in next week's parliamentary election either. The village's men have spoken.
May 6, 2013
Females and FATA, Pakistan
In the history of political participation and representation, women have either been under-represented or excluded. The notion of “private woman and public man” described patriarchal society in recorded history.
Women's movement in Pakistan: State, Class, Gender
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April 25, 2013
Women's movement in Pakistan: State, Class, Gender
Women in Pakistan like their counterparts elsewhere in the world have been victims of the double oppression of class and gender.
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Women in Pakistan like their counterparts elsewhere in the world have been victims of the double oppression of class and gender.
April 22, 2013
Number of Women Candidates is Not Rising, Pakistan
Despite the welcome addition of a woman candidate contesting independently from Bajaur Agency, the overall number of women candidates contesting on general seats of the National Assembly (NA) has stayed much the same since the 2002 election.
April 15, 2013
Malaysian women want greater political participation
As Malaysia's political parties finalize their candidate lists for Nomination Day next weekend, a mothers' group has unveiled its own election 'manifesto'.
April 11, 2013
Project launched to promote voter awareness, Pakistan
In collaboration with the UNDP, UNWomen, Australian Aid and Norwegian Embassy, the National Rural Development Programme launched project which aimed at providing advance education to 250,000 voters in Sindh especially the marginalised voters, including women, youths and minoriti
April 9, 2013
Women in Pakistani Politics
Al Jazeera's Kamal Hyder, reporting from Islamabad, discusses women in Pakistani politics.
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