Pakistan

The bill outlawing domestic violence passed by the National Assembly on Tuesday is a step in the right direction.

All stakeholders will have to struggle to ensure the rights of women in politics, participants of a regional conference on engendering democracies said on Wednesday.The senior rights activists and experts expressed these views on the first day of the two-day international conference under the tit

A resolution, moved by Munawar Abbasi and supported by several other legislators, paid tribute to the life and politics of Benazir Bhutto.

Hundreds of civil society activists from scores of different organisations working for the empowerment of women gathered together at The Mall on Sunday to hold a rally in connection with International Women’s Day, which is being observed around the world today (Monday).Parliamentarians Shakeela R

An illiterate peasant who is a mother of nine, Jori had made a bid for the PB-25 Jafarabad seat in the Sindh provincial assembly that had suddenly been vacated with the killing of its occupant, Sardarzada Rustam Jamali.Few had expected her to win in the by-elections held on Mar. 10.

Bhutto was a powerful symbol for women in South Asia. Her homecoming to Pakistan in 2007 after eight long years in exile managed to make us forget about Bhutto's (more specifically her husband's) countless corruption charges.

Speakers at a seminar, ìWomen, Religion and Politicsî, said Saturday that political parties should give equal opportunities to women so that they could play their role in the progress of the country.

The National Commission on the Status of Women (NCSW) here Wednesday unveiled a set of recommendations for improved political participation of women under Political Parties Order 2002 and Local Government System and it was supported by the representatives of the political part

Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani said the government is determined to implement Shaheed Benazir Bhutto's vision regarding women empowerment.