Women lawyers led by Mussarat Hillali, S. Naz Mohammadzai and Shehnaz Hameed Khattak, staged a rally in response to the acceptance of the Hasba bill and insisted the NWFP governor not to sign it. They also offered a memorandum at the Governor's...
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In a conference at Manama, 17 Arab states participated. Shaikha Sabeeka bint Ibrahim Al Khalifa, the first lady of Bahrain and the chairperson of the Arab Women's Organization said that if Arab countries want 'sustainable' development then it would...
Some of the so-called 'conservative Islamic lawmakers' of Pakistan stormed out of the parliament in response to the controversial bill regarding rape and adultery.
The bill has been passed by the lower house of the parliament according to which,...
Pakistan's Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz said that its government is looking forward to pass more legislation to protect women's rights.
He said that PML President Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain had proposed the draft of another bill with the National...
International marriage agencies in Korea are working as advertisers for women.
These so-called agencies hook up women from Southeast Asia through video files and pictures on Internet sites as if advertising products in the market. Not only this, they.
Recently, archaeologists have discovered that the amount of female remains outnumber the remains of men in the majestic 11th-century ruins in Chaco Canyon, New Mexico.
Talking about the issue, archaeologists Tim Kohler and Kathryn Kramer Turner says,.
Mizo Hmeichhe Insuihkhawm Pawl (MHIP), the highest Mizo women body, has insisted the Mizoram government to bring in the 'Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005' in the state.
With the rising cases of rapes and physical attack on...
The matter relating to the women's right which accounts for their stand as surety in bail cases has taken a back seat. Although the 1992 Constitution of the Republic of Ghana does not bind women from standing as surety in bail cases, it is generally the..
A famous line goes, life is beautiful provided you accept it as it comes to you but unfortunately, this line holds no importance to the women folk in Afghanistan.
Recently, a case has come up where a 13-year-old girl has tried to burn herself in...
During a seminar at a private university in Karachi, Naib Nazim Nasreen Jalil, City District Government asserted the need to ensure every woman of her due rights, especially her right to education because the right is taken away from them on the excuse...
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Suzanne Swift, the then twenty one year old Army Specialist, was arrested for showing her reluctance in going back to fight in Iraq. She served in Iraq for a year but decided she won’t return and went AWOL. Not only did she feel the war lacked purpose, Swift said her superiors repeatedly sexually harassed her while serving in Iraq.
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