Tag: equality
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Out of 687 staff members, only 45 women are employed in the Supreme Court
New details reveal that among the total staff members of 687 in the Supreme Court, only 45 are women. The information came to light as a judicial order directed Supreme Court Registrar Jazeela Aslam to give details on staff following a petition filed in 2019, appealing the Right of Access to Information Act 2017 and…
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Claudia Goldin wins Nobel economics prize for work on women’s pay
An economic historian and Harvard professor, Claudia Goldin, has been awarded with the Nobel Prize in economics for her work examining the gender pay gap. Goldin’s unprecedented research highlights the fact that women, despite their higher academic qualifications, are paid less than men; and that mostly this difference arises after childbirth. “This year’s Laureate in…
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Can democracy deliver? Pakistanis answer in new report
Open Society Barometer conducted a survey on one question: Can Democracy Deliver? The survey is based on representative polling in 30 countries with a combined population of over 5.5 billion people, including Pakistan, to reflect on geographic, economic, and political diversity. The report surveyed 36,344 respondents aged 18 or older in each country According to…
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Khalifa nan-khatai lover, US Ambassador Donald Blome wants more women in the Pakistani workforce
US Ambassador to Pakistan, Donald Blome, visited Lahore from September 4-6 and The Current got the opportunity to sit down with him and have a little chat. And yes, you read it correctly. The ambassador is a lover of Khalifa nan-khatai. He told us that he discovered the biscuits last year when he came to…
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‘Cringe’: Nadia Jamil does NOT like Barbie at all
Not your Barbie girl? While the rest of the world (completely excluding Punjab) is celebrating the release of Greta Gerwig’s Barbie, veteran actress Nadia Jamil seems to not share the same opinion. Jamil took to Twitter to share some of the problems she noticed in the film. In her Twitter post, the ‘Sitara Aur Mehrunisa’…
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‘Mera Jism Meri Marzi’ doesn’t mean I want to rip off my clothes, says Mahira Khan
Mahira Khan, in a recent interview, opened up and revealed why she attends the Aurat March every year and what are the three things she finds attractive in a man. Read more – We can’t show a woman being assaulted and falling in love with the same man, says Mahira Khan “I think it is…
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Pakistani filmmaker wins gender equality award in Singapore
Award-winning Pakistani filmmaker, Shehzad Hameed Ahmad was recently honored by the United Women of Singapore for supporting the cause of gender equality through his films. Over last 10 years, Shehzad has done significant work highlighting and supporting women causes and creating awareness for gender equality. Singapore-based Ahmad was awarded the Gender Equality Impact Change-maker (male…
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Aurat March 2020 receives backlash on social media
The poster Aurat March was met with rape and death threats after it was upload on social media last week. Aurat March (women march) calls for women, transgender, and other suppressed gender groups to raise voice against injustice and deeply embedded patriarchy in our society. Unfortunately, within an hour of upload – the post…