Tag: women's rights
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Why did Aurat March hold a Feminist Press Conference?
This Friday, on March 8, as the world will celebrate Women’s Day, Aurat March will take to the streets in Lahore, Karachi, Islamabad and Multan. The Current attended this year’s Aurat March press conference and got details about how this year is different from the ones before. Every year, the press conference is dominated by…
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Afghan women protest beauty parlour ban, Taliban hit protestors with tasers
In a rare occurrence, Afghan women took to the streets in Kabul to protest another draconian law imposed on the demographic by the ruling Taliban. Earlier this month, the Taliban banned women’s beauty parlours in Afghanistan, another decisive step in slashing women’s rights in the country. Women shouted “work, bread and justice” while they were…
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Prisoners in Pakistan exposed to diseases in overcrowded jails: HRW
According to a report released by Human Rights Watch, Pakistani authorities have systematically deprived prisoners of adequate health care, leaving thousands at risk of disease and death. The report, titled “A Nightmare for Everyone: The Health Care Crisis in Pakistan’s Prisons,” highlights the widespread deficiencies in prison health care in Pakistan and the impact on…
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‘As a woman, it is insulting that I have to take Imran Khan’s name’: Maryam Nawaz
Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Senior Vice President Maryam Nawaz has said that she, too, has faced harassment even though she hails from a privileged background and has a powerful father. Addressing a PML-N women workers convention in Lahore on International Woman’s Day, Maryam said that the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan and his party…
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Divorced women fear imprisonment under Taliban regime
The Taliban regime in Afghanistan has modified divorce laws, now requiring both parties, husband and wife, to be present in court in order to get a divorce. Under the previous Afghan government, women were granted the right to get ‘one-sided divorces’ in order to help them escape abusive marriages, according to The Washington Post. Women…