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Over 1 lakh cases of domestic violence, more than 7,500 women murdered in
Updated : 4 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Human rights and the condition of women continues to worsen in Pakistan, as Pakistan's Minister for Human Rights, Azam Nazeer Tarar informed the National Assembly on November 7 that over 7,500 women, including 1,553 in the name of honour, were murdered in the country in four years from 2021
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"Despicable, yet entirely predictable": India slams Pakistan at UN for rak
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
Exercising its right to reply during the UN Security Council Debate on Women building peace in a changing environment, India called out Islamabad over the "deplorable" condition of women from minority communities in Pakistan.
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"Squirrel has more rights than a girl..": Meryl Streep highlights women's
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
Oscar-winning actor Meryl Streep talked about the condition of women in Afghanistan during a discussion held on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly. She said that a "squirrel has more rights than a girl in Afghanistan today", reported The Washington Post.
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SC directs inclusion of woman judicial officer in existing committee looki
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
The Supreme Court on Friday directed the inclusion of a woman judicial officer in an existing committee looking into the safety and condition of women prisoners in each district in West Bengal.
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Akhilesh Yadav lashes out at MP Government, calls out injustice to women i
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
Samajwadi party Chief Akhilesh Yadav slammed the 'double engine' Government of Madhya Pradesh. The SP supremo lashed out at the state government and criticized the condition of women in the state. He expressed happiness, calling Congress's support for the caste census a big change.
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"Tremendous improvement in condition of women under Modi govt": BJP MP Tej
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
Lok Sabha on Wednesday passed the Women’s Reservation Bill which provides for 33 per cent reservation for women in Lok Sabha and state assemblies.
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"Did not say anything wrong...": Former Rajasthan minister Rajendra Singh
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Former Rajasthan Minister Rajendra Singh Gudha on Monday said that atrocities against women are increasing in the state adding that there was nothing wrong about the remarks he made in the State assembly over the condition of women in the state.
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Representative viral pictures of necrophilia story by Pakistan's Daily Tim
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
The editorial of Daily Times has not been taken down or debunked at the time of publishing this update, however, videos and pictures have fact-checked the representative picture of the locked grave used in the story, as that of being from Hyderabad and not Pakistan. It is also pertinent t
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Pakistani parents lock daughters' graves to avoid rape
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
Women's bodies were said to have been unearthed and desecrated on several occasions. A necrophilia case was reported in Pakistan in 2011 when a grave keeper named Muhammad Rizwan from North Nazimabad, Karachi was arrested after he confessed to raping 48 female corpses.
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Priyanka Chopra praises CM Yogi Adityanath's UP government for improving w
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Priyanka Chopra has praised CM Yogi Adityanath's Uttar Pradesh government for its responsible attitude towards women and the improvement in the condition of women in the state.
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Will CPC's 20th congress return a woman to Standing Committee of CPC Polit
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Hong Kong, October 17 (ANI): Women in China anxiously wait before every national congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC). So they are doing now as well in the hope that the 20th Congress scheduled to be held on October 16 would pay some attention to gender discrimination and pave the
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Pakistan women journalists fight for equality amid high risk of violence,
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 30 (ANI): Gender pay gap, gender bias-ness, and unfair treatment of female employees are issues rampant in Pakistan and the condition of women working as journalists in the South Asian country is no secret to the world.
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