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Rights report exposes Pakistan's failure to protect women in Khyber Pakhtu
Updated : 6 days, 5 hours ago IST
The findings have raised questions about the effectiveness of legal mechanisms meant to protect women and vulnerable communities in the province.
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Pakistan's hollow promises on women's safety exposed as gender violence, d
Updated : 3 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Women's rights activists in Pakistan warned that gender-based violence is rising and most survivors lack access to justice. At an HRCP event, speakers highlighted weak law enforcement, poor support systems, low conviction rates, and inadequate mechanisms to address digital harassment, urging
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Pakistan's justice system fails women: Sindh's battle against gender viole
Updated : 4 months, 4 weeks ago IST
Pakistan's persistent failure to address gender-based violence (GBV) came under sharp criticism during a dialogue on Sindh's provincial action plan for GBV prevention and response. Civil society members, rights activists, and legal experts condemned weak institutional mechanisms and patriarc
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Pakistan: Women's Action Forum reports over 2000 gender violence cases in
Updated : 7 months, 1 week ago IST
The report, based on daily monitoring of media outlets by WAF's Hyderabad chapter, paints a grim picture of entrenched misogyny, state inaction, and patriarchal impunity that continues to claim the lives and dignity of countless women and girls.
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Pakistan: New report reveals alarming surge in gender-based violence in Si
Updated : 7 months, 1 week ago IST
A new report by the Women Action Forum reveals over 2,500 gender-based violence cases in Sindh from 2021 to 2024. Most perpetrators were family members, with rising suicides and honor killings. Activists blame police inaction and call out Pakistan's failure to protect women.
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Nayi Chetna campaign will help reduce gender violence: Union Minister Shiv
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
Union Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Monday said that the Nayi Chetna campaign will help to assist women in every village through self-help groups to reduce gender violence. He emphasized that if violence does occur, women must not remain silent.
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Knesset Caucus reveals shocking accounts of Hamas' brutal sexual violence
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
The Lobby for Victims of Sexual and Gender Violence, a caucus of Israeli Knesset members, opened Tuesday's meeting with a trigger warning, accompanied by continuous weeping among the participants.
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J-K: National campaign against gender-based violence held in Rajouri
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
As a part of the ongoing four weeks-long National Campaign against gender-based-violence 2023, an awareness campaign and rally on the elimination of gender-based violence was organised by the National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM), Block Budhal at Panchayat Kewal Lower on Thursday.
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'The Last of Us' fame Ashley Johnson, six other women allege physical abus
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
'The Last of Us' fame Ashley Johnson has filed a lawsuit against Brian Foster, her ex-boyfriend and former 'Critical Role' castmate, alleging "domestic violence, sexual battery, assault, stalking, gender violence, intentional infliction of emotional distress and civil rights violations."
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Pakistan's condition appalling with regards to empowering women: Report
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], March 9 (ANI): Pakistan's hierarchical and patriarchal society has a long way to go with regards to women's empowerment and addressing crimes against women, a media report said on Tuesday.
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Thousands march in Paris against gender violence
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Paris [France], Nov 24 (ANI): Thousands of people marched in Paris on Saturday calling for an end of femicide and other forms of gender-based violence in the country and demanding the government to take strong action to prevent the same.
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