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Most Pay Lip Service to Women Empowerment, Dr. Vishakha Tripathi Ji Truly
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 28: Kunda, a small town in Uttar Pradesh's Pratapgarh district, was once surrounded by villages with alarmingly low literacy rates. The region grappled with severe poverty, and the plight of women was even more disheartening.
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Plight of women in Pak prisons 'A Nightmare for Everyone': HRW Report
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
The Pakistani prisons are one of the most overcrowded ones in the world, according to a Human Rights Watch (HRW) report, prison cells that were designed for a maximum of three people were reportedly holding up to 15 inmates on average.
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Plight of women in Pakistan deteriorates amid forced marriages, conversion
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
As women in Pakistan continue to bear the brunt of forced marriages and conversions, some have also succeeded to escape, bringing such incidents to light.
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Police brutality during Women's March highlights grim reality of gender-ba
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
The police lathi-charge on participants of the Aurat (Women's) march in Islamabad (8 March 2023) provides the context for a perusal of the plight of women in Pakistan.
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NHRC issues notice to the Maharashtra Govt over reported plight of women l
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
The Commission has issued a notice to the Chief Secretary Government of Maharashtra on the same calling for a detailed report within four weeks.
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ICC raises concern over plight of women's cricket in Afghanistan
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
At the competition in South Africa, where 16 teams are competing, Afghanistan is the only 'Full Member' who is not represented. Women's cricket in Afghanistan has made no progress whatsoever well over a year after the Taliban took control of the country. There are indications that it won't i
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Plight of women teachers in Pakistan: More than 600 Muzaffargarh employees
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Muzaffargarh [Pakistan], October 22 (ANI): As many as 650 women teachers of the Punjab Literacy Department have been denied their salaries for the last two years.
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Pakistan: Punjab records highest number of cases of women abuse
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], October 19 (ANI): Official data shows that a total of 15,750 complaints were made by women in Pakistan's Punjab during the first eight months (January- August) of the current year, taking lead in receiving the most number of cases of women abuse.
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Pakistan women journalists fight for equality amid high risk of violence,
Updated : 3 years, 8 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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Women are more likely than men to suffer during natural disasters
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 28 (ANI): Women are more likely than men to suffer when disaster strikes, a Pakistan-based journalist said calling for the need for media to highlight the plight of women, and the unequal effects of natural disasters in the wake of the recent devastating floods i
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Afghan women's fight for rights continues under Taliban regime
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], July 4 (ANI): The plight of women in Afghanistan continues to be deplorable despite the tall claims made by the Taliban when they took Kabul's control in August last year.
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Int'l community cannot ignore Afghan crisies: UN official
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 15 (ANI): The international community cannot look away from the multiple crises unfolding in Afghanistan, said a UN official, adding that Hunger the plight of women and girls, the looming economic crisis and COVID-19 remain alarming and require urgent action.
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