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Pakistan: Punjab launches HPV vaccination drive targeting 8 million girls
Updated : 8 months ago IST
The campaign will run from September 15 to 27. According to Dawn, the vaccine will be administered to girls aged 9 to 14 years and is seen as a critical tool against cervical cancer, which is the third most common cancer in women in Pakistan.
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Pakistan: ILO report flags 25 per cent gender pay gap, highlights barriers
Updated : 10 months, 2 weeks ago IST
An ILO report finds that women in Pakistan earn 25-30% less than men despite being more educated and working in formal, permanent jobs. With only 13.5% of employees being women, Pakistan's gender pay and employment gaps are among the highest in South Asia, Dawn reported.
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Human rights activist raises voice against women atrocities, discriminatio
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
Anila Gulzar, a Pakistani human rights activist from the Christian minority, has condemned systemic violence and gender discrimination against women in Pakistan, highlighting issues ranging from honour killings and forced marriages to workplace harassment and weak legal enforcement.
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Rising cybercrime: 1.8 million women fall victim in Pakistan
Updated : 1 year, 2 months ago IST
Over the past five years, around 1.8 million women in Pakistan have fallen victim to cybercrimes, yet conviction rates remain critically low. An investigation by Hum English News highlights alarming trends in online harassment and fraud, revealing that 96 per cent of women who sought legal h
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HBWWF demands repeal of discriminatory laws against women in Pakistan
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
The Home-Based Women Workers Federation (HBWWF) in Pakistan has demanded the revocation of all the discriminatory laws and violence against women in Pakistan during a seminar at the Karachi Press Club.
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Over 41 pc women in Pakistan suffer from anaemia with 14.4 pc being underw
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
More than 41 per cent of women in Pakistan suffer from anaemia, with 14.4 per cent being underweight and 24 per cent being overweight. according to the report.
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Women in Pakistan's Karachi protest against soaring inflation and heavy ta
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
Several members of the Jamaat-e-Islami Paksitan on Thursday organised a protest in Karachi, raising their concerns against the soaring inflation and unfair taxes imposed by the government.
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Sexual violence against women on rise in Pakistan's Lahore
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
According to Nai Baat, a Pakistani Urdu newspaper, at least 854 incidents took place in eleven months of this year and the Gender Crime Cell could not achieve any significant success in arresting the accused.
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European Parliamentarians express concern over coerced faith conversion ta
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
The participants in the event expressed deep concerns regarding the distressing issue of coerced faith conversion and sexual violence targeting minority women and girls in Pakistan.
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PoK: Gilgit-Baltistan leaders raise concerns over child marriage
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
Civil society representatives including the head of the National Commission on the Status of Women (NCSW) expressed concerns over the absence of laws and constitutional protections for women in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, Gilgit-Baltistan region, especially underage marriage.
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Jamaat-e-Islami leader laments denial of fundamental rights to women in Pa
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) leader Ameer Sirajul Haq on Monday lamented the denial of fundamental rights to women in Pakistan and blamed the successive governments for the situation arising out of their failure to uphold the Constitution, The News International newspaper reported.
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Pakistan religious body gives approval to women performing Hajj without cl
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Women in Pakistan have been officially given permission by the Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) to perform Hajj without a Mehram in specific circumstances, reported Geo News.
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