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Destigmatizing Sexual Assault Conversations in Pakistan
On 7 September 2020, a woman was gang-raped in front of her children on the Lahore-Sialkot motorway. The incident sparked a public outrage amongst...
Women’s Rights as Human Rights
Turkey’s human rights record has been on decline in recent years. Women’s rights issue is at the heart of this debate. President Recep Tayyip...
Her Story of Education Will Decide Your Past and Future
Astonishingly, we have come so far. The so-called societal norms of the past are still prevailing today when it comes to women’s education and...
Feminism: A Struggle between Conservatism and Modernism
Women constitute an estimated 50% of human herd across the globe; that has so far failed to translate into equity in democratic representations in...
UN Agencies Partner for Guide to Help Women in Tourism Recover from Crisis
As the sector enters the second year of an unprecedented crisis, the impact this has had on women in tourism has been made clear....
Endemic violence against women cannot be stopped with a vaccine
Over the past decade, violence against women has been “endemic in every country and culture”, according to a new study released by the UN...
Women in Europe need ‘greater economic independence’ to avoid poverty
Women in Europe should be given “greater economic independence” through equal pay, childcare support and the sharing of domestic duties to ensure that they...
Beyond the conventional gender roles: The Role of Women in Anti-nuclear Movements
Nuclear weapons have been at the core of all major international discussions since its creation. It represented a state of revolutionised human affairs and...
Making Women Visible in Plastic Waste Management: Examples from Indonesia
Plastic Waste: Long History, Massive Consumption
Plastic was invented by John Wesley Hyatt in 1869 and has an original sense of "pliable and easily formed."...
Reversing the Impact of the Pandemic on Female Workers in Latin America
Working women in Latin America and the Caribbean were disproportionately affected by the Covid-19 pandemic compared to men. This fact underscores the need for...