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Friday, September 15, 2023
Uplifting women’s role in Politics
It’s great to hear that the Pakistan Peoples’ Party (PPP) has been actively promoting the inclusion of women and religious minorities within the party. By providing space for underrepresented groups, the PPP is not only enhancing its image...
Tuesday, September 12, 2023
Women in power: norm not the exception
The absence of women in senior leadership roles is a critical and multidimensional issue that needs to be addressed as the socio-cultural landscape of Pakistan changes. Despite ongoing discussions surrounding the gender gap, its enduring presence...
Friday, August 04, 2023
The fury in Pakistan sparked by a misogynist minister
When Pakistan's Defense Minister Khawaja Asif stood up in parliament last week and labelled female opposition leaders in the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) party as "trash and leftovers" of its chairman Imran Khan, he probably wasn't expecting...
Thursday, July 27, 2023
Misogyny in the house
For long, Pakistan has prided itself over the fact that it had the foresight to elect the Muslim world’s first female prime minister. In a field otherwise seen as a boy’s club, this was an achievement indeed. But somehow, the boy’s club has...
Thursday, July 20, 2023
Women’s political inclusion vital for stable democracy, proactive Parliament : NA Speaker
National Assembly Speaker Raja Pervez Ashraf on Wednesday said no society could develop without inclusion and active participation of women in all spheres of life. The political inclusion of women was imperative for a stable democracy and...
Tuesday, July 11, 2023
Call for creating meaningful space for women in political arena
The Provincial Assembly of Sindh, in collaboration with the Women’s Parliamentary Caucus (WPC), organised a roundtable discussion on electoral reforms in Karachi on Wednesday. The event was held with the support of UN-Women Pakistan and UNDP....
Monday, July 10, 2023
Pakistan: Rehana Laghari for election reforms to strengthen role of women in politics
Acting Speaker Sindh Assembly and Pattern in Chief Women Parliamentary Caucus Sindh Rehana Laghari, on Wednesday, stressed on need of reforms in the election laws to strengthen role of women in politics. She was addressing a consultative meeting of...
Wednesday, July 05, 2023
The gender factor in elections
As the country prepares for the upcoming elections, and political parties gear into electioneering mode, what remains missing from the mainstream discourse is fair representation of women, and their meaningful participation in the electoral process...
Source: DW News
Tuesday, June 13, 2023
Pakistan: how Khan crackdown imperils women in politics
As Pakistan's government continues to crack down on supporters of former Prime Minister Imran Khan and his Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party, female supporters say the government is using the unrest to create a hostile environment for women in...
Credit: AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen
Thursday, May 25, 2023
Where are the women in Pakistan’s politics?
As the country gears up for fiercely controversial polls in October, what are the prospects for women’s political participation in Pakistan? When I was in fourth grade, Zubaida Jalal, then Pakistan’s federal minister for education, visited our...
Women and political power In Pakistan (Picture: the Friday Times)
Wednesday, July 13, 2022
Women and political power In Pakistan
"The next step is to move away from symbolic representation for women to have more female politicians in influential decision-making positions," writes Saad Hafiz. Developing countries are increasingly recognising that including women as equal...
Pakistan: NCSW holds consultation on women participation in elections - The News International (logo)
Tuesday, June 07, 2022
Pakistan: NCSW holds consultation on women participation in elections
Islamabad: Women have been considered as a passive vote bank and political parties tend to use them mostly for representative functions at public gathering, meetings and campaigns. This was stated by Chairperson National Commission on the Status of...
This combination of photos shows female lawmakers Shazia Marri (L), Sherry Rehman (C) and Aisha Ghous (R). — Pictures via Twitter
Tuesday, April 26, 2022
Pakistan: A glance at the only five women in Shehbaz Sharif's 37-member cabinet
The suspense around newly elected Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif's federal cabinet finally died down on Tuesday — a whole eight days after he was sworn in as premier — after federal ministers and state ministers took their oaths to shape up the 37-...
Sindh Assembly MPA Heer Soho . PHOTO: EXPRESS
Monday, March 28, 2022
Pakistan: In a first, Sindh to have a woman tribal sardar
MPA Heer Soho says community chose her as leader after her father. For the first time in Sindh’s history, a woman is set to become a Sardar of her tribe. The decision has been taken with consensus by the Soho community of Sindh. After the demise of...
Women MPs actively participating in parliamentary business  - PHOTO: APP/FILE
Tuesday, March 15, 2022
Women MPs actively participating in parliamentary business
Constituting one-fifth of parliament, women parliamentarians accounted for nearly 35 per cent of parliamentary agenda during 2021-22 – 38 per cent in the National Assembly and 25 per cent in the Senate. According to the Annual Women Parliamentarians...
In Pakistan, gendered politics prevail - Tribune Magazine
Thursday, February 10, 2022
In Pakistan, gendered politics prevail
Pakistan’s constitution makes no distinction between genders but women in parliament know that’s not the reality in politics. Despite impressive records of women in the legislative assembly, female parliamentarians still face barriers to entry that...
In Pakistan, women’s maximum participation in local government polls stressed  Photo by Markus Winkler on Unsplash
Tuesday, January 18, 2022
In Pakistan, women’s maximum participation in local government polls stressed
South Asia Partnership (SAP) Pakistan and Aurat Foundation held a convention on women’s political participation in Pakistan on Saturday. The focus was on women in local government. Dorab Patel Auditorium at Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP...
Photo by Bank Phrom on Unsplash
Wednesday, December 22, 2021
In Pakistan, parties asked to award tickets to women in elections
Civil society activists have demanded political parties to award tickets to women aspirants for the local government elections to bring them into the national mainstream. “If women are not given a leadership role, we cannot expect economic change in...

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