“Our government believes in moving forward with all segments of society and is taking practical steps to protect the rights of marginalised groups," CM Bugti says.
Lahore’s rich colonial history, post-colonial expansion and decades of rural-to-urban migration have produced a city with distinct enclaves, from affluent societies to dense slums.
For Pakistan, the stakes are high. Failing to support breastfeeding not only compromises child health and development but also limits women’s economic participation and perpetuates gender inequality.
Decades of stalled reform, donor dependency, and feminist fragmentation have left Pakistan’s women structurally excluded — and the Global Gender Gap Report simply holds up the mirror.
Despite laws on paper, Balochistan remains a place where women are punished for choice, tribal 'justice' dictates life and death, and the state watches from the sidelines — unless a video goes viral.
‘No’ is more than a complete sentence, for women, it is a complex syntax that has been perfected by navigating a complicated web — body language, tone, eye contact, walk, clothes, and even a smile.
In the Pashtun culture, women are still largely segregated into the domestic sphere because of constraining gender roles. But things are changing, slowly and subtly.
