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Foreign employment for domestic empowerment

by Sandhya Nepal

Nepal is a landlocked country which heavily relies on remittance as the main source of income. National data shows that more than 30 percent of the countries income is generated from the remittance. In the gloomy time of moist insurgency when what little income the country generated domestically went to an anxious downfall, the remittance…

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6 Gender Based Stereotypes Debunked with Science

by Ummara Sheraz

Gender discrimination has held women back for ages. Even in the post-feminism world, stereotypes which have evolved with culture are still alive. South Asia is rigid in general when it comes to norms and traditions but gender stereotypes are also deeply rooted here. The problem has grown to an extent that often modern societies with…

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Stop This Rishta Parade

by Umaima Ahmed

As I was doing my daily skincare routine, my house-help who was looking on as she worked said, “I’ll tell you a remedy for skin whitening!” I told her that I do not believe in such remedies and I am comfortable with my complexion. But that discussion made me think that the desire to appear…

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Dowry- A Substitute for Inheritance for Women in South Asia

by Maria Gul Laraib and Taiba Khan

“You have to sign these documents,” said the brother indifferently. Slowly making her head up, she glanced at the papers. Her face vividly depicted the turmoil she had been through… After her father died a few days ago, she didn’t even get the time to process the grief since she was a mother too, and…

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‘Scooty’ is ‘HER’ new BFF, now

by Mehreen Fatima

Though interview went very well but I knew I had to let this opportunity miss mainly of the following three reasons; first the office was situated in an outmost location – a real backwater; second no appropriate means of commute was available and I actually mean it – from public transport to pick and drop…

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Sisterhood and Solidarity in a time of Sangat

by Zoya Anwer

Not so long ago, I didn’t know terms like patriarchy, misogyny, emotional and unpaid labor, and many other such words. However, the most fascinating part was that I knew the meanings of these words all too well but didn’t have the language to explain terms which have been dictating my life since perhaps, my birth.…

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UNCERTAINTY ERODES A CREATIVE SPIRIT

by Hassan Ibrahim Ch.

Sitting just behind the striking Lahore Museum on Mall Road there is another impressive building of equal importance. Established in 1884, Punjab Public Library is the city’s oldest library. In fact, it is the country’s first public library and the largest. This library is home to a forgotten treasure of books, archived official reports going…

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Photo Blog: Basnama works hard for education of her daughters

by Saba Rehman

Basnama is a 46-year-old tribal woman living with her family in a native village of Mardan in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. Her husband is a farmer. The couple has three children – one son and two daughters. The son is eldest of all. He is working in another province. Their elder daughter is studying…

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Does She Travel Safe?

by Surangika Jayarathne

“ I was about 14 years old when I was sexually harassed in a bus for the very first time. I was traveling on a bus with a friend after school for the first time. We were excited as this was a little adventurous for us. The excitement did not last any longer. I noticed…

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