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8 March: Being born a girl means clearing a lot of hurdles
Monday 7 March 2016 All throughout their lives, women and girls must face various types of discrimination that greatly compromise their future prospects. During this International Women’s Rights Day, FIDH will be highlighting this sad fact in a video made by Agence Babel, with the voice of American film maker Randa Haines. FIDH reminds us […]
حکومت اور سیاسی جماعتیں پارلیمان میں خواتین کی مساویانہ نمائندگی کو یقینی بنانے کے لیے مزید اقدامات کریں
لاہور 07 مارچ، 2016پاکستان کمیشن برائے انسانی حقوق (ایچ آر سی پی) نے کہا ہے کہ پاکستان کی پارلیمان میں آج کے جدیددور میں بھی خواتین کی کم نمائندگی سے ظاہر ہوتا ہے کہ ملک میں صنفی مساوات کو یقینی بنانے کے عہد کو پورا نہیں کیا جارہا ہے اور کمیشن نے حکومت اور تمام […]
HRCP to govt, political parties: do more for gender parity in parliament
Lahore, March 6: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has said that under-representation of women in parliament in this day and age was a poor reflection on the promise of gender equality and parity in the country and the government and all political parties needed to realise their responsibility in addressing that imbalance. […]
HRCP calls for prosecuting media attackers
Lahore, March 5: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has expressed grave alarm over attack on media organisations and journalists on Friday by mobs protesting the execution of former Punjab governor Salmaan Taseer’s murderer. The Commission demanded that all those who had instigated and carried out the violence to intimidate the media must be brought to justice. […]
HRCP calls for prosecuting media attackers
Lahore, March 5: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has expressed grave alarm over attack on media organisations and journalists on Friday by mobs protesting the execution of former Punjab governor Salmaan Taseer’s murderer. The Commission demanded that all those who had instigated and carried out the violence to intimidate the media must be brought to justice. […]
Women’s exclusion from top governance slots alarming: HRCP
Lahore, March 5: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has called for addressing the ‘near-complete exclusion’ of women from top governance positions in the country. A press statement issued by HRCP on Saturday, as part of its media campaign ahead of International Women’s Day (March 8), said that even though women constituted half the national […]
Women’s under-representation in judiciary must be addressed: HRCP
Lahore, March 4: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has stressed the urgent need for addressing the severe under-representation of women in the higher judiciary. As part of HRCP’s media campaign, ahead of International Women’s Day (March 8), the Commission on Friday drew attention towards women’s under-representation in Pakistan’s legal profession, particularly in the […]
