Tag: Girls
Zainab case highlights Punjab police incompetence
News Analysis | The Zainab murder and rape case has exposed the gross incompetence, criminal negligence and deplorable ethics of the Punjab police. Zainab was...
December 16th – A Day of Double Tragedy..!
Bilal Awaisi | It was December 16th of this year. My friend and I were sitting in the office of a bank manager. Two of...
Gulalai Ismail wins recognition for her fight against Taliban ideology
News Analysis | Gulalai Ismail from Pakistan made history on Thursday morning when she won a joint award for her undeterred awareness campaign to counter...
Why dark-skinned women often pay a higher dowry?
Rina Chandran | Mirror, mirror on the wall; who is the fairest of them all? The one with the palest skin, of course. Or that's...
Why women chess players don’t reach the top?
Here’s a story my father likes to tell. When I was five, my family spent several months living in Barbados. Since we were in...
India’s child labor problem
Anuradha Nagaraj| CHENNAI, India (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Urban India is employing an increasing number of children - many under nine years of age -...
What makes the selfie generation narcissistic and in love with itself?
Lisa Firestone | Studies are now showing what many of you may have suspected: We are living in an increasingly narcissistic society. In a world where...
International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women 25 November
"Violence against women and girls is a human rights violation, public health pandemic and serious obstacle to sustainable development. It imposes large-scale costs on...
