As the recent abduction of nearly 300 Nigerian girls by terror group Boko Haram sheds light on the dramatic situation

UN Women is set to launch a five-year programme on social stabilisation and reconstruction.

Civil society activists in India are hopeful the government led by Nawaz Sharif will work towards improving ties with

Rural Women demands right to land, employment quota for rural women, protection of violence against women and a compr

Malala, 14, who suffered gunshot injuries to her head in the attack in Swat Oct.

The Fata Civil Secretariat earmarked Rs60 million in the ADP for tribal areas for current fiscal year under the head

Japan's Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba accepted the Institute's International Peace Building Award on behalf of the

MYANMAR'S Election Commission announced last week the landslide victory of the opposition National League of Democrac

Two months ago, in February 2012, a victory was won in the battle for more effective legal provisions for women in Pa

Women in Pakistan have faced formidable challenges in their efforts to achieve gender equality and address gender-bas

PESHAWAR, March 17: Speakers at a seminar here on Saturday urged women to play their role in restoration of peace by

In historically evolved patriarchal tradition and tribal-based social structures, women's role has been downplayed in

The government has not only empowered the womenfolk in the country but also working to provide them space in all walk

Statistics shows the status of women is better than last couple of years in Pakistan.

Much attention has been focused on the process of radicalisation of young men in the areas of Pakistan that border Af

On December 25, a female suicide bomber, not more than 18 years of age, blew herself up killing at least 47 people an

Participants here at a seminar on Monday called upon the government to fulfill its obligations under the UN resolutio

Terrorism and Afghan insurgency have so overshadowed other issues in Pakistan that it sometimes feels like we -- comm

UNIFEM and leading women and civil society organisations in Pakistan organised “Open Day 1325” here the o

For sustainable solution to existing security situation faced by the country due to ongoing conflict at western borde