Articles with tag: equality
Women and the Process of Decolonization
Monica Nat Sep 2, 2009 interacts: 26Colonizers came to these lands for resources, cheap labor, and new markets. What they left behind were mutated societies trying to redefine themselves by shedding away colonialism.
Independence Day
Beej K Singh Aug 14, 2009 interacts: 31Ramanand Tiwari rounded the corner at a brisk pace – the achhoot well was now visible. He made a long peripheral detour around it.
Restoring the Civil Rights of Ahmadis
Chowk Jun 16, 2008 interacts: 200The persecution of Ahmadis even under the present mangled constitution is patently unconstitutional.
The Cruel Expulsions
Mutaal Mooquin Jun 16, 2008 interacts: 19Reaction to “Twenty Three Students Expelled From Punjab Medical College, Faisalabad�
This Is For The Men Who'll Roll Their Eyes
Sidra Omer Jul 20, 2007 interacts: 154I’m waiting for the day when the word feminism will not be a synonym for extremism.
Daughters of Hajar
Mohammad Gill Jun 5, 2007 interacts: 1054Hajar was Prophet Abraham’s wife and the mother of Ismael. Abraham took them to Mecca (at the site of the Masjad-al-Haram) and abandoned them there (at Allah’s command?). Identifying herself with Hajar, Asra chose to call her organization 'Dau
Women’s Day 2007
Zainub Razvi Mar 8, 2007 interacts: 7The modern woman’s struggle isn’t simply or solely about securing absolute equality... This struggle, and its an on-going one, is one of identifying our changing roles within society and our homes, it’s about understanding and accepting
Bollywood and Gender Equality
Saad Khan Apr 25, 2006 interacts: 27Bollywood has been abused at the hands of the male dominant Indian Cinema elite that not only includes directors and producers, but also the Indian political elite who have shrewdly used cinema for their own interests
Jerry’s Pakistan
Yasser Latif Hamdani Aug 16, 2005 interacts: 522The jazba that there is for Pakistan seems to be entirely in the non-Muslim Pakistanis and they have a much better way of showing it too. No law-breaking, no gunfire, no silencer-less motorcycles, no women-teasing as has become commonplace on Independence
Lady Reporter
Beena Sarwar Dec 26, 2004 interacts: 19There is no simple answer to the question that people (mostly foreigners) often ask: how does it feel ‘to be a woman journalist in Pakistan’?
Employment Equity in India’s Private Sector
Dost Mittar Oct 24, 2004 interacts: 176While I am indeed in favour of introducing greater employment equity, I believe that there is a better alternative to the government enforced quotas.
