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Priyanka Chopra, Kamala Harris discuss mansplaining, women’s rights

US Vice President Kamala Harris on Friday reminded top female Democrats of their duty to fight for reproductive rights and how electing two more...

China to give women right to decide on caesarean birth: report

China will give pregnant women the right to chose a caesarean birth for babies even if husbands object, state media reported on Tuesday. China's top...

Women must claim their right to inheritance in lifetime, rules SC

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court in a landmark ruling said that women must claim their right to inheritance in their lifetime, ARY News reported on...

Punjab should create better environment, not curbs on women: Mazari

ISLAMABAD: Federal Human Rights Minister Shireen Mazari on Thursday said that the Punjab government should create a better environment for women instead of imposing...

Govt fully in support of Women’s rights, says Firdous Ashiq Awan

SAPM Awan said that each and every Muslim man and woman's role models are Hazrat Fatima (AS) and the wives of Prophet Muhammad (SAWW).

Ensuring, protecting women’s rights a national responsibility: President Arif Alvi

President Dr Arif Alvi says it is responsibility of the entire nation to play its due role in protecting women's rights and curbing gender based violence.

Pending laws on women rights to be approved soon: Yousafzai

The minister insists that the government is committed to improving the status of women in the province.

India’s Supreme Court to rule on Pandya, Rahul suspension

The show went viral, prompting such fury on social media that some demanded a life ban, while others called for the cricketers’ lucrative contracts for the IPL to be torn up

Awareness drive about women’s right to inheritance launched

ISLAMABAD: Ministry of Human Rights has launched an awareness campaign to educate people about the rights of women to inheritance, ARY News reported on...

Punjab police arrest village council for ordering rape

MULTAN: Fourteen members of a village council have been arrested for ordering the rape of a teenage girl as punishment for a rape committed...

Ivanka forced to defend Trump at women’s summit

BERLIN: Ivanka Trump, making her overseas debut as the US "First Daughter" at a women's summit in Berlin on Tuesday, was forced to defend...

Obama declares himself a ‘feminist’

WASHINGTON: In a birthday editorial Thursday, US President Barack Obama described himself as a feminist and urged renewed effort to break down gender stereotypes.

Saudi Arabia appoints princess to oversee women’s sports

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia has appointed a princess to oversee women's sports in the ultra-conservative kingdom, even as the country has doubled the number of female athletes representing it at the Olympics.

Zardari warns against ‘systematic assault’ on women rights

KARACHI: Former president Asif Ali Zardari on Tuesday warned the people against a systematic assault on women rights in the country and asked them to fight this mindset, ARY News reported.

Human rights group calls for gender equality through movements

ISLAMABAD: The Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA) has stressed on bringing about change for women in Asia and gender equality through movements to highlight their rights.

India bride faces $25,000 fine for rejecting marriage

NEW DELHI: The family of a 19-year-old girl has been ostracised and fined 1.6 million rupees by a village council after she rejected a marriage arranged when she was a baby, the girl and her parents said on Wednesday.

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