Twenty men convicted of grooming and raping young girls in Britain
- 20-Oct-2018
LONDON: Twenty men in Britain have been convicted of grooming and sexually abusing several young girls, prosecutors said on Friday following the latest child sex abuse case involving large gangs. The men were found guilty of more than 120 sex crimes against 15 girls in Huddersfield, northern England, between 2004 and 2011. Sixteen of the […]
BISP, World Learning sign MoU for skills development, employment of young girls
- 04-Sep-2018
ISLAMABAD: Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) and World Learning (WL) signed an MoU here in Islamabad focusing adolescent girls’ future. The objective is to provide skill development and employment opportunities to BISP beneficiaries under the umbrella of the USAID funded Advancing Girls Education and Skills (AGES) Program implemented by WL. The partnership is a part […]
Pakistan’s young female boxers punch through gender barriers
- 01-Mar-2016
KARACHI: In a dense and dusty neighborhood in Karachi, eight young girls lined up against a cement wall, touching their hands to their faces in prayer before boxing practice began.