Australian High Commissioner Margaret Adamson says Pakistan has shown remarkable progress in the domain of gender equality by introducing legal framework.  Talking to APP on the sidelines of an event in Islamabad, she said Pakistan is the first nation in the Muslim world with democratic ...

ISLAMABAD - Pakistan has been listed at 148th position among 149 countries in the gender equality in the World. Pakistan is ranked among the worst performers in the world when it comes to women empowerment as the country placed at the rock bottom of the World Economic Forum’s “Global Gender ...

ISLAMABAD: The World Economic Forum placed Pakistan as the second worst country on gender equality in its Global Gender Gap index released on Thursday.The index placed Pakistan 143rd out of 144 countries, worst in the South Asian region that has an average remaining gender gap of 34% as noted by ...

According to The Independent, Iran’s Supreme Leader has claimed gender equality is a “Zionist plot” aiming to corrupt the role of women in society.Ayatollah Ali Khamenei told a meeting of religious speakers that Iranians should resist feminist ideas and instead hold the Prophet Mohamed’s ...

ISLAMABAD: (APP) Women’s economic participation, empowerment report launched A status report on women's economic participation and empowerment in Pakistan was launched here on Wednesday. The `Women's Economic Participation and Empowerment – Status Report 2016' was launched at an event jointly ...