Two-day Islamabad Women Gala kicks off at Pak-China Friendship Centre

ISLAMABAD, Dec 14 : The highly anticipated two-day Islamabad Women Gala, celebrating women’s empowerment and entrepreneurship, officially kicked off here on Saturday at the Pak China Friendship Centre. The event, which runs through December 15, is expected to be a vibrant, inspiring, and impactful occasion […]

NCSW, UNFPA hold grand consultative session

ISLAMABAD, Dec 13 :The National Commission on the Status of Women (NCSW) and UNFPA Pakistan have collaborated to finalize Pakistan’s first-ever Gender Parity Report for Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT), to be presented in Parliament. This landmark report will be a result extensive consultations with key […]

Government developing Gender Digital Divide Policy to empower women

ISLAMABAD, Dec 5 :The government is formulating a Gender Digital Divide Policy to enhance women’s access to the digital economy. “The government is committed to ending the digital gender divide,” an official from the Ministry of IT said. “Women’s access to technology and the internet […]

Put young women at the heart of peace & security efforts: Senior UN official

UNITED NATIONS, Dec 03 : Peace is in peril worldwide and avenues for diplomatic dialogue are shrinking, but young women peacebuilders are demonstrating that a better world is possible, a senior UN official told the Security Council on Tuesday. Rosemary DiCarlo, Under-Secretary-General for Political and […]

Girls athletes shine at Islamabad Girls Sports Carnival

ISLAMABAD, Oct 19 :A three-day Girls Sports Carnival, organized by the Federal Ministry of Education and Professional Training, the Federal Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (FBISE), and the Federal Directorate of Education, continued on its second day on Saturday at the Pakistan Sports Complex. […]

UN report urges immediate global action to close critical gender gaps

UNITED NATIONS, Sep 17 : Noting worldwide progress on gender equality and women’s empowerment, a new UN report has revealed that critical gender gaps still remain in all 17 of the anti Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) aimed at ending poverty, protecting the planet and ensuring […]