This woman has set up a food cart in front of a government office in Lahore- by covering her face she says people will respect her.

As the nation mourned the killing of at least six female polio workers in the north-western and southern provinces, the Pakistani government celebrated its National Working Women’s Day on December 22. At least two women escaped target killing in the southern Punjab province a few days later.

Our blogger Debarati Mukherjee shares her special recipe with eggs and vegetables. You can send us your recipe too and win a radio or an iPod!

The brutal incident that happened to the 23 year old paramedical student and her friend shocked the entire nation called India. For a few days from Sunday to Wednesday the Indian media clamored about the need for stringent laws to ensure safety for women and speed up the justice process for the victim! But it fizzled out in a few days.

The Haji Ali shrine in Mumbai has banned the entry of women

Darul Uloom Deobandi, an Islamic seminary in Uttar Pradesh, India, recently warned Muslim women not to work as receptionists by issuing a Fatwa (Islamic religious ruling) that terms of the the job are un-Islamic and against the Sharia (Islamic law).

I was traveling to Nepal from Pakistan and attending a conference on gender integration in the cultures of South asia, but an incident made me extremely pessimistic.  Women Talk reader Sidra Saeed describes her experience.

Women Talk Online chef Julia Holzbach sent us this recipe for delightful olive, tomato and cheese rolls. Send us your recipe at womentalk@dw.de and win a special prize!

Bohni – Delhi is a scary option

Sunday night’s episode of a 23-year-old medical student being brutally gang-raped inside a moving bus in India’s capital, New Delhi, has shocked everybody. Our blogger Debarati Mukherjee got in touch with few women residing in Delhi and asked them how safe they felt in the capital.