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Three years and counting

International Day for the Elimination of Violence against WomenRecently, the world marked the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. But the day with a positive message, started with three awfully disturbing messages.

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27.11.2014 | 15:14

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Marred happiness: a case of post-partum depression

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We don’t accept the severity of situations until we find ourselves in tough spots.  Some of us remain silent while others seek help. I choose to write about it.

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18.11.2014 | 11:14

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The bitter side of pregnancy

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The journey from pregnancy to motherhood is a transition I am certain I share with all women on road to motherhood, specifically first-time-mothers. However, what was shocking for me was that during this time, I became a target of the most anti-feminist and sexist comments that I had ever heard. With feminism and sexism so relative to cultures, I have documented a list of top five comments that I found most offensive.

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13.10.2014 | 13:29

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Stirring the feminist in me

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“Who spends 300 dollars on a girder belt?”

“A woman who is in charge of her sexuality and not afraid of change.”

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25.06.2014 | 12:24

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‘Let the men eat first’

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I am sick and tired of this, sick to death, sick to the bones of listening to statements that would in any way treat women ignominiously or as lesser creatures than men.

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10.06.2014 | 14:41

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The long-winded road to education

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A mother and her child in Chitral district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

As I started to write this blog today, a fellow journalist back in Pakistan tweeted about an attack on his cousin, a school headmistress in the Charsadda city of the northern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province.

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03.06.2014 | 14:45

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All about women

Which colour would you like to wear on the most important day of your life? I say peach. But unlike me, most women in Pakistan would prefer wearing black, according to a Gallup survey in Pakistan. The empirical research was conducted to mark women’s day and was released recently. It studied several women’s issues, including their favourite colour and forms of violence they had been subjected to.

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24.07.2013 | 12:52

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