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A photograph of a person’s palms held out in prayer. The light is streaked with shades of pink and blue.

For a queer person, or for someone who remains single by choice, everyday existence requires strength and will. That is the embodiment of kun faya kun as a personal philosophy: to manifest the person you want to be through sheer will.

By Ghausia Rashid Salam

February 1, 2021

Kun Faya Kun: Embodying Non-Conformity

A still from the film What Will People Say?

I discovered the movie What Will People Say? while browsing Netflix. Growing up in a society in which people are…

By Nidhi Chaudhary

July 1, 2020

Shame, shame!

Shamed and Sidelined For Too Long, Plus-Size Women in Pakistan Are Now Speaking Up

“I realised plus-size acceptance is neither a movement to eat whatever you want nor is it about placing restrictions,” Amina said. “It’s about being kind to your body and realising you are not defined by the size of your waist.”

By Curated Content

October 15, 2018

Shamed and Sidelined For Too Long, Plus-Size Women in Pakistan Are Now Speaking Up

How Pakistani and Indian Women in Three Countries Confront Marital Economic Abuse

A zoomed in photograph of a couple holding hands during the marriage ceremony taking place. Both of them are wearing henna on their hands. The girl is wearing a set of bangles.

From not being allowed to work to having their earnings exploited, many women confront economic abuse, a recognised form of domestic abuse.

By Curated Content

May 15, 2017

How Pakistani and Indian Women in Three Countries Confront Marital Economic Abuse

How Do You Battle AIDS if No One Talks About Sex? KP’s Transgenders Speak Out

In Peshawar alone, the community consists of over 500 transgenders. At least 20 per cent of these have AIDS. Their risk of contracting AIDS is higher, since 59 per cent of khawaja saras report to have at least one sexually transmitted infection.

By Curated Content

April 18, 2016

How Do You Battle AIDS if No One Talks About Sex? KP’s Transgenders Speak Out

New Project Sheds Light on Pakistan’s Lesser Known Feminist History

Uzma Noorani, a human rights activist, sitting on a sofa smiling. She is wearing an orange and pink Indian suit, and has her hair falling on her shoulders.

[slideshow_deploy id=’7496′] It had been there for decades — a red, blue and white flag unfurling in the wind, an…

By Curated Content

November 15, 2015

New Project Sheds Light on Pakistan’s Lesser Known Feminist History

Doodle. A long O shape with three x's drawn on its very top, one over the other.

When I was younger, someone took a knife to my clitoris and cut out a small but significant part of…

By Curated Content

August 15, 2015

Damage

Pakistan’s slow but steady progress on ending child marriage

Law passed in Sindh province shows that despite religious opposition, steps taken to outlaw child marriage are taking effect. By: Mohammad…

By Curated Content

June 15, 2014

Pakistan’s slow but steady progress on ending child marriage

Review: No More Deaths Because of Unsafe Abortion – Information is Just a Call Away

Photo of a card that shows a picture of a woman in the corner and information on abortion written in urdu text

Every year more than 15,000 women die because of post partum haemorrhage and every day 10 women die because of unsafe abortion in Pakistan. If you know a woman who does not have access to hospital at the time of delivery or who wants to access safe abortion, then contact on the number provided.

By Saba Ismail

April 1, 2014

Review: No More Deaths Because of Unsafe Abortion – Information is Just a Call Away