World
Hijab, Mahsa Amini’s Death, and a Mockery of International Daughters’ Day (Part II)
Pamelia Khaled: (Continued after Part I) Covering women’s heads loosely was the old tradition in Saudi Arabia, Persia, Asia, and Europe; the practice was present in Arabia before Muhammad. Professor…
South Asia
A piece of cloth neither has any gender nor any religion
Purnasha Aurora: Forcing someone to remove their hijab, and forcing someone to wear hijab- both are equally offensive. It is quite clear, the oppression is always of women. Countries make…
Window For Others
Rape culture: As we name it
Kevin S. Boiragi and Pamelia Khaled: To the readers, this article does not offer any solution rather analyzes a significant issue and then asks some rudimentary questions. It does not…
Why not dis-empowering men?
Kevin S. Boiragi: Women empowerment can be both material and fluid. Here, by material I see women’s agencies in gaining economic solvency, and education for instances, while by fluid I mean…
Human Rights
Pakistani court sentences woman to death for WhatsApp ‘blasphemy’
WC Desk: A Pakistani court sentenced a woman to death on Wednesday after finding her guilty of blasphemy for insulting Islam’s Prophet Muhammad in text messages she sent to a…