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Separated by borders, united through stories of online abuse Protest in Dhaka against gender-based online violence. — Photo by S.K Enamul Haque For the first time, South Asian media organisations -- The Daily Star in Bangladesh, The Week magazine in India, Dawn in Pakistan and Republica in Nepal -- are coming together to report about the killings, attacks, harassment, and intimidation of journalists in the respective countries. It is the first such collaboration by media outlets in the region. Bangladesh: Does Digital Security Act actually protect women? By Zyma Islam It is impossible in al...

Karachi gears up for Int’l Women’s Day with events organised across the city By Sunday Mar 07, 2021 Civil society activists carry placards and shout slogans during a rally for women rights on International Women's Day in Islamabad, Pakistan, March 8, 2018. AFP/Files Events related to women's have already been organised across the metropolis. International Women’s Day is celebrated all across the globe every year on March 8. The main objectives of most of these events are to raise awareness about women rights in society. Apart from the Aurat March that is scheduled to be held on Monday...

Karachi March 7, 2021 Although the organisers of the Aurat March (Women March) have planned to hold a sit-in at the Frere Hall in Karachi on Monday (tomorrow) to mark International Women’s Day, different events related to the international day kicked off in the city on Saturday. International Women’s Day is celebrated all across the globe every year on March 8. In Karachi too, dozens of programmes are held every year with the main objective of spreading awareness of women’s rights in society. 15-point agenda The organisers of the Aurat March announced that this year a sit-in w...

Activists gear up for sit-in at Frere Hall Present 15-point agenda, demanding end to honour killings, improved legal recourse, protection KARACHI: Announcing a sit in at Frere Hall on Monday, when the Aurat March will coincide with the International Women's Day, the members of the march's organising committee warned on Friday of extending the protest if the government failed to fulfill their demands within a stipulated time frame. Addressing a press conference at the Karachi Press Club, they called for the effective implementation of laws to provide protection to women. Cultural and social ac...