A bill was passed in April 2015 to establish the Sindh Commission on the Status of Women for the promotion of social, economic, political and legal rights of women in the province. PPP prepares for women-led rallies across Pakistan on Women's Day He said: 'Women Development Department has...
Anemia is a globally widespread condition in women and is associated with reduced economic productivity and increased mortality worldwide. Here we map annual 2000–2018 geospatial estimates of anemia prevalence in women of reproductive age (15–49 years)
Anthony has over seven years of experience in designing and implementing multi-country research projects and programs on adolescent sexual and reproductive health and HIV. Before joining APHRC, Anthony was a research fellow and lecturer at the Department of Sociology, University of Fort Hare, South ...
Menstruation is a naturally occurring physiological phenomenon in adolescent girls and pre-menopausal women [1]. Menstrual Hygiene Management (MHM) is defined as‘Women and adolescent girls using a clean menstrual management material to absorb or collect blood that can be changed in privacy as often ...
Almost a year ago, in July 2023, Telangana’s women gig workers accused Urban Company of wage theft, illegal terminations, and discriminatory labour practices. Workers wrote a letter to E. Gangadhar, State Additional Commissioner of Labor Department, and D. Srinivasulu, Union Deputy Chief Labor ...
Analysis of the social hindrances affecting the professional progression of female extension workers in the Punjab, Pakistan Indian Journal of Agricultural Research, 58 (1) (2020), pp. 35-40 Google Scholar Kidane and Worth, 2016 T.S. Kidane, S.H. Worth Different Agricultural Extension Systems ...
with her democratic principles and she continued to face determined opposition in India, especially in 1983 and early 1984 when in response to disturbances among Sikhs in the Punjab she sent in government troops, who sacked the Golden Temple of Amritsar. She was assassinated in the garden of ...
Pakistan, an Islamic Republic, consists of four provinces: Punjab, Baluchistan, Sindh, and KPK, with Punjab being the largest and most populous. The 18th constitutional amendment in 2010 significantly reduced the central government’s powers, transferring substantial autonomy to these provinces in over...
Among the eastern states, Bihar has shown the highest increase in the unpaid domestic duties from 2004–05 (76.4 percent) to 2011–12 (81.5 percent) followed by the northern states Punjab and Haryana. The inter-state variation in the burden of unpaid work is glaring in the southern states ...
women. To fill this gap, the current study was undertaken to understand the health challenges encountered by women during floods and identify key gaps and barriers women had to face in accessing SRH services in the flood-affected districts of Sindh, Punjab, KP, and Baluchistan provinces in ...