Women across the world are waging struggle to undo the discrimination and injustice being meted out to them in different walks of life. Situation of women in Pakistan is more complicated as they face...
In a society where women are not treated equally, life for a girl child becomes discriminatory, unjust and considerably miserable. Such is the case in most parts of Pakistan where girls are inhumanly...
It was only by chance that I became a humanitarian worker. When I was young my father was diagnosed with cancer and we were told we had to raise huge sums of money to pay for his treatment....
I joined ActionAid Pakistan in November 2010 when the devastating flood had just hit the country and its impact was still unrolling. ActionAid had initiated a timely and well-coordinated emergency...
ActionAid Pakistan has planned a series of events and activities to mark the one year anniversary of the 2010 floods that caused massive devastation in our country. The commemoration of "floods - one...
People living in far off areas of Pakistan face serious problems of food insecurity in the wake of price hike and economic depression in the open market. They maintain their household budget on daily...
Savelat 17, comes from a poor family. She lives in village Namirkot, union council Machai, and district Mardan, Khyber Pukhtoonkhwa, Pakistan.She is married to Sheraz Ahmed. She was just 8 years old...
Sassi hails from a poor family. Her husband is a labourer. They had a small house of their own before it was destroyed by unrelenting monsoon rainfall, so she had to give birth in a cave during the...
Umerkot is one of the worst flood affected districts of Sindh, Pakistan. It is contrary to environmental characteristics of the area that it floods with rainwater. People have constructed their...
With two disabled sons, life was difficult enough for Zainab before the floods left her family homeless. Now she has lost her livestock and her village is completely under water.
In Pakistan, there is no law for registering Hindu marriages. As a result, Hindu married women are unable to get their National identity cards that show their ‘married’ status or bear their husband...
