She spills it all – about the roadblocks that littered and deterred her pursuit, the men that questioned, the country that doubted – but the spirit that overcame it all.
Pakistan, not unlike India, isn’t exactly considered the best country for women. But just a couple of years ago, the country got its first female superhero, Jiya, a teacher, who moonlights as a vigilante, the ‘Burka Avenger.’
Irfanullah, 15 year old student survivor of the Peshawar school massacre, pays a tribute to the woman who laid down her life for him.
Malala Yousafzai, the 17 year old Pakistani activist, will be receiving a Nobel Prize today for standing up for women’s educational rights. At such a young age, Yousafzai has gained recognition throughout the world. These are the ten things you need to know about her life and why she deserves to be a Nobel Prize […]
Living in a highly patriarchal society; some girls staying in a remote village in the northern region of Pakistan, close to the border with China, go to the Shimshal Mountaineering School. People living in the northern Hunza valley, follow the moderate Ismaili sect of Islam, which has a more liberal attitude towards women. At the […]
