PEACE FOR ASIA SWITZERLAND
Pakistan celebrates its 78th Independence Day on 14th August with flags, processions, and orations on sovereignty and statehood. But as I sat alone reflecting, one question refused to leave my…
A few days back, a shocking video ripped through Pakistan’s timelines: a woman and a man, taken into a desert landscape in Balochistan’s Degari area close to Quetta, shot in…
In Balochistan’s mountains, where legend and life bleed into one another, stories live longer than their storytellers. Two hundred years ago, a boy named Lal Khan, known as Mast Tawkali,…
In Pakistan, the institution of marriage is habitually used to validate silence, agony, and brutality. countless women suffer physical, sexual, and emotional abuse from their husbands, abuse that, in most…
The Pakistan Supreme Court has recently delivered a landmark ruling, asserting that a safe working environment is a fundamental right of all citizens, regardless of their gender. Written by Justice…
At the very heart of every Pakistani wedding lies a sacred agreement, the marriage contract. But for many women, its pages remain unread, its clauses unexplained, and its rights unclaimed.…
It began with a young woman in my neighborhood, around 20 years old, gunned down by her father for rejecting a marriage proposal from his nephew. She had dared to…
When Naila married at 22, she believed her life was a beginning chapter of mutual respect and companionship. Instead, she spent 9 years enduring what no one around her would…
INTERVIEW WITH VLORA TUZI NUSHI Head of Office at UN Women Kosovo Journey at the United Nations I am a pharmacist by training. I started with UN women in 2004.…
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), adopted by the United Nations in 2015, set forth a universal agenda to eradicate poverty, protect the environment, and ensure prosperity for all by 2030.…
A besieged land, secluded from the mainstream and at the mercy of the authorities is home to a variety of ethnic, linguistic, and cultural identities. Despite the richness of its…
Interview with Marina Kaljurand, Member of the European Parliament: Marina Kaljurand is an Estonian politician and Member of the European Parliament. She served as Minister of Foreign Affairs and earlier,…
Biosecurity or the set of preventive measures designed to reduce the risk of transmission of infectious diseases is an area that is receiving increasing attention in the face of rising…
“Human Rights are Women’s Rights, and Women’s Rights are Human Rights” – Hillary Rodham Clinton, Former United States Secretary of State With the changing times, the gig economy has been…
Introduction: Unearthing the Challenge In the recent episode that unfolded within the hallowed halls of Pakistan’s parliament, an unsettling incident captured the nation’s attention. Pakistan’s Defence Minister, Khawaja Asif, took…
The Ranipur incident has sent shockwaves across Sindh, calling into question the performance of the police and the dominance of influential religious and political leaders in our society. The brutal…
Period poverty and menstrual health are pressing issues that continue to affect millions of people worldwide. However, the impact is particularly profound in the Global South, where limited access to…
Post 9/11 Structural Violence in Pakistan: A Gender-based psycho-social analysis. (Case study of Army Public School Peshawar incident) Though wars, terrorism, or structural violence carry a potential threat to the…
In 2023, a wave of protests has rocked the wrestling community in India as Olympic medal-winning wrestlers rallied against the sexual assault experienced by eight alleged wrestlers at the hands…
Peace for Asia interviewed Ms. Fawzia Koofi, a former parliamentarian from Afghanistan, who served as the Vice President of the National Assembly. During the negotiations with the Taliban, Ms. Koofi…
Professor Arman Luni’s father, Mohammad Ismail had a desire in his heart that he and his daughters get justice but his wish could not be fulfilled while he was alive.…
In the 1980s, global warming started to become increasingly prominent in the international public debate. In 1988 there was international agreement for the World Meteorological Organization and UNEP to jointly…
This is the Second part of two part series on Covid’s impact on Indian women. The Constitution of India states, Justice, Liberty, Equality as well as Fraternity are inherently and…
TO LISTEN TO THE INTERVIEW CLICK HERE Peace for Asia interviewed Katariina Leiononen, Deputy Head, Division for Conflict Prevention and Mediation, European External Action Service. She started her career with…
Justice is about making sure that being polite is not the same thing as being quiet. In fact, often times, the most righteous thing you can do is shake the…
The United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) session on December 14 adopted a resolution expelling the regime ruling Iran from the UN Commission on the Status of Women (UNCSW).…
On 29th November, Women in War and International Peace (WIWIP) and Peace for Asia co-hosted an event titled “Afghanistan: Human Rights Safeguards and Perspectives on Reconstruction. Based at Kings College…
TO VIEW THE WEBINAR CLICK HERE The EU’s Approach to Gender Equality From its early days, the EU ensured that Gender Equality (GE) was fully integrated in all of its…
Happy International Day of the Girl Child to all Girls, in particular to our brave Afghan girls and women who are fighting for their basic rights. Unfortunately today in my…
5th August, 2021: This day is a reminder that it has been a year since the Taliban captured our beloved nation of 35 million. While a lot of families are…
Mr Chair, Lord Mayor and Councillors It has been 358 days since the Taliban took power. For most Afghan women and girls, almost each one of these days since 15…
“It was not a place for human beings”, said Lee Ok-Seon a former comfort women. During the WWII Japan implemented ‘comfort stations’. Accordingly to the Japanese administration the ‘comfort station’…
This January, the United Nations expressed its concerns over the rise in the cases of abduction of women in Afghanistan. The context was the abduction of two women, namely Taman…