In 2015, Pakistan launched one of its biggest projects with massive Chinese support. The China Pakistan Economic Corridor also known as the CPEC is a multi-billion dollars collection of infrastructure projects that has seen an inflow of material and manpower for the last few years. In a country where even raising the legal marriageable age...
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Performative Feminism
The article was previously published in our special Women's Day edition, published on ISSUU. Feminism as a movement has undergone a series of evolutions in terms of how activism is carried out. In its early stages, during the 19th and 20th century, it was associated with the temperance and abolitionist movements and gave voice to...
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Overlooking Impediments to a Strong Female Labor Force
May 1stis when the world celebrates labor day with much fanfare; vociferously advocating the rights of the common man and the value created by his toils. It is a day to not just mark the achievements of workers but also to recognize efforts made by labor union movements and especially the eight-hour day movement. It...
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Accessing Economic Empowerment Via Tech
We are living in a world that has not only transformed into a global village, but is also one that is very-fast paced, thanks to technology. And it keeps on changing every single day. Those who are not able to get even a slice of technology are left miles behind, almost in pits of darkness,...
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Prospects of Blockchain & Womens Participation
Blockchain, as we know it, has several definitions. One of such simple definitions is that a blockchain is a chain of chronological blocks which represents a distributed database, existing on multiple computers at the same time. It is a continuously growing list of digital records in blocks which are linked and secured using cryptography. The...
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A Roadmap to Digital Inclusion and Economic Empowerment
Some 30 odd years ago, when the hit action series Knight Rider was aired on TV, audiences watched in awe and wonder when Michael Knight talked to his car via his watch. These are not just fantastical movies anymore but 21stcentury realities, with talking phones and smart homes to make ones life more efficient ...
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Going beyond the Gender Rule Debate
This article was previously published in Ananke's special Women's Day 2019 Edition. In 2018, the Kenyan parliament went into a debate on the Gender Bill. See, Kenyas parliament is currently unconstitutional. According to the 2010 constitution, elective or appointive bodies should be made up of not more than ? members of the same gender. When...
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A Lens on the Vision of Inclusion
Tell us a bit about your professional journey? I began my career in 2007, a week after completing my graduation in India. I moved to Dubai to start my first job at Sanyo Gulf. At an inquisitive age of 19 then, and even though I was inexperienced and rough around the edges, I was full...
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Editorial: On Pakistans Shameless Feminism
Speaking the truth is a seemingly desirous path for truth seekers, but more than often it is an arduous one to tread on. History is replete with agonizing tales of truth tellers who have suffered the whips and scorns of time for holding the mirror and showcasing reality as it actually is. And when that...
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Patriarchy and its effects in Africa
“Why is she driving the car? Can’t she give her husband the car to drive?” These were the words that came out of my six-year old sons mouth some years back while we were going out to see a relative. It was not his first time seeing women drive and so I wondered where his...