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Aurat Co

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Name: Aurat Co

First reported 21 hours ago - Updated 21 hours ago - 1 reports

Changing lives: Actions speak louder than words in raising health awareness

KARACHI:Well explored debates can and do have a profound impact on the listener. But every now and then, amateur theatre gets the message across in a way that even the most qualified panels of experts relying merely on words fail to achieve.Around 20 ... [Published The Express Tribune - 21 hours ago]

Entities: Education, Shahdadkot (Pakistan), Zubeida Mustafa, Khairpur (Pakistan), Aurat Co

First reported May 18 2013 - Updated May 18 2013 - 1 reports

Disenfranchisement of women continues despite calls for curbing the practice

PESHAWAR: Like previous elections, the woman voters in different areas of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa were barred from casting ballots in the May 11 general election as agreements were struck among the contesting candidates and political parties ahead of the ... [Published The News International - May 18 2013]

Entities: Elections, Election Commission of Pakistan, Aurat Co, Dera Ismail Khan (Pakistan)

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Project launched to strengthen women help centres

KARACHI, May 16: Speakers at the launch of a project have said that only a close coordination between civil society organisations and government departments, including police and Citizens-Police Liaison Committee, can ensure protection to women against ... [Published DAWN Group - May 17 2013]

Entities: Karachi, Hyderabad, Aurat Co

First reported May 15 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 1 reports

Only six women reach NA on general seats

Out of 272 general seats, only six women reached in the National Assembly and eight women got hold of general seats in the Punjab assembly, out of 297 general seats.Although the manifestos of all mainstream political parties claimed greater political ... [Published The News International - May 15 2013]

Entities: Aurat Co, Punjab Assembly, General Election, Equality

First reported May 13 2013 - Updated May 14 2013 - 5 reports

ECP appreciated for its effort in reaching out to female voters

Although terming the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) an ‘all men’s club,’ the Gender Concerns International (GCI), in its preliminary report, has appreciated the enormous effort of ECP in reaching out to female voters and setting up as many polling ... [Published The News International - May 14 2013]

Entities: Aurat Co, Sargodha, Mardan

First reported May 12 2013 - Updated May 12 2013 - 2 reports

Aurat Foundation rejects election results from some constituencies

Staff Report Islamabad: Over a hundred female election observers of Aurat Foundation monitored election activities from gender perspective throughout the day at 553 women polling stations in major cities of Pakistan in collaboration with international ... [Published Daily Times - May 12 2013]

Entities: Aurat Co, Elections, Mardan, Sargodha, Karachi

First reported May 11 2013 - Updated May 11 2013 - 3 reports

Awami National Party

Woman voting ban in parts of KPK, Punjab

LOWER DIR/MIANWALI: Women voting has been banned by the Elders in Lower Dir district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Mianwali district of Punjab, in their respective areas.According to a report, the elders of KP-97 Lower Dir have decided that no woman would ... [Published AAJ TV - May 11 2013]

Entities: Awami National Party, Pakistan Muslim League (N), Aurat Co, Pakistan People's Party, jirga

First reported May 11 2013 - Updated May 11 2013 - 2 reports

Polling observers

Aurat Foundation is carrying out observation of election in Collaboration with Gender Concerns International (GCI, Belgium) headed by Ms Magda De Meyer. The observers would watch voting process at female polling stations. The teams have been trained specially ... [Published The News International - May 11 2013]

Entities: Aurat Co, Lahore, Belgium, collaboration

First reported May 10 2013 - Updated May 10 2013 - 2 reports

Security still a concern for observers

ISLAMABAD, May 9: Representatives of Gender Concerns International (GCI), who have come to Pakistan to monitor general elections 2013, were dissatisfied with the government’s security measures.“No authority has given us any assurances about security. ... [Published DAWN Group - May 10 2013]

Entities: Elections, Pakistan, Security

First reported May 09 2013 - Updated May 09 2013 - 3 reports

Pakistan: What Pakistani Women Want

Source: Inter Press ServiceCountry: Pakistan KARACHI, Pakistan, May 9 2013 (IPS) - As Pakistan inches closer to the May 11 elections, and the accompanying heat and dust get even thicker, it is pertinent to stop for a moment and ask: what do women voters ... [Published ReliefWeb - Latest Updates - May 09 2013]

Entities: Pakistan, Karachi, Elections

First reported May 06 2013 - Updated May 07 2013 - 2 reports

GEM mission starts work to monitor elections

ISLAMABAD: The Gender Election Monitoring (GEM) mission has started its working to observe participation of women in the upcoming elections. The monitoring is being done by Gender Concerns Internationals Gender Election Monitoring Mission under which ... [Published Daily Times - May 07 2013]

Entities: Elections, Pakistan, Aurat Co

First reported Apr 25 2013 - Updated Apr 25 2013 - 2 reports

‘Problems for women increasing’

ISLAMABAD, April 24: There is no gender equality in the country and with the passage of time problems for the women are increasing.Gender issues can only be solved by encouraging women to stand for their rights and giving them confidence that they can ... [Published DAWN Group - Apr 25 2013]

Entities: Jhelum (Pakistan), Aurat Co, Oxfam

Quotes

Although there were more polling stations closer to the women's homes, the facility itself often was not up to mark. "We noticed many stations that really were too small, where there was no place for observers and party agents to sit and where it was burning hot inside. Moreover, this prevented privacy for the voters. In another place several mixed polling stations were all in one room, which led to complete chaos."

GEM Mission urges ECP to declare polls null, void [Published The Nation Pakistan - May 14 2013]

...Talking to APP here on Friday, a representative of the mission said ` "The GEM Mission’ will monitor the General Election 2013 with reference to women’s participation in the election. Both the organizations have already signed a MoU on March 1, under which 10 international and 50 national observers will monitor the coming elections form gender angle, she added."

GCI launches Gender Election Monitoring Mission in Pakistan [Published The News International - May 12 2013]

However, what women are doing is getting out into the field and campaigning for their leaders. Party leaders are "ensuring women's participation in their election rallies through the women's wings [of the parties], to garner their votes and nominate them for their reserved seats" , said Abdullah

Pakistan election: what do women want? Food, freedom and peace [Published Guardian.co.uk - May 09 2013]

"I don't want people to see it and pityingly say 'It's good... for a Pakistani video'"

"I don't want people to see it and pityingly say 'It's good... for a Pakistani video'" [Published The Friday Times - May 03 2013]

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Project launched to strengthen women help centres [Published DAWN Group - May 17 2013]
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Rejecting results: Cooking the ballot [Published The Express Tribune - May 14 2013]
ECP appreciated for its effort in reaching out ... [Published The News International - May 14 2013]
GEM Mission urges ECP to declare polls null, void [Published The Nation Pakistan - May 14 2013]
Repolling recommended in constituencies where w... [Published The Express Tribune - May 14 2013]
GEM report indicates high women voter turnout [Published Pakistan Today - May 13 2013]
ECP urged to declare polling sans women illegal [Published DAWN Group - May 13 2013]
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Droves of women voters – an unusual scene in Pe... [Published DAWN Group - May 12 2013]
Aurat Foundation rejects election results from ... [Published Daily Times - May 12 2013]
ECP urged to declare polls null and void [Published The Nation Pakistan - May 12 2013]
Woman voting ban in parts of KPK, Punjab [Published AAJ TV - May 11 2013]
Pakistan: Protest against barring women from ca... [Published Oneindia - May 11 2013]
Polling observers [Published The News International - May 11 2013]
Taliban threaten day of carnage [Published Oman Tribune - May 11 2013]
No woman to vote in parts of KPK, Punjab [Published The Nation Pakistan - May 11 2013]
Disenfranchised women: NGOs to monitor female v... [Published The Express Tribune - May 11 2013]
Struggling to be heard: women in the context of... [Published The Express Tribune - May 10 2013]
REPORT: PAKISTAN ELECTIONS 2013: Record number ... [Published Radio France Internationale - May 10 2013]
Security still a concern for observers [Published DAWN Group - May 10 2013]
Locals complain: ‘Badam Zari goes more on air t... [Published The Express Tribune - May 10 2013]
Gender Election Monitoring Mission launched for... [Published Daily Times - May 10 2013]
Pakistan: What Pakistani Women Want [Published ReliefWeb - Latest Updates - May 09 2013]
Pakistan election: what do women want? Food, fr... [Published Guardian.co.uk - May 09 2013]
What Pakistani Women Voters Want [Published Inter Press Service - May 09 2013]

Blogs

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One man’s fight for justice after a song brough... [Published Pakistan: Now or Never? - Mar 14 2013] When tribal elders reportedly ordered five girls killed in remote northern Pakistan for singing and clapping, outraged media coverage prompted the Supreme Court to order an investigation. The deeply flawed investigation concluded the girls were alive ...
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Press Releases

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Verisante Wins Prism Award at SPIE Photonics We... [Published Marketwire - Breaking News Releases - Feb 07 2013]