Women’s demonstration in Sindh
Below we publish a short video of a demonstration by the “Progressive Female Health Workers Association”, led by the Socialist Movement Pakistan […]
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Children without food in flood-hit areas face death
More than one hundred thousand children left homeless by Pakistan’s floods are in danger of dying because they simply do […]
Protesting nurses hold all-night vigil in Layyah
Protesting trainee nurses held an all-night vigil on Saturday 18th September outside the local press club to pressurize the government […]
Women and children most at risk in flood-hit areas
Poor women and children are suffering the most in the flood-affected areas of Pakistan. Starvation, water-borne diseases, lack of medical […]
Pakistani Women, religious extremism and traditions
Five women shot, wounded and buried alive. The grotesque story of five women in the Jaffarabad district of Baluchistan, who […]
The veil and Muslim women
There is again heated debate going on around the veil worn by Muslim women. The new controversy was sparked by […]
Successful ‘Campaign against Domestic Violence and Discriminatory Laws’ meetings
“It’s not God’s law but an instrument of oppression against women.” This comment was made by speakers and participants during […]
Yet another victim of rape fighting for justice
Every day 8 rape cases are reported but for every case reported there are two that go unreported in Pakistan.
Mukhtar Mai, a rape victim in search of justice
Despite all the claims of the present regime, women are still facing a horrific situation in Pakistan.
Musharraf’s hypocrisy won’t end violence to women. National Assembly in Pakistan passes a Bill on ‘honour killings’.
It declares that anyone committing such a crime will be guilty of “intentional murder”. The government says that this Bill […]
We publish a new introduction by Peter Taaffe to Leon Trotsky’s ‘Permanent Revolution’, which the Socialist Movement Pakistan (CWI) are to translate into Urdu and publish.