All available evidence points to a clear link between a prevailing lack of gender equality and a continuously high population ...

In an interview Malala Yousafzai speaks about her new memoir, friendship, marriage, and her life since being shot by the ...

For decades, men in Pakistan have claimed to be the 'protectors' of women. Yet protection, in this country, has too often meant possession - dictating what women wear, where they go, when they speak, ...

Female activists who fled from Afghanistan to Pakistan say their lives are in danger once again as Islamabad intensifies its efforts to deport Afghan refugees.

For a decade, Amina worked across Afghanistan, training women to take on leadership roles. Now, she sits in a cramped cement-block apartment in Pakistan's capital, Islamabad, fearful of what comes ...