Women outside an emergency vehicle aimed at helping those affected by flooding. CREDIT: Ashfaq Yusufzai/IPS by Ashfaq Yusufzai (peshawar, pakistan) Friday, August 18, 2023 Inter Press Service PESHAWAR, PAKISTAN,…
Read more Floods, Now Torrential Monsoon Rains Leave Pakistani Women in CrisisTransgender people often entertain at weddings and other events, but they increasingly face violent acts, especially since part of an Act ensuring their rights was recently struck down.…
Read more Transgender People Face Growing Violence, Discrimination in PakistanTemporary medical camps are still the norm in some areas of Pakistan as the country struggles to recover from last year’s flooding. Now areas of the country are…
Read more Food Insecurity Fears as Pakistan Faces Cyclone, Monsoon SeasonDramas, using professional actors and compelling storylines, are used to persuade reluctant parents to have their children immunized against polio. Credit: Ashfaq Yusufzai/IPS by Ashfaq Yusufzai (peshawar) Friday, May…
Read more Theatre Used to Dispel Polio Immunisation Myths in PakistanAfghan Women refugees undergoing sewing and embroidery training in Peshawar, Pakistan. Credit: Ashfaq Yusufzai/IPS by Ashfaq Yusufzai (peshawar) Monday, April 10, 2023 Inter Press Service PESHAWAR, Apr 10 (IPS)…
Read more Afghan Tailors Flee to Pakistan After Ban on Stitching Womens ClothingA man collects his ration at one of the Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) collection points. The project, however, has resulted in deaths and injuries as people flocked…
Read more Stampedes as Destitute Throng Pakistans Free Flour Distribution PointsFlood victims in Pakistan would like to see the funding received for Pakistan’s recovery disbursed to them urgently. Many still live in temporary accommodation after they lost their…
Read more Pakistani Flood Survivors Welcome Funding, But Demand Immediate DisbursementWomen students and workers travel free from harassment in the BRT buses, which reserves seats for them in the conservative region of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. by Ashfaq Yusufzai Wednesday,…
Read more Women Commuters Travel Safe in Innovative Bus Scheme in PakistanA young child receives vaccine drops in Pakistan, but the region has experienced an upsurgence of cases because of vaccine refusal. Credit: Ashfaq Yusufzai/IPS by Ashfaq Yusufzai (peshawar) Tuesday,…
Read more Vaccine Refusal, Floods Impact Polio Drive in Pakistan
