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Islamabad: UN Women is the women’s fund at the United Nations. Established in 1976, it provides financial and technical assistance to innovative approaches aimed at fostering women’s empowerment and gender equality. Today the organization’s work touches the lives of women and girls in more than 100 countries. UN Women also helps make the voices of women heard at the United Nations — to highlight critical issues and advocate for the implementation of existing commitments made to women. UN Women Pakistan [...]

Islamabad: UN Women (previously UNIFEM) is the women’s fund at the United Nations. Established in 1976, it provides financial and technical assistance to innovative approaches aimed at fostering women’s empowerment and gender equality. Today the organization’s work touches the lives of women and girls in more than 100 countries. UN Women also helps make the voices of women heard at the United Nations — to highlight critical issues and advocate for the implementation of existing commitments made to women. UN [...]

Islamabad: The World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development provides us with an opportunity to deepen our understanding of the values of cultural diversity and to learn to “live together” better. The UN General Assembly proclaimed 21 May the World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue in its resolution 57/249 and welcomed the Universal Declaration on Cultural Diversity adopted by the General Conference of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) at its thirty-first session on [...]

Islamabad: The purpose of World Telecommunication and Information Society Day (WTISD) is to help raise awareness of the possibilities that the use of the Internet and other information and communication technologies (ICT) can bring to societies and economies, as well as of ways to bridge the digital divide. 17 May marks the anniversary of the signing of the first International Telegraph Convention and the creation of the International Telecommunication Union. In November 2005, the World Summit on the Information Society [...]

Muzaffargarh: Contrary to the common perception of Punjab being the most prosperous province of the country, Southern Punjab is home to some of the most impoverished citizens of the country. In the recent monsoon floods, Muzaffargarh was also one of the worst affected districts of the province due to its location between the rivers of Chenab and Indus. The devastation was evident during our visit to Muzaffargarh – Kot Adu. Home to one of the most famous folk singer Pathanay [...]