Pakistan Chairs OIC Women's Conference Amidst Domestic Gender Inequality Concerns

Beyond declarations

WHEN Pakistan assumed the chairmanship of the OIC Ministerial Conference on Women this week, it did so while confronting uncomfortable realities of its own. Only recently, the World Economic Forum ranked Pakistan 148th out of 148 countries in its Global Gender Gap Report, underscoring how much work remains to ensure women enjoy equal opportunities in education, employment and public life. That sobering backdrop lent added significance to repeated calls in Islamabad for the Organisation of Isl...

By none@none.com (Editorial)