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Gahvora: harmful or useful childrearing device?

By thehighasia
December 12, 2020
in :  Arts & Culture, Central Asia, Child Rights, Features, Gilgit-Baltistan, Gojal, High Asia Region, Latest, Latest News, Lifestyle, Pamir Ranges, People, Slider, Society
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Dr Lara Karasik Gahvora (cradle) is the oldest device which has been used by families for centuries in High Asia and Central Asia regions for containing and cradling of babies. It is still preserved in Badakhshan, Pamirs, Kashgar, Srikol, Hunza, Ghizer and Broghel, Chitral for newborn babies rearing. It is noteworthy that even among modern families in cities, you easily …

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Pakistan’s human rights record worrisome: HRCP

By thehighasia
April 30, 2020
in :  Child Rights, Democracy, Gilgit-Baltistan, Governance, Health, Human Rights, Latest, Law, National, Pakistan, People, Politics, Slider, Society, South Asia, World
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Covid-19 pandemic affecting human rights, weakest segments of society invisible and unheard, notes HRCP in its flagship report High Asia Herald Report Islamabad: Pakistan’s human rights record is worrisome as curbs on dissenting views increased. The outbreak of Coronasvirus will have far-reaching effects on people’s economic and social rights fundamental rights, says a report. “Widespread social and economic marginalisation have …

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Child sex abuse in Pakistan’s religious schools is endemic

By thehighasia
April 13, 2020
in :  Child Rights, Human Rights, Latest, Latest News, National, Pakistan, Religion, Slider, Society, Women
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PAKATAN, PUNJAB: Muhimman proudly writes his name slowly, carefully, one letter at a time, grinning broadly as he finishes. He’s just 11 years old and was a good student who had dreams of being a doctor. School frightens him now. Earlier this year, a cleric at the religious school he faithfully attended in the southern Punjab town of Pakpattan took …

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Coronavirus is fuelling domestic violence

By thehighasia
March 22, 2020
in :  Child Rights, Disaster, Features, Feminism, Health, Human Rights, Latest, Slider, Society, Women, World
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  For some people, social distancing means being trapped indoors with an abuser. As more cities go under lockdown, activists are worried that attempts to curb coronavirus will inadvertently lead to an increase in domestic violence, writes Arwa Mahdawi in The Guardian, London   Home is supposed to be the safest place any of us could be right now. However, for people …

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Protecting Pakistan’s children

By thehighasia
March 2, 2020
in :  Child Rights, Human Rights, Latest, Law, Opinion, Pakistan, Slider, Society
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By Anita Bakhtiar As a citizen born in the 1980s, I grew up watching Kashmir Solidarity Day parades and looking at posters depicting children and women injured or killed by Indian soldiers. While this kind of imagery is horrific for the children’s mind you get used to it. Your reaction, though just as visceral each time, gets muted over the …

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‘People’s economic rights must not be sacrificed at the altar of national security’

By thehighasia
February 14, 2020
in :  Child Rights, Governance, Health, Human Rights, Islamabad, Latest, Latest News, Law, Media, National, Pakistan, Parliament, People, Politics, Slider, Women
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The audience at the first Asma Jehangir memorial lecture organised by the HRCP at Islamabad Hotel on Tuesday. Credit: Asif Khan/hrcp HRCP announces Asma Jahangir Award for human rights defenders; resumes Nisar Osmani Award for courage in journalism, and I.A Rehman research grant in human rights   By Amir Khan  Islamabad: A veteran human rights defender has called for a …

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WDF opposes capital punishment for sexual abuse

By thehighasia
February 8, 2020
in :  Child Rights, Crime, extremism, Human Rights, Latest, Latest News, National, Pakistan, Parliament, Politics, Religion, Slider, Women
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High Asia Herald Report   Islamabad: Civil society and women rights activists have condemned a resolution passed by the lower house of the parliament supporting capital punishment for those involved in sexual abuse. “We at Women Democratic Front condemn National Assembly’s resolution on #HangRapistsPublicly,” the socialist feminist movement said in a statement posted on its official Facebook page. Sexual barbarism is undoubtedly widespread, but …

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Chitrali children work in auto-repair shops without safety gears

By thehighasia
October 28, 2019
in :  Child Rights, Chitral, Drug abuse, Features, Health, Hindu Kush Ranges
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Two young auto-workers at work vulnerable to hazards. Photo by the writer. Gul Hammad Farooqi CHITRAL: The child labour in extreme unsafe environment has become a norm in Chitral as young mechanics, often of tender ages, are forced to work in auto-repair shops without safety gears. The practice has rendered a large number of children prone to hazards related to …

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Afghanistan’s untold dilemma of underage marriages

By thehighasia
August 13, 2019
in :  Afghanistan, Child Rights, Features, Human Rights, People, Society
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    By Ron Synovitz & Freshta Jalalzai   KABUL — Mohammad Wali was just 12 years old when his widowed mother began arranging his marriage to a 24-year-old woman from their village in Ghazni Province. “I don’t want to be married,” the young Afghan boy is said to have pleaded with his mother. “I just want to play soccer and cricket. …

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Study calls for educating children in their mother tongues

By thehighasia
July 16, 2019
in :  Child Rights, Education, National, Pakistan, People
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By Anwar Iqbal WASHINGTON: Many children in Pakistan cannot read a sentence even after years in school, says a new study of the country’s education system, arguing that the focus should now shift from quantity to quality. The study — “Pakistan’s Education Crisis: The Real Story,” by a Wilson Centre global fellow Nadia Naviwala — seeks to explain how Pakistan’s …

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PM hints at more cabinet changes after ‘batting order’ shuffle

By thehighasia
April 19, 2019
in :  Child Rights, Environment, Human Rights, National, New, Opinion, Pakistan, People, Politics
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Saad Sayeed ISLAMABAD: Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan said on Friday that he would not hesitate to make more changes to his cabinet if required a day after a major reshuffle that saw the appointment of a new finance minister and nine other ministerial switches. The cabinet shakeup, which comes eight months after Khan took office, included the replacement of …

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Deedar Hussain case: Court sentences four to death for rape, murder

By thehighasia
April 16, 2019
in :  Child Rights, Crime, Gilgit-Baltistan, Human Rights, Latest
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Noor Azam, Noor Mohammad and Muhammad Umer and Muhammad Aziz were also sentenced to life imprisonment and Rs800,000 fine to be given to the deceased Deedar Hussain’s father as compensation Special Correspondent An anti-terrorism court (ATC) in Gilgit has handed down death sentence to four men for gang raping and murdering a teenaged boy Deedar Hussain in Gilgit-Baltistan’s western Ghizer …

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Sahiwal shooting: How a Pakistani boy exposed police for killing his family

By thehighasia
January 28, 2019
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Hours after he lost his parents and a sibling in a bloody shooting on Saturday, a nine-year-old Pakistani boy exposed a blatant cover-up by police. By M Ilyas Khan  Islamabad: Hours after he lost his parents and a sibling in a bloody shooting on Saturday, a nine-year-old Pakistani boy exposed a blatant cover-up by police. Highly-trained counter terror forces had …

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The alarming rise in suicide incidents in Gilgit-Baltistan

By thehighasia
January 24, 2019
in :  Child Rights, Human Rights, Hunza, Latest, Opinion
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How parents, teachers are failing their own; Society and government need to respond to red flags to prevent young from taking their own lives Memona Abbas Suicide is as complicated a phenomenon as human nature. Owing to its complex nature, it is difficult to identify if an individual is contemplating to take extreme step of ending her or his life. …

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Over 500 child sexual abuse cases surfaced in Islamabad in 5 years

By thehighasia
January 7, 2019
in :  Child Rights, Islamabad, Latest, Pakistan, Society
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News Desk Child sexual abuse cases are on the rise in Pakistan. In Islamabad only, 300 cases of child sexual abuse were registered over the last five years, while another 260 cases went unregistered, a Senate panel was informed on Monday. Over 3,440 cases of child abuse had been reported last year, according to data collected by a non-gove­rnmental organisations. …

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