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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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Artworks highlight gender-based violence, patriarchy

By thehighasia
December 12, 2020
in :  Arts & Culture, Features, Human Rights, Latest, Latest News, Pakistan, Pandemic, Slider, Society, Women
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By Farman Ali Islamabad: An exhibition of artworks coupled with live mural painting, poetry recitation, dance and mime performances at Nomad Gallery last Sunday, brilliantly highlighted the increasingly pervasive sexual misconduct, harassment, derogatory remarks, abuse and violence faced by women at workplaces, homes, public places, and on campuses across the country. The paintings not only show the social menace but …

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Hunza Matters: Unmaking and Making

By thehighasia
December 2, 2020
in :  Britain, Central Asia, China, Chitral, Features, Gilgit-Baltistan, Gojal, High Asia Region, History, Hunza, Kashmir, Latest, New, Opinion, Pakistan, Pamir Ranges, People, Politics, Slider, Society, South Asia, World
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by Aziz Ali Dad Let me start this review of the book “Hunza Matters: Bordering and ordering between ancient and new Silk Roads” by indulging in subjectivity. In 2015, I was a Crossroads Asia fellow at Modern Oriental Institute in Berlin, Germany. As a part of socialization, we interacted with different researchers and members of academia. On one weekend my …

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Charming mosque of Gayal in Darel valley

By thehighasia
November 27, 2020
in :  Darel, Diamer District, Features, Gilgit-Baltistan, Heritage, High Asia Region, Latest, Latest News, Lifestyle, Slider, Society
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by Zulfiqar Ali Kalhoro The people of Gayal village in Darel valley of Gilgit-Baltistan use intricate decorations for an ancient mosque, writes anthropologist Zulfiqar Ali Kalhoro Gayal village in Darel valley of Diamer district is believed to have been established about two centuries ago when the descendants of Dudu moved out of Lelo Kot.  The old village was situated about …

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Argentinean football idol Diego Maradona dies

By thehighasia
November 25, 2020
in :  Latest, Latest News, Lifestyle, People, Slider, Socialism, Society, Sports, World
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News Desk World’s football legend Diego Maradona, widely regarded as one of the game’s greatest ever players, died of a heart attack at his home in San Andres neighbourhood, Buenos Aires, Argentina on Wednesday, his lawyer said. Maradona, 60, the Latin American idol had recently battled health issues and underwent emergency surgery for a subdural haematoma several weeks ago. He suffered …

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Protests continue against KIU student’s harassment

By thehighasia
November 22, 2020
in :  Crime, Education, Gilgit-Baltistan, High Asia Region, Human Rights, Hunza, Latest, Pakistan, Society
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Staff Reporter Islamabad: Protests continue against alleged sexual harassment of a female student by an official of the Karakoram International University Gilgit.   Over a dozen activists of Young Activists Movement (YAM), Progressive Students Federation (PrSF) Islamabad-Rawalpindi, Awami Workers Party Gilgit-Baltistan (AWPGB) and Women Democratic Front (WDF), staged a protest demo outside National Press Club in the federal capital on …

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Rural response to COVID-19

By thehighasia
October 18, 2020
in :  Chitral, Economy, Gilgit-Baltistan, Health, High Asia Region, Latest, Lockdown, New, Opinion, Pakistan, Pandemic, Slider, Society
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Mushtaq Ahmad There is a long history of global pandemic and epidemics, but there is also evidence that all these have been challenged by man. Consequently, there have been great losses of human lives coupled with social and economic vicissitudes as well. At the same time, every major crisis brings opportunities to rethink our systems and make them stronger to future …

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Let me breathe

By thehighasia
October 16, 2020
in :  Features, Feminism, Gilgit-Baltistan, Human Rights, Latest, Opinion, People, Slider, Society, Women
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By Ramish Khan You can never think of the hefty weighs I am bearing with a weak shoulder. I hide my panic scars of brutal attacks because I’ve extreme fear of being judged or being treated wrong after all I am a woman right? Surrounded by filthy, sullied and ill-starred mindsets, I am unable to do whatever I want to …

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AWP leaders express solidarity with Shahab Khattak, family

By thehighasia
October 7, 2020
in :  Human Rights, Latest, Legal, Politics, Resistance, Revolution, Socialism, Society, Terrorism
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Leaders of AWP, other parties have condemned the brutal murder of Professor Naeemuddin Khattak, a progressive academic in broad daylight in Peshawar and expressed solidarity with his family. The noted teacher was shot dead by unknown assailants on October 5 while he was leaving for home from his college. A delegation of the Awami Workers Party Party led by Deputy …

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‘Men will be men’ versus ‘my body my rights’

By thehighasia
October 4, 2020
in :  Education, Features, Feminism, Human Rights, Latest, Opinion, Pakistan, Resistance, Slider, Society, Women
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By Sana Basim These both are the most famous slogans of our times but connotations and perceptions behind both slogans are completely different. Our religious leaders always have a dominant role to endorse this mindset, despite most of the child abuse cases are reported by Mudrassa teachers, still influential religious leaders normally blame women’s dressing on national TV as one …

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Nobel laureate denounces lack of will to end sexual violence as a war tactic

By thehighasia
September 29, 2020
in :  Human Rights, Latest, Pakistan, People, Politics, Slider, Society, Women, World
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High Asia Herald Report Pakistan ranks the sixth most dangerous country in the world for women, with an alarming rise in cases of sexual crimes,domestic violence and kidnapping and honour crime. VAW is still endemic in Pakistan in a climate of impunity, state inaction, discriminatory legislation and a dysfunctional criminal justice system. On September 11, a woman was gang-raped on …

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Gangrape case: Women activists, citizens take to the streets across Pakistan to demand justice

By thehighasia
September 13, 2020
in :  Crime, Feminism, Gilgit-Baltistan, Governance, Human Rights, Latest, Pakistan, Slider, Society, Women
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High Asia Herald Report The gang-rape of a woman in front of her children after dragging her from her car on a motorway in Punjab prompted outrage and protests across Pakistan and Gilgit-Baltistan with anger further fuelled by Lahore police chief remarks, blaming the victim for travelling alone. According to media reports, a large number of women, political and rights …

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M2 rape case: Twitter shames CCPO Lahore for victim-blaming

By thehighasia
September 11, 2020
in :  Crime, Feminism, Governance, Human Rights, Latest, Pakistan, Slider, Society, Women
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A woman was raped on the motorway. The police blamed her. Twitter was enraged. This is a dangerous country for women. And anyone who says otherwise is probably living in a parallel universe with no connection to ground realities. But what makes everything worse is when officers who are hired and paid to protect the public — we believe that …

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How capitalism drives cancel culture

By thehighasia
July 16, 2020
in :  Education, extremism, Features, Feminism, Human Rights, Latest, Literature, Media, Opinion, Politics, Resistance, Saudi Arabia, Slider, Socialism, Society, US, Women, World
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Beware splashy corporate gestures when they leave existing power structures intact. by Helen Lewis Tumbrels are rattling through the streets of the internet. Over the past few years, online-led social movements have deposed gropers, exposed bullies—and, sometimes, ruined the lives of the innocent. Commentators warn of “mob justice,” while activists exult in their newfound power to change the world. Both groups …

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New techs must serve, not hinder, right to peaceful protest: Bachelet

By thehighasia
June 29, 2020
in :  Conflict, Governance, Human Rights, Latest, Legal, Science & Technology, Slider, Society, Technology, US, World
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News Desk The internet and new digital tools are being manipulated as never before to infringe on people’s right to free assembly, the UN’s top rights official says in a call for a moratorium on the use of facial recognition technology during peaceful demonstrations. GENEVA: UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet has called on states and businesses to …

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