Rizwana Naqvi

  • A strange paradox

    To say that we live in a patriarchal society would be a cliché, but how else can we describe a society where women can’t even make decisions...

  • Orange the world

    Violence against women is rampant not only in Pakistan but around the world in various forms, be it domestic violence and abuse, sexual abuse and...

  • Thoughts about Covid-19

    It’s more than 10 months that the first case of the coronavirus was reported in the Wuhan province of China. For more than a month people thought...

  • As schools reopen

    When the first case of Covid-19 was detected in Karachi on February 26, the first thing the Sindh government did was to close all schools and other...

  • Social issues, social media

    Social media is strange; one can find comments from the most frivolous to the most serious, sometimes discussed in the exact opposite tone than what...

  • To be breastfed is a child’s right

    To be breastfed is a child’s right

    In Pakistan only 48 per cent of children are exclusively breastfed for the first six months of life; the figures have not much improved since...

  • BREAKING THE CYCLE

    BREAKING THE CYCLE

    According to FAO’s report, at least 10.9 per cent of the world population go to bed hungry or suffer undernourishment in terms of energy intake....