Stories by Nadia Agha

Stark inequalities

In seeking maternal health services, rural Pakistani women encounter sociocultural and geographical challenges.

Published 27 Jan, 2025 06:51am

Achieving gender equality

Male dominance in society has led to a perception that women are not capable of making choices and leading their lives independently.

Updated 08 Mar, 2024 09:36am

Adverse maternal health outcomes

More than 90pc of maternal deaths occur in middle- and low-income countries.

Published 23 Jun, 2023 06:40am

Food insecurity

The first step is to recognise women’s informal labour...

Published 05 Nov, 2022 07:25am

Persistent disparity

Why are we unable to end gender inequality?

Published 10 Feb, 2022 07:44am

Misguided notions

Awareness of breast cancer among women remains low.

Published 07 Oct, 2020 07:25am

Early detection

Socioeconomic barriers determine breast cancer patients’ fate.

Published 02 Oct, 2019 07:05am

The ‘C’ word

October is breast cancer awareness month.

Published 21 Oct, 2018 06:58am

Women farmers

Empowered women can revolutionise rural Pakistan.

Published 17 Sep, 2017 07:02am

Working mothers

Closing the gender gap means taking maternity benefits seriously.

Published 26 Mar, 2017 07:00am

In honour’s name

Women continue to pay the cost of patriarchy with their lives.

Updated 30 Jun, 2017 09:50pm

The children who make these colourful chairs in Khairpur have a story to tell

The state's neglect has given rise to child labour and is compromising the right for education and social development.

Updated 03 Jan, 2017 12:40pm

In pictures: How a Khairpur date is born and sold

Despite being the backbone of a lucrative business, workers earn a pittance.

Updated 04 Oct, 2016 03:44pm

Gender inequality

Female representation in Sindh’s government is essential.

Updated 11 Jul, 2016 06:21pm

Research culture in Pakistan: The ‘undisclosed’ moral decadence

‘My supervisor said if I don’t do him ‘favours’, he will not approve my synopsis. So, I did. Today, I have a degree.’

Updated 10 Nov, 2015 05:09pm

Early unions

Pakistan is failing in its attempts to curb child marriages.

Published 24 Aug, 2015 01:45am

Khairpur's golden harvest and the women behind it

These working women are forced to settle for an income and a production role much smaller than they deserve.

Updated 04 Jul, 2015 05:52am

Invisible workers

Rural women’s economic contribution is greatly undervalued

Published 30 Jun, 2015 01:38am

The (physical) road to saving newborns in Pakistan

We literally need roads to improve neonatal and infant mortality rates, as lack of access to clinics is a major issue.

Updated 25 Jan, 2015 08:53pm

When will the state enable our differently-abled?

The institutional apathy and ignorance projected toward persons with disabilities further aggravates their situation.

Updated 16 Nov, 2014 09:03pm