Aasha Mehreen Amin

Imagine a parliament and cabinet with a significant number of competent, capable, and honest women members.

Despite many uncertainties and deep misgivings that weigh heavily on our minds, the excitement of voting this time is inescapable.

The termination of two teachers of the University of Asia South Pacific (UAP), under pressure from groups of former and current students, on allegations of “Islamophobia” and being sympathisers of the ousted regime, is part of a disturbing trend.

If we want decent men, we must start by raising decent boys.

Lately, my newsfeed has been ablaze with outrage over certain remarks by the head of Jamaat-e-Islami. His latest statement is that if his party comes to power, women will work for five hours but be paid for eight, with the employers footing five, the government kindly covering the other three.

To argue that music causes moral decay is not only baseless—it’s dangerous.

Threats of repeated sexual violence subtly aim to intimidate and exclude women from public participation spaces

When we are informed that 133 women have been killed by their husbands in seven months, it is no longer just a number.