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According to the International Labor Organization (ILO), there are 67 million domestic workers around the world — 80 percent are women. Domestic work takes place in the private sphere and is often invisible.Workers clean, cook, take care of children or elderly family members, often without a contract or with poor legal protection. Despite being “at the frontlines” of COVID-19, they are rarely part of COVID-19 response plans.During the pandemic and under confinement measures to stop the spread of COVID-19, how are female domestic workers faring around the world?No pay for domestic workers in Argentina, Afghanistan and IndonesiaMost domestic work is…
In Ecuador, the transgender community is surviving the pandemic thanks to solidarity from their peers, as LGBTQI+ advocates claim the State is failing to respond sufficiently – or respond at all. At the time of writing, Ecuador has approximately 74,000 confirmed cases and over 5000 people have died from COVID-19 as the country tries to restart economic activity.Ecuador’s legal framework has protected people of all sexual orientations and gender identities since 2008. However, the trans community is being faced with a dire situation, as Rashell Erazo told Global Voices. Erazo is the president of the Ecuadorian LGBTQI+ organisation ALFIL and…
BY OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENTWASHINGTON: In a move which may further escalate the tension between world’s biggest economies, the United States has ordered China to close its diplomatic consulate in Houston by Friday. Washington accused China of espionage and attempted theft of scientific research aided by diplomats. China immediately rejected the allegations and vowed to retaliate, calling the move illegal.The State Department said in a statement that the closure was in response to repeated Chinese violations of American sovereignty, including “massive illegal spying and influence operations.”ISecretary of State Mike Pompeo alleged on Wednesday during a press briefing in Copenhagen, Denmark, that…
By Aslam Khan ISLAMABAD, July 22 (Internews): Wherever a human goes in the world, it is difficult for him/her to forget the homeland where he/she spent the early days of life because everything in their homeland keeps its love in their hearts. This unique love even never ends after death and a few of them wanted to be buried in the soil where they walked in their childhood. Professor Dr. Kiren Aziz Chaudhry, a renowned scholar, author and economist at the international level, was one of them who wrote her will in the United States expressing a wish to be…
Staff Reporter ISLAMABAD: President Dr. Arif Alvi has urged that the secrecy of vote and transparency in the I-voting (internet-voting) process must be ensured while developing electronic voting system (EVS). He gave these remarks whilechairing a meeting to review progress on the EVS, at Aiwan-e-Sadr, today.The meeting was attended by the Secretary IT and Telecommunication, Mr. ShoaibAhmed Siddiqui, Secretary to President, Mr. Tariq Najeeb Najmi, and ChairmanNADRA, Mr. Usman Yousaf Mobin. Officials from Election Commission of Pakistan and NADRA were also present. The President was briefed about the steps being taken for establishing an effectiveand reliable I-Voting system for overseas…
Islamabad Telegraph ReportIslamabad: The European Union will provide total grant assistance worth Euro Twenty (€ 20) Million (PKR 3.6 Billion) to Pakistan to support rule of law.On Tuesday, July 21, 2020, Mr. Noor Ahmed, Secretary, Ministry of Economic Affairs and Ms. Anne Marchal, Chargé d’Affaires a.i. of the European Union, welcomed the signing of a new EU Financing Agreement on “Rule of Law Support to Pakistan (RoL)” between the Government of Pakistan and the European Union amidst the COVID-19 crisis.According to agreement, the European Union will provide total grant assistance worth Euro Twenty (€ 20) Million (PKR 3.6 Billion) for…
By Akhundzada Arif Hasan KhanLarge populations of ethnic Tajiks and Tajik categories exist in the population of Pakistan, though these may be unrecognizable because they speak Pashto and their identity has remained largely subdued and unrecognised till now. Given below is a breakup of the four significant Tajik communities of Pakistan.THE SWATIS — SHALMANISRecent Investigations have highlighted the existence of a previously obscure Tajik kingdom in what now comprises north Pakistan and northeast Afghanistan before the Mughal Empire, and coterminous with the Delhi Sultanate, of which it was a subordinate state engendered by the Ghurid Empire. Sufficient evidence is there…
By Khaled Abu Toameh[First published by The Gatestone Institute]Hamas, the Palestinian terrorist group that controls the Gaza Strip, is seeking to forge an alliance with the Iran-aligned Yemini Houthi movement, officially called Ansar Allah (Supporters of God), whose members have launched repeated missile and drone attacks against Saudi Arabia for the past few years.The Hamas-Houthi partnership does not come as a surprise to Arabs and Muslims. The two groups share a common goal: Eliminating Israel.These Arabs and Muslims are worried, however, that the Hamas-Houthi alliance will not stop there, but also strengthen an Iran-led axis to threaten the stability of…
By Kaswar Klasra A new mega project in northern Pakistan is expected to meet both water and energy needs of the region, according to officials and experts.Work on the construction of Diamer Bhasha Dam near Chilas, a city in the Diamer district in the Gilgit-Baltistan region, has started.”Diamer Bhasha Dam is set to change the destiny of Pakistan by addressing its energy and irrigation problems,” Faisal Vawda, Pakistan’s federal minister for water resources, said. “It’s Pakistan’s lifeline.”The dam’s reservoir will be 272 meters in height, and it is said to be the tallest roller compact concrete dam in the world.Roller…
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