Last week in Nay Pyi Taw, H.E. U Zin Yaw, Myanmar’s Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Asia Foundation President 
Posts By Nadia Tariq Ali
Does Mukhtaran Mai Verdict Mean Failure for Pakistan’s Women’s Rights Movement?
June 1, 2011
In April, Mukhtaran Mai had to relive the most excruciating memory of her life when the Supreme Court of Pakistan acquitted all but one of the accused in her rape case. The decision elicited a sharp reaction from civil society groups and media organizations in Pakistan.
Topics: Conflict and Fragile Conditions | Economic Development | International Development | Washington DC | Women's Empowerment
Countries: Pakistan
Reinventing Pakistan: A Closer Look at the Status of Women
March 3, 2010
The status of women has long been a source of political controversy in Pakistan. The country’s former military ruler, General Zia ul-Haq, enforced the draconian Hudood Ordinance in 1979, launching his infamous Islamization program that created tremendous hardships for women living in Pakistan. For example, it is well-documented that many unfortunate women who were raped [...]
Topics: Conflict and Fragile Conditions | Governance | Women's Empowerment
Countries: Pakistan
In Pakistan: Homeless in their Homeland
June 17, 2009
United Nations officials have described the recent displacement of Pakistanis as the biggest humanitarian crisis since the 1994 genocide in Rwanda. It is also the largest dislocation of people in the region since the partition of the South Asian subcontinent in 1947 and, arguably, the worst crisis facing Pakistan since Bangladesh separated from Pakistan in [...]
Countries: Pakistan