Malala Yousafzai, the 15-year-old Pakistani student and women’s-education activist, has returned to the classroom for the first time since being shot in the head by a member of the Taliban in October.
Link: http://world.time.com/2013/03/19/watch-malala-yousafzai-goes-back-to-school/
Pakistani-born human rights campaigner Sabatina James explains the dire situation for those in Pakistan who do not accept Islam as their religion.
Watch: http://vimeo.com/57055313
Honor killings and acid throwing remain a common way of revenge in Pakistan. “Acid throwing is an urban issue especially amongst the lower middle class. A woman is allowed to live but her face is scarred. That is the biggest tragedy.”
Link: http://www.dw.de/acid-attacks-mangle-the-face-of-pakistan/a-16362882
A 15-year-old girl in Pakistan was killed by her own parents with acid in an “honor” killing for looking at a boy.
Malala Yousafzai, a 14-year-old Pakistani activist who won international acclaim for her work promoting peace, and two other young girls were shot and seriously injured by the Taliban on Tuesday, police and hospital officials said.
In Pakistan, some women risk all to marry the person they choose.
Pakistan’s Generation Y battles to shape the country’s future.
A girl accused of blasphemy in Pakistan may have been framed by Muslim cleric. Under Pakistani law, anyone who speaks ill of Islam and the Prophet Mohammad commits a crime and faces the death penalty.
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