Violence against women still pandemic Working on women’s issues in tribal areas

PESHAWAR: Maryam Bibi is working on women’s issues in Pakistan’s most difficult areas – tribal areas along the border with Afghanistan – where men find it almost impossible to work.
“Educated women have made progress towards achieving rights and continuing the march for extending the territory under control,” the women’s rights activist working with Khwendo Kor, or Sisters’ Home, told Daily Times on the eve of International Women’s Day marking the struggle for equal rights for the women. The women’s rights champion stated: “Many women are progressing. But they are those who are educated.” Maryam Bibi has no hesitation to acknowledge the fact that education is making the difference. 
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