Minority group: Christian

In Pakistan, where gender-based discrimination is already rampant, women and girls belonging to religious minority or belief communities face multiple and intersecting forms of discrimination…

This study is an effort to understand the situation of Christian poor women and girls in Pakistan, to bring poor Christian minority women’s issues to…

The theme of this special collection of papers, the lived experiences of women who belong to religious minorities, has been a blind spot both in…

Mohsin Ilyas Due to the lockdown imposed during Covid-19, the worship places across Pakistan were shut down. This affected church activities as well. Many pastors…

Religious hate-speech and exclusion are an everyday experience for religious minorities in Pakistan. Over the past year, the youth development organisation Bargad, funded by Minority…

In the latest piece from her series on heritage and survival, Sofya Shahab, from the IDS-led Coalition for Religious Equality and Inclusive Development, describes her…

Mohsin Ilyas 12SHARES12 The global pandemic slashed income from small businesses for a massive majority of the Christian population in the slums of Islamabad. The…

As the Covid-19 pandemic continues to take its huge and tragic toll on the world’s population, it is being felt hardest by the poorest and…

Saneha Kinza Iqbal is a 16-year-old Christian girl who was abducted last month by a Muslim man nearly twice her age in Pakistan. Below is…

Rana Adnan 18SHARES18 Christian philanthropists, social workers, and community activists contributed their time, resources, and efforts to reach out to people in need during COVID-19.…

2SHARES2 Christian men and women working at the lowest ranks like janitors, cleaners, sweepers, and sanitation workers were most at risk of getting infected with…

10SHARES10 The domestic workers from the Christian community found themselves trapped in the myriad challenges arising out of joblessness and poverty amplified by the Corona…