Uks Research Centre

Uks Research Centre Uks is a research, resource, and publication centre dedicated to the cause of gender equality and women's development.
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By empowering women
within and through the media, we are ensuring gender responsive media in Pakistan

24/06/2026

Periods are normal. Shame is not. Let’s break the silence, challenge the stigma and start conversations that matter.

Watch our latest podcast under Hashtag Say Aagay on pink tax removal and stigma around menstruation here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOwHKKRaslM&t=16s

Pakistan’s foreign policy needs women at the table.
24/06/2026

Pakistan’s foreign policy needs women at the table.

Cultural taboos and the former “pink tax” made sanitary products unaffordable. In FY27, Pakistan removed the tax, improv...
23/06/2026

Cultural taboos and the former “pink tax” made sanitary products unaffordable. In FY27, Pakistan removed the tax, improving access and promoting menstrual hygiene awareness.

Watch our latest podcast here about the same here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOwHKKRaslM

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In Episode 08 of Hashtag Se Aagey, we discuss the recent removal of the Pink Tax on women’s hygiene products in Pakistan...
23/06/2026

In Episode 08 of Hashtag Se Aagey, we discuss the recent removal of the Pink Tax on women’s hygiene products in Pakistan, reducing sales tax from 18% to 0%.

Watch our latest podcast here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOwHKKRaslM

In this episode of , we discuss the recent removal of the Pink Tax on women’s hygiene products in Pakistan, reducing sa...
22/06/2026

In this episode of , we discuss the recent removal of the Pink Tax on women’s hygiene products in Pakistan, reducing sales tax from 18% to 0%. We also explore period poverty, its impact on girls’ education, women’s health, and dignity, and why affordable access to menstrual products is a matter of equality and social justice.

Did you know? As per the National Commission on the Status of Women, 40% of women in Pakistan have been victims of onlin...
18/06/2026

Did you know? As per the National Commission on the Status of Women, 40% of women in Pakistan have been victims of online abuse and cyberbullying. In our latest episode of , we discuss TFGBV (Technology-Facilitated Gender-Based Violence) and its long-lasting repercussions.

17/06/2026

Millions of views? Easy. Meaningful conversations? Not always. Shehzad Ghias shares a take on virality, attention and the stories people choose to believe. "People are not listening to facts, they're listening to narratives."

17/06/2026

Technology-Facilitated Gender-Based Violence doesn’t begin with a screen - it begins with the normalisation of harassment, silence, victim-blaming and misuse of power. How have these behaviours become accepted in our society, and what can we do to change that? Asha Bedar decodes.

Pink tax on women’s hygiene products and contraceptives has been officially abolished in Pakistan. In the 2026–2027 fede...
15/06/2026

Pink tax on women’s hygiene products and contraceptives has been officially abolished in Pakistan. In the 2026–2027 federal budget, the government reduced the sales tax on sanitary pads and other menstrual hygiene items from 18% to 0%.

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