Book Discussion Event held on ‘Voices of Courage & Sorrow’
Lahore- 15th November, 2021 The Impact World Press recently organized a discussion on the book ‘Voices of Courage & Sorrow- 15 Pakistani Case Studies of […]
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‘Building Bridges through Social Enterprises’ Launched
The Impact World Press held a book launch and discussion session was on the book ‘Building Bridges Through Social Enterprises- Opinions & Anecdotes on Development, Law & Economics of Social Enterprises in Pakistan’ by Ammara Farooq Malik, also published by the Impact World Press.
‘Voices of Courage & Sorrow’ launched
‘Voices of Courage & Sorrow’, a collection of 15 case studies of women victims and survivors has been translated from Urdu, compiled and written by […]
Human Trafficking: Causes & Impacts
By Fatima Tariq Trafficking in humans is a very serious and monstrous crime. In the present times, it is the modern version of enslavement. It […]
Zoos and animal rights
By Sarim Siddiqui. The earliest ideas of keeping animals in captivity for entertainment were introduced in Ancient Egypt. This practice continued and developed as time […]
Does tourism come at a cost?
By Aleema Latif. Travel and tourism, a means of leisure in many developed countries, has a great socio economic footprint in developing countries. When those […]
Justice for 8 year old child domestic worker
As a young person living in Pakistan, I believe that it is necessary to spread more awareness about child labour laws, namely the Punjab Restriction on Employment of Children Act 2016 and the Punjab Domestic Workers Act 2019. Under Section 3 of the latter, no child under the age of 15 years shall be allowed to work in a household in any capacity, and only children aged 15 to 18 years are allowed to do ‘light work’ (part-time in nature and unlikely to harm health, safety and education of a domestic worker).
Urban Development: Promoting Green Roof Tops & Co Working Spaces
The writer is founder of the SEPLAA Climate Resilience Think Tank, lawyer, development sector professional and a doctoral candidate in social entrepreneurship, green business solutions […]
Girls for Climate Action: Climate Strike, Advocacy & Young People
With international climate change advocates such as Dina Malik (14) from Pakistan, Greta Thunberg (16) from Sweden, Miel Sequeira- Holm (19) from Palau and Alex Rendell (29) from Thailand who have spoken on international forums and been part of several climate change actions ranging from art, writing and activism to training, teaching and creating green business solutions.