Naseema* loves being a nurse as “it is all about serving humanity”, but she gets upset sometimes when certain people treat her like a “low grade staff” or make sexual advances towards her. She recalled how when she went to get a blood bag from a laboratory a few months back, the assistant over there tried to grab her hand. When she resisted, he taunted, “Why do you refuse me? You don’t mind holding hands of the patients you attend.” Continue reading The gaping nursing wounds in the health sector that need healing
While the Behavioural Surveillance Survey (BSS) found a vast majority of young people in Pakistan to be sexually active, another study showed that Pakistan is witnessing a rise in sexual abuse cases. Statistics released by an NGO, Sahil, in a report called “Cruel Numbers Report 2010,” reveal that victims of sexual abuse comprise 73 per cent girls and 27 per cent boys. These findings mock the belief that young people do not know, need not know, or, have nothing to do with, sexuality because they are protected by Pakistan’s culture and tradition.