Mahwish Qayyum is a journalist based in Pakistan who has worked with Express News and contributed to the the Express Tribune. Her work has also appeared in Women’s Media Center, Women’s eNews and CityMetric. She tweets @mahwishqayyum.         https://www.newsdeeply.com/womenandgirls/contributor/mahwish-qayyum/rss en Crisis and Conflict Education Wed, 22 Nov 2017 03:00:55 +0000 Mahwish Qayyum https://www.newsdeeply.com/womenandgirls/articles/2017/11/22/after-taliban-school-attacks-pakistani-girls-learn-in-the-open-air https://www.newsdeeply.com/womenandgirls/articles/2017/11/22/after-taliban-school-attacks-pakistani-girls-learn-in-the-open-air Their schools destroyed by the Taliban during its rule over Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, many girls are attending classes in dilapidated rented buildings while others have to study out in the open, with no running water or toilets. Health Fri, 03 Feb 2017 14:20:13 +0000 Mahwish Qayyum https://www.newsdeeply.com/womenandgirls/articles/2017/02/03/without-access-clean-safe-toilets-women-face-assault-illness https://www.newsdeeply.com/womenandgirls/articles/2017/02/03/without-access-clean-safe-toilets-women-face-assault-illness Over 940 million people globally have to defecate outside because they lack access to toilets. In a nomad camp in Pakistan, women tell of how relieving themselves behind bushes or in fields puts them at risk of health problems, harassment and sexual assault every day. Education Tue, 17 Jan 2017 14:41:19 +0000 Mahwish Qayyum https://www.newsdeeply.com/womenandgirls/articles/2017/01/17/girls-trapped-cycle-servitude-pakistans-brick-kilns https://www.newsdeeply.com/womenandgirls/articles/2017/01/17/girls-trapped-cycle-servitude-pakistans-brick-kilns Driven by poverty and lack of education, hundreds of thousands of Pakistanis are forced to take loans from brick kiln owners and spend a lifetime working off what they owe. The debt then usually passes on to their children, even to girls as young as five years old.