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By Bushra Askari  (Pakistan News & Features Services) Women’s rights and gender equality have started taking the centre stage as this year’s theme for International Women’s Day ‘I am Generation Equality: Realizing Women’s Rights’ makes waves all over the world on the eve of the big day on March 8. The United Nations (UN) Women Executive Director, Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, has highlighted 2020 as the year for gender equality, having urged everyone to tackle the persistent barriers against gender equality.  “2020 presents an unprecedented opportunity to turn things around for current and future generations of women and girls,” she remarked.  She has remained confident about her agency’s Generation Equality campaign to deliver game-changing results to advance equality for women and girls.  The UN agencies have been working proactively to advance gender equality in every nook and corner of the globe. The Generation Equality campaign has be...