“I think it does happen, yes. But again, I will say that as women have suffered so much and will likely do so for a while yet, it is important to create and maintain a reputation in your industry. Build your history. When you join a company, you must make sure that you are up to the mark in your knowledge and you listen for a chance to raise your voice – and if you feel you must, you say what you said again!”
Category: Pakistan
Maria Umar Talks Financial Empowerment of The Vanishing Woman
” – it’s not only that there are a few opportunities available overall and that women across the board are discriminated against – but that there were even fewer opportunities for those women who choose to get married and raise families.”
Antifeminists Demand Consensus
Third World Feminists are finding themselves having to answer to First World Anti-Feminism.
Opinion: On Aurat March & Its Aftermath
On International Women’s Day, the same day as the march, a man in Lahore flew into a rage and shot his wife multiple times over an argument.
Opinion: Aurat March Placards Explained
How come smoking harms the lungs of men but also the character of women? How come a man having affairs is a stud but women doing the same is a slut? How come a man who is bold and confident is attractive but a bold woman is kharab? Jo ghalat hai, woh sab k lye ghalat hai. Jo sahi hai, woh sab k lye sahi hai.
Op Ed: Systematic Rape & East Pakistan
A portion of our history, like that of many other nations, is hidden away from the ‘mainstream’, if you will, of society. Most nations, like ours, do so out of a misguided notion of patriotism, or if you are more cynical, out of a ethno-nationalistic hatred. One of the issues that has remained in the…
Shahbaz Taseer on his Kidnapping & Women’s Rights
“The human spirit is beautiful – it can heal and more importantly: it can forgive.” Shahbaz Taseer to Pax Femina
Hussain Haroon on Women’s Rights in Pakistan
“50 % of the population normally is women, right? So you’re reducing 50 % of progress straight away if you do not allow an open policy where everyone is allowed to function. I’d go a step further: I personally believe that you have got to break the mould initially, after which women will look after their own.” Abdullah Hussain Haroon to Zeina Toric-Azad
The Sisters behind Soul Bitches
Pakistan has seen a surge in women’s rights’ rhetoric, justice and empowerment. Part of that movement has been key social media groups, of which a foremost one is the popular (but secret!) facebook group ‘Soul Bitches’. Started by Rabeeya Seemul Latif, her sisters joined her to create a safe space for women online. Pax Femina…
On Arif Alvi & Women’s Rights
Acclaimed writer, Zeina Toric-Azad sits down with Pakistan’s President Arif Alvi to discuss his plans for women’s rights in the coming year in the country. A bullet still remains lodged in Pakistan’s Commander in Chief, President Arif Alvi. A momento of a violent protest in 1969 criticizing Ayub Khan’s (then-regarded) liberal regime. A prominent…