Attack on Aurat March: organisers demand judicial probe
Participants of Aurat Azadi March, outside National Press Club in Islamabad to celebrate International Women’s Dat on March 8, 2020.
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IHC dismisses plea against Aurat March
Tribal mindset has taken over society, says CJ Minallah, emphasizing that it is important to see Aurat March in a
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Frida Kahlo was a captivating subject for photographers
The artist took photography as seriously as painting By Celia Stahr Frida Kahlo, like her father, used photographic images—often with written words
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Urdu feminist writing: new approaches
This issue of WWB is concerned with exploring new approaches to Urdu feminist writing. The field of Urdu writing generally,
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Protests across India are part of a global fourth-wave feminist uprising
Hong Kong, Lebanon, Sudan, Brazil and Colombia are witnessing similar movements. by Alka Kurian Women are among the strongest
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Woman stoned to death in Afghanistan
Afghanistan’s Independent Human Rights Commission probing video of a woman being stoned to death Ghor province High Asia Herald Report
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Rights defender detained briefly at Lahore airport
Jalila Haider was stopped from traveling to the UK, released after 7 hours after a strong reaction from political and
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Beyond her: a photographic journey
By Kamran Karim The photographic journey offers a space for observers to create their own world of imagination and
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Women’s Action Forum: looking back on 38 years activism
Herald Report As we celebrate the near four decades struggle launched by women activists for equal rights in Pakistani society
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Pakistan’s women heroes: Asma Jahangir
Women who named the unnamed: tribute to the brilliance by Sameena Siddiqui Who they are, they are bizarre! But them
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The Political Economy of Women’s Liberation
The position of women rests, as everything in our complex society, on an economic base.—Eleanor Marx and Edward Aveling by Margaret Benston The
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HISTORY: remembring Emmeline Pankhurst (1858-1928)
Pankhurst was a leading British women’s rights activist, who led the movement to win the right for women to vote.
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An eco-feminist revolution is underway in Hunza
In Gilgit-Baltistan, exists a remarkable oasis with high literacy rates and gender equality. By Sam Dalrymple In the disputed Karakoram
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Patriarchy strikes back
EVEN for a society that views most form of rights-based activism with suspicion, the backlash against Aurat March has been
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A rising movement
Tooba Syed MARCH 8, 2019, will be remembered as a day of hope and unabashed protest, in which thousands of
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