Quote in Japan Times: “It’s an honor-based system, and there’s nothing more dishonorable than the rape of a woman within your family,” explained women’s rights activist Aisha Sarwari. The men of the aggressor’s family must be shamed through the loss of their women’s dignity, Sarwari explained. “That’s...
I got a job in Peshawar and moved here from Islamabad. As a workingwoman, I’ve scaled it all across Pakistan - Karachi, Lahore and Islamabad. When headhunters used to suggest a job in Peshawar though, I’d say, no way in hell. Peshawar was an hour...
In a BBC interview Pakistan’s favorite actress, Mahira Khan made a profound statement when she was asked what type of conduct on her part led her to not be harassed in the film industry in Pakistan and elsewhere. She said that her conduct had nothing...
I have two reasons to believe Aga Khan Hospital is our nation’s foremost hospital in terms of quality of service and standards. First reason being that my husband got his brain tumor removed last week from there and is on his way to recovery. The...
When a woman in Pakistan gets into politics it is like she’s consciously decided to walk onto a bloody battlefield. There are only two outcomes. She will either be marred to oblivion or have to live with the ensuing media riot aimed to defame her...
I’ve been writing about the inclusion of women for over a decade with some of my fellow activists and now it seems like we have to pause, because we’ve perhaps preached to an unwanted foe – the Taliban. In producing a glossy glamouresque magazine called Sunnat...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vu_HdhUmnEI Aisha Sarwari, Co-founder of Women's Advancement Hub (WAH) talks to BBC World about women in Pakistan balancing family and work. The challenge remains for working women that as they feel financially strained, they have few safeguards from employers. Whereas the law mandates 3 months of paid...
"It's an honour-based system and there's nothing more dishonourable than the rape of a woman within your family," explained women's rights activist Aisha Sarwari. The men of the aggressor's family must be shamed through the loss of their women's dignity, Sarwari explained. "That's the balance of power...
Jirgas are 400-year old patriarchal systems that punish women routinely. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nu2hoGLsU2I...
PAKISTAN’S POPULATION BOOM Giving women more of a choice in the matter could help, argues Aisha Sarwari, a feminist activist who has previously written on population and women’s rights. “Access to birth control for women can be a game changer,” she told AFP. “Ultimately the impact...
