After a referendum in Britain where it chose to exit the EU, Theresa May, was swiftly the Prime Minister. David Cameron exited and she constitutionally took his place. Britain has a woman Prime Minister and simultaneously a Muslim of Pakistani heritage Mayor of London. A win that...
A teacher was honor killed for refusing a suitor. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4p7xEOCp8GA...
When transgener rights activist Alesha was gunned down in KP and she died because of negligence at the hospital - they couldn't treat her at neither the male nor the female ward. http://aaj.tv/2016/05/spot-light-28th-may-2016/...
Extortionists and haters alike harass the trans-gender community in Pakistan. Mafias try to exploit them for sex, porn or panhandling. Not only do they go through life with an identity crisis, they are continuously segregated by mainstream society and find themselves out of jobs and...
Everyday sexism is much tougher to decipher. It’s difficult to call it out because it is cloaked under cultural subtext of humor, satire or plain smart-Alec talk. When women world over are trying to be nuanced about how to put an end to it, here...
It used to be that only a limited number of things would get you honor killed. Like dressing provocatively; having sex outside marriage, being gay, getting raped or renouncing your religion. Now you can get honor killed for helping a friend escape a village to...
The fear of public spaces is called Agoraphobia, but when you have this fear on behalf of a group of women, its called misogyny. Called by another name it is abuse of power; oppression and downright cruel. The Saudis have this fear on behalf of...
Aisha Sarwari's comments at the Stockholm Internet Conference 2015 on How women can be empowered using the internet https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1916ipzIVQ...
Published in Dawn here ISLAMABAD: Huma Siddiqui, 47, an electrical engineer by profession, has been looking for a job since 2008 with little luck. It’s not that Ms Siddiqui is incompetent. She graduated from the University of Engineering and Technology Lahore in 1997 and then joined the...
Book review of Navigating Pakistan Feminism - Fight by Fight written by Aisha Sarwari was published in The News on Sunday here Arshed Bhatti March 6, 2016 Real life stories of women who got perished, who were triumphant, and who still are holding the fort of resistance...
