18 Jun Aisha Sarwari’s BBC World interview on Honor Killing
A teacher was honor killed for refusing a suitor. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4p7xEOCp8GA...
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18 Jun Aisha Sarwari’s interview on AJJ TV – TransRights
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/...
18 Jun Alesha should not have died
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...
18 Jun Khwaja Asif should not get away with it this time.
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...
18 Jun Abbotabad minor burned at the stake
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...
18 Jun Why women should drive if they want 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...
29 Mar How the Internet Can Help Women Grow Their Space
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...
29 Mar Books with alternative narratives launched
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...
29 Mar Book Review: Relatable face of feminism
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...
29 Mar Book Launch Video: Navigating Pakistani Feminism – Fight by Fight
Featuring Moneeza Hashmi, veteran Pakistani feminist and women's rights activist; Rakhshanda Naz, Lawyer and Activist for women's rights in FATA; Marvi Memon, polititian and leading women's rights legislator. All there to support Aisha Sarwari's book: Navigating Pakistani Feminism - Fight by Fight https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cq2T5HVVpyE...