by Fizza Rashid
Posted on August 20, 2019
Featured, Honor Killing, Kohistan Video Scandal, Pakistan, Violence Against Women
Kohistan video scandal case is one of the most brutal cases in the history of Pakistan. Five young women were murdered in the name of honor on a jirga’s order after a video of them from a wedding ceremony was uploaded on YouTube in which they could be seen clapping and enjoying the dance of…
by Maria Gul Laraib and Taiba Khan
Posted on May 15, 2019
Bride, Dowry, Featured, Inheritance, Pakistan, South Asia, Wedding
“You have to sign these documents,” said the brother indifferently. Slowly making her head up, she glanced at the papers. Her face vividly depicted the turmoil she had been through… After her father died a few days ago, she didn’t even get the time to process the grief since she was a mother too, and…
by Saba Rehman
Posted on May 6, 2019
Basnama is a 46-year-old tribal woman living with her family in a native village of Mardan in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. Her husband is a farmer. The couple has three children – one son and two daughters. The son is eldest of all. He is working in another province. Their elder daughter is studying…
by Saadia Ahmed
Posted on February 27, 2019
Blogger, Featured, Feminist, Pakistan, Round roti, Unpaid work, Urban Housewife, Working Women
Curled in a blue printed duvet on a floor bed, struggling with the body aches that couple with heart’s, trying to figure if the evening tea sauce pans lying in my all white Australian kitchen need an instant wash, here I am. The window across the road shows the rapidly moving city of Sydney. It’s…
