#auratmarch2019

[shehzilm]

Posters for the women’s march due to be held on Women’s Day (8th March 2019) in Lahore, Islamabad and Karachi. 

[zainyyyy]

Irony is some women are taking their respect for granted in the name of liberty. "dupatta itna hi pasand hai tou khud pehen lo" "khana khud garam karlo".We should have to broaden up our horizons to celebrate the true meaning of any festival. Women's day or feminism isn't about begairti par utar ao. Ya mard ko itna gira do kay ab wo bechara khud khana garam karay ya wo apki level ka hi nahi hai. Microwave oven khareednay kay lien paseenay bahao tou us aik mard ko kehna kay khana khud garam krlo. I am not saying women are only for the household chores. They are the iron ladies, but don't forget the true meaning of feminism by getting too blind being a feminist. This post is for the particular people who actually degrading the status of man by pulling up theirs. Everyone needs respect. Everyone deserves respect. You can't get yours by crushing others under the rock bottom of your legs!

[faisalsatti]

[shehzilm]

Posters for the women’s march due to be held on Women’s Day (8th March 2019) in Lahore, Islamabad and Karachi. 

[shehzilm]

Posters for the women’s march due to be held on Women’s Day (8th March 2019) in Lahore, Islamabad and Karachi. 

[anniekoh]

2019 Aurat March in Pakistan. (Thank you to my student who mentioned this in class and sent me a ton of excellent links!)

Image source & captions - Women deserve the right to occupy public spaces without any fear! - Let’s stop dowry culture and instead promote inheritance laws which protect women.

[wafkarachi]

WAF Denounces Abuse of Aurat Marchers - 15 March 2019

The Women’s Action Forum is proud of the success of a series of Aurat Marches across many cities of Pakistan that celebrated International Women’s Day this year. WAF Hyderabad spearheaded its own march with thousands of women demanding land rights and against social, sexual and economic injustices. All these marches included women and men from a wide spectrum of class, educational background, professions and geographical area. Many young women and men at the Aurat Marches spoke candidly on issues that have been hidden under euphemisms or false social politeness. Placards reflected realities of women and girls and covered a whole range of opinions and experiences – from personal to societal and political. What bound the marchers together was their collective protest against centuries of injustices perpetuated by Patriarchy. 

Unfortunately, many male and some women observers reacted fiercely. The issues causing the most ‘offence’ reflect the many discriminations and restrictions that women experience– whether it is the assumption that the primary duty of a woman is to look after the house, the lack of recognition of women’s labour within the house as well as the vital work that thousands of peasant women do outside, placing restrictions on their movement and how they deport themselves and the sexual harassment and intimidation they face in their daily lives. It is ironic that these critics are not offended by the sheer scale of sexual harassment, discriminations and restrictions that marchers exposed but instead, their sensibilities are injured by the slogans and posters that pointed these out. Surely, those outraged by the rapes and murders of the young Zainabs and Ambreens of Pakistan must realise that the seeds of violence germinate in masculine conceptions of power and not because women expose these with hard-hitting slogans? Camouflaging the root causes of exploitation of women’s labour, inequality and secondary status only disguises the connection of injustices to women’s bodies, and exploitation of their productive and reproductive labour. From the time of Gen Zia ul Haq’s attempts to engineer Islamisation in Pakistan, conservatives have been obsessed with the lengths of women’s shalwars and hair, and what they eat, drink and smoke. WAF’s own activists have been targeted and stereotyped as westernized, promiscuous and sinful for speaking out. Further proof of masculinist violence is evident by the way that some who disagreed with the politics of Aurat Marches have abused participants and supporters on social media and even resorted to threats of direct violence and legal action. The toxic, intolerant, sanctimonious and narrow-minded abuse and incitement broadcast on television channels and spread on social media, is putting the safety of the organizers and participants at risk. The state must support the fundamental rights of actual victims of discrimination rather than tolerating those who perpetuate aggression and react viciously when this privilege is challenged. WAF demands that the state act on complaints against those who are threatening to punish women for defying male norms of acceptability and boundaries.

[girlrants]

ہر گھر سے عورت نکلے گی تم کِتنی عورتیں مارو گے . ✊🏾🔥💃🏾 Womxn you know you’ve done something right when the whole country starts talking about the posters at @auratmarch2019 ⚡️ It was so exciting to see clever poster designs with witty and bold statements, words that represent womxn from the march, womxn of this nation. . The fact that womxn marching and the posters we’re holding can piss off and apparently hurt the so-called upholders of our poisonous, patriarchal system goes to show how much power we have united as one. Here’s to us growing in numbers, here’s to making even more posters next year, here’s to gender equality and a just and fair system for all womxn, non-binary, trans people ✨❤️✨ . #auratmarch2019 #auratmarch #womensday #womensmarch #auratmarchkarachi #pakistan #feminist #girlpower #womxn #auratazadimarch #whyimarch #march #protest #internationalwomensday #humaurtein #genderequality #feminism #posterdesign #poster #artivism #protestart #posterart #womensmarchposters (at Frere Hall) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bu6_GKgAV5B/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=xt74iico5ope