Jun 9, 2021
Gulalai, who chooses to go by one name to protest the custom of taking a man’s name, runs a women’s organization called Khwendo Kor in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. She conducts weekly feminist reading sessions in Peshawar, the capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The meetings bring women teachers, doctors, and nonprofit workers together to read and discuss the intersection of gender, class, economic inequality and nationalism. “Living in this part of the world and being a woman, how can one not be a feminist?” Gulalai said. “There is no other option.”
Sara Hylton
#Sara Hylton#i love women i love women i love women#love love love love love love loVE#and i know nationalistic/ethnic pride is meaningless but a lot of these women ive been posting lately are pashtun like me :')#(ok maybe nationalistic isnt the right word here cuz im NOT being xenophobic lmao but u know what im saying riught? i hope)#(its just that with Pashtuns being a minority in pakistan and having this stereotype that their women are meek and oppressed#its nice to have stories like this proving otherwise and showing that there are pashtun women standing up for the rights of other women and#trying to help them go farther in life).#women#Khwendo Kor#national geographic#peshawar#feminism#kpk#khyber pakhtunkhwa#Pakistan#Gulalai
