Women Day Observed "Aurat March" Peacefully in Pakistan

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08 March 2020

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Women Day Observed "Aurat March" Peacefully in Pakistan

ISLAMABAD, 8 March 2020, TON: Every year International Women’s Day is celebrated on 8th March, This year the theme for Year-2020 is,” I am Generation Equality: Realizing Women’s Rights”. The United Nations observed International Women’s Day on 6 March 2020 from 10am to 1pm at the UN Secretariat in New York. The day marks as a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women. Generally speaking, women and girls throughout the world are facing disadvantages; they are mostly undervalued so they have to work more and appreciated less and where they have to earn they have comparatively fewer choices and earn less. Generally speaking, they have to face multiple forms of harassment and violence at public spaces and sometime at their home.

Tens and hundreds of demonstrators assembled in different cities of Pakistan to raise voice for the rights of women. They chanted slogans and displayed play cards. Some foreign funded NGOs raised controversial slogans which were criticized by majority of segment of the society. Some media persons used unacceptable language while criticizing them that created even bitter atmosphere. All print, social and electronic media channels gave full coverage and generated discussions from different point of view.

There is a lot of debate of the Women March “Aurat March”. Interestingly, resistance was faced not by the Islamic religious factions but the modern community. With the exception of criticism over some unethical and vulgar playcards and posters, the Islamic parties supported the rights of women. On the contrary the modern factions opinioned that Women March was hijacked by less than dozen of controversial foreign funded third gender  holding National Identity Cards of female.

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