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Aurat March 2021 Highlighted their Demands for Women on International Women’s Day

by Laiba
written by Laiba

Aurat March 2021 took place in Karachi, Lahore, and Islamabad today and man we are living for the slogans! Each year, not just women but also men come up with creative slogans that go viral on social media. Reportedly, this year, the attendance of the participants was relatively low as compared to previous years due to the pandemic at hand. However, the organizers urged people to post their placards online if they can’t make up it to the march.

There were many groups of women present in Karachi’s Frere Hall of which we spoke to the Fisherfolk community and found out what their issues at hand were:

Even front line workers and doctors faced a great deal of difficulty as a result of the pandemic. In many cases, women were the first ones to lose their jobs expressed the women at the march

What were the demands of women this year?

Women in each major city of Pakistan are going through different sets of issues. The organizeers summed up the most prevelants ones and put it up on social media so masses are informed as to why they march, what’s their purpose, and what are the probelms.

Lahore

On twitter, Aurat march Lahore announced many demands which includs better healthcare budget, drug addiction a public health issue, consent based mandatory admission in school, safe abortion facilities, right to healthcare for transgender community, community and envoirnmental health, forced gender-reassignment medical procedures, equitable Covid-19 Vaccine rollout, acknowledge unpaid labour, end privatizing healthcare, rehabilitative programs for women, and access to contraceptives. 

Karachi

15 point agenda was set for Karachi by Aurat March for this year! It is a condensed version of a complete charter of demands & focuses broadly on the theme of gender-based violence inflicted upon women, transgender & non-binary persons.

Have a look:

Islamabad

Islamabad’s manifesto highlights a feminist vision for the crisis of care that has currently gripped Pakistan. It negates that a feminist struggle is a single-issue.

Here are some posters from the march today

The chills just ran down our spine

Gender pay gap is a prevelant issue that persists in Pakistan

Patriachy is a pandemic in this part of the world!

Here’s to misogyny

Bilkul Sahi

Truth Bombs 3..2..1

Our favourite poster!

Why we march

Education for all!

True that! This was something

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