In the coming days we will be sharing an A to Z of our politics - our struggle for legal and rights based change, but also our resistance against the policing of our selfhood: our bodies, our desires, our lived every day.
First up we have A for Azaad.
First up we have A for Azaad.
One of our main demands is for marginalized bodies to have the freedom to occupy and participate in whatever space they desire.
Sexual harassment on the streets is rampant and a major factor through which the movement of women is controlled.
Sexual harassment on the streets is rampant and a major factor through which the movement of women is controlled.
Public spaces need to be more accessible to women, trans folk, and non binary people, but we are not azaad on the streets to walk, drive, protest or exist.
We demand azadi.
We demand azadi.
B is for behenchara, or sisterhood. As feminists, we must attempt to understand each others' unique lived realities. Patriarchy is a system we all suffer under - some more than others, depending on class, race and ethnicity.
We must acknowledge that not all women, non binary and transgender people have the same understanding of patriarchy. As we do that, we open the space up for dialogue and solidarity.
Phrases like "aurat hi aurat ki dushman hai" are flung our way in an attempt to divide us. Beheno, together we are a force to be reckoned with. When women, femmes and non binary people support one another, regardless of our differences - nothing can stand in our way.
