Thread by @AuratAzadiMarch

We have all been told that Feminism/#AuratAzadiMarch is unnecessary, because equality has already been achieved.

This is #WhyWeMarch.

Animation by @MaryumX, voice over by @RehmahSufi

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This idea feeds into the common stereotype of feminists as angry, man-hating witches, who must be overreacting since there is no real problem to solve. But gender inequality exists everywhere in the world. And it is particularly severe in Pakistan.

According to the Human Rights Watch (HRW), between 70-90% of Pakistani women are estimated to experience domestic violence in their lifetimes, and 80% of this abuse comes at the hands of their own husbands.

13 million girls in Pakistan are out of school, the second-largest number of out-of-school female students in the world. Pakistani women dedicate an average of 5 hours/day to unpaid domestic labor — 10 times the average of men’s contribution.

Women in Pakistan donot have the autonomy to make decisions about their bodies and their life.

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