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Whether for smoking, wearing jeans or saying #MeToo, 2017 was a year of constant harassment for Pakistani women
From Khadija Siddiqui to Mahira Khan, Malala Yousafzai to Sharmeen Obaid,2017 was incomparable in terms of harassment
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#ChangeTheClap: Giving inclusivity a new direction, one clap at a time
The transgender clap is a historical & powerful symbol but is widely taken out of context & mimicked to ridicule them
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My feminism does not teach me to hate men
My feminism does not only mean I work to end oppression of women, or that I want to put women in charge instead of men
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A man raped a woman in public in broad daylight while bystanders did nothing but film it – where the hell is your empathy, India?
What kind of a turning point have we reached in society that people are too afraid to intervene & help save a person?
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When hospital waste is disposed off in the Chitral River – because who cares, right?
Drugs or toxins are passed along food chains in the river; from fish in the river to humans who eat tainted seafood
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Body-shaming Kareena Kapoor’s “fat legs” post pregnancy? Because giving birth to a human being isn’t painful enough for women?
Childbirth is not all fun and games. 15% of women experience Postpartum Depression, yet it is not talked about enough
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Scars of Partition: A Muslim and a Hindu walk into a dhabba to have a cup of chai, and all hell breaks loose
Young Indians who don't see religion as an obstacle to connecting with Muslims, are publicly shamed and humiliated.
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For Muslims in Pakistan, providing food for guests at funerals is a cultural obligation, not an Islamic one
Adding another responsibility of ensuring that people who come to condole are properly fed is unfair and unnecessary.
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When models are seen and treated as professional hangers, and young impressionable girls want to be just like them
The constant cultural pressure to maintain a skinny and size zero body has made girls view their bodies as enemies.
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#KhadijaTheFighter: Democracy may have won yesterday but justice continues to lose
In what world does a girl’s virginity being intact or otherwise have to do with her being callously stabbed 23...