Please Suffer In Silence, But Don’t Tell Anyone
Shhh, do not talk. Do not speak of this to anyone. You are all right. You are fine. You are still a virgin. Virgin. I closed my eyes, as my […]
Shhh, do not talk. Do not speak of this to anyone. You are all right. You are fine. You are still a virgin. Virgin. I closed my eyes, as my […]
In my field of research work, I often either meet with or hear stories about women — Pashtun women — who’ve been victims of violence and abuse, usually in the […]
A slightly modified version of this blog was also published on the Express Tribune Blogs here. Over the past couple weeks, countless blogs and articles have been written about Imran Khan’s […]
Over the past week, social media, especially Twitter, has been taken by storm with the hashtags #WhyIStayed and #WhyILeft, in which exceptionally brave women, who suffered various forms of domestic […]
A version of this blog post was also published on The Express Tribune Blog here. The whole world watched with a mixture of great shock, glee, anticipation, and disappointment as […]
Honour your daughters, they are human beings like your sons. And educate them, and you will have wonderful daughters, wonderful sisters and you will have a peaceful and prosperous society. […]
Year after year, March 8 unwaveringly marks International Women’s Day, which is commemorated globally for more than a hundred years now. And while the original focus of the celebration was a movement […]
Originally published in the Huffington Post By Samar Esapzai (@SesapZai), Hyshyama Hamin (@SisterhoodArt), Shireen Ahmed (@_shireenahmed_), Vanessa D. Rivera (@Nasreen_Vr), and Ayesha Asghar (@ashsultana) This article is in response to […]
My sis-in-law wrote this excellent article on an extremely important topic that I feel is often shoved under the carpet and is hardly talked about much, due to its highly […]