Lahore teacher and writer Sara Arshad had never attended the Aurat March nor allowed her two daughters to do so, fearing the intense backlash that the feminist protest receives every year. But this Women's Day, she took the leap of faith with her teens in tow.
An exhibition based on actual incidents of sexual violence had clothing hanging from clotheslines, a poignant reminder of what rape survivors and victims were wearing when attacked. Approximately eleven women are raped every day in Pakistan.
Pakistan women s day organisers receive death threats
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Lahore (Pakistan) (AFP)
Organisers of Pakistan s International Women s Day rallies have received death threats after a vicious smear campaign saw doctored images of the event circulate online.
Thousands took part in marches across the country on Monday calling for women s rights, but fake images of the events quickly went viral in deeply conservative Pakistan, appearing even on popular television shows.
In one clip, the sound was altered to suggest participants in Karachi were chanting blasphemous slogans against the Prophet Mohammed an act which carries the death penalty in Pakistan.