[VIDEO] This poem summarizes the mindset of an average Pakistani man regarding women

[SalimBhai]

For weeks we have been going back and forth about rights of women in pakistan. I think this could be applied to the Iranian revolution also. I am sorry but it is in Urdu. I don't know how many of you understand Urdu well enough to understand this. I dont want to use my words , ask think the poet says it so well.
poem: Behaya
poet: Shoaib Kiani
great poem in my opinion

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[Colorblind Genius]

For weeks we have been going back and forth about rights of women in pakistan. I think this could be applied to the Iranian revolution also. I am sorry but it is in Urdu. I don't know how many of you understand Urdu well enough to understand this. I dont want to use my words , ask think the poet says it so well.
poem: Behaya
poet: Shoaib Kiani
great poem in my opinion

It’s not limited to Pakistan - it’s a general problem through out the third world.

Human rights abuse is extremely bad against many Pakistani women in the remote n rural areas and villages - but those modern women chanting mera jisam meri marzi type dramaay baazi in the streets of posh areas of Islambad, all have “kaam wali’s” in their multi million dollar homes, where these poor labor women n their small daughters equally get abused.

And those truly effected women in the remote and rural villages who are treated as baby making machines, don’t have the foggiest of ideas that their very existence is being used by the NGO’s in big cities to make big bucks.

Ever thought about that?

 

[SalimBhai]

I agree it happens in other countries also. I think it would apply to India also. I never said otherwise. Regarding my body my choice is not drama bazi. maybe the ones in posh areas chanting are not that affecting. But that does not discount it. That was the whole point of the poem.Also how are NGO's making big bucks?

 

[uppercut]

For weeks we have been going back and forth about rights of women in pakistan. I think this could be applied to the Iranian revolution also. I am sorry but it is in Urdu. I don't know how many of you understand Urdu well enough to understand this. I dont want to use my words , ask think the poet says it so well.
poem: Behaya
poet: Shoaib Kiani
great poem in my opinion

My Urdu as an Indian is limited but since Javed is a very renowned poet I suppose there is some deeper meaning to this ? Otherwise this would have been picked up by the womens rights orgs and made a huge deal.

 

[Cpt. Rishwat]

I agree it happens in other countries also. I think it would apply to India also. I never said otherwise. Regarding my body my choice is not drama bazi. maybe the ones in posh areas chanting are not that affecting. But that does not discount it. That was the whole point of the poem.Also how are NGO's making big bucks?

Thanks for reminding me bro. I think we need a thread on women's rights in India as well because women deserve it. Stay tuned I'll be posting later.

 

[SalimBhai]

Thanks for reminding me bro. I think we need a thread on women's rights in India as well because women deserve it. Stay tuned I'll be posting later.

By all means india is a terrible country for women also.

 

[Cpt. Rishwat]

By all means india is a terrible country for women also.

Agreed, hence it can only be a good thing to expose the struggle for women in that country.

 

[SalimBhai]

Agreed, hence it can only be a good thing to expose the struggle for women in that country.

Yes go ahead. We are all ears

 

[Cpt. Rishwat]

Yes go ahead. We are all ears

I bumped the thread http://www.pakpassion.net/ppforum/showthread.php?294975-India-s-missing-women

It is being studiously ignored by posters who only want to discuss such topics if it is about Pakistan.

 

[SalimBhai]

I think you might be barking up the wrong tree . I only have contempt for india when it comes to status of women. However ranks higher than Pakistan. Not by much though. Both counties are a disgrace

 

[MenInG]

Pakistan Women continue to do well worldwide

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Pakistani climate activist Ayisha Siddiqa has made it to TIME's Women of the Year 2023. She's featured alongside the likes of Angela Bassett, Cate Blanchett and Phoebe Bridgers. The 24-year-old human rights and climate defender is hoping to find a way to bring "humanity back into the staid, high-level conversations that increasingly occupy her time."

According to the outlet, "Siddiqa felt the effects of this lack of action viscerally last year as she witnessed from afar the life-altering impacts of Pakistan’s floods, likely made more extreme by global warming. She channeled those feelings into poetry as a form of protest."

"It’s an effort to preserve what I have left, while I still have the time, in written form,” she says. “Art makes life worth living, and in my opinion, it’s what makes humans worth the fight. Like all of the things that we leave behind, all the creations, wouldn’t it be so unfortunate if there’s nobody on the other side to witness and observe them?”

 

[MenInG]

Pakistan Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari will arrive in New York next week for a four-day visit during which he will preside over a conference on ‘Women in Islam’ to be held on the sidelines of the 67th Session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW).

Hosted by Pakistan, in its capacity as the OIC Council of Foreign Ministers (CFM) chair, the one-day conference will take place in the economic and social council chamber at UN headquarters on March 8, a day after arrival of the foreign minister.

FM Bilawal on March 7 is also expected to participate in a high-level UN Security Council debate on ‘Women, Peace and Security’, sponsored by Mozambique in its capacity as the council’s president for March.

Meanwhile, the stated objective of the conference, convened by Pakistan, is to bridge the perception-reality gap on the rights of women in Islam and celebrate the experiences and successes of iconic Muslim women. It is aimed at establishing an annual policy dialogue to address challenges and explore opportunities to advance the role of women in OIC countries.

FM Bilawal will open the high-level segment of the conference “Women in Islam: Understanding the Rights and Identity of Women in the Islamic World”, with an address.

He will be followed by the UN General Assembly President Csaba Korosi, OIC Secretary-General Hissein Braham Taha; UN Women Executive Director, Sima Bahous, 67th CSW chairperson, South African Ambassador Mathu Joyini and representatives of OIC member states.

Non-OIC states and representatives of UN agencies will also be participating in the conference.

Later, in pursuit of the landmark UNGA resolution 76/254, designating March 15 as the international day to combat Islamophobia, the General Assembly president and the foreign minister will be co-convening a special high-level event to commemorate the day on March 10.

During his visit, FM Bilawal will also hold meetings with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and the General Assembly president.

He will also brief the UN and international press on the outcome of these events.

Express Tribune

 

[SalimBhai]

Pakistan Women continue to do well worldwide

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Pakistani climate activist Ayisha Siddiqa has made it to TIME's Women of the Year 2023. She's featured alongside the likes of Angela Bassett, Cate Blanchett and Phoebe Bridgers. The 24-year-old human rights and climate defender is hoping to find a way to bring "humanity back into the staid, high-level conversations that increasingly occupy her time."

According to the outlet, "Siddiqa felt the effects of this lack of action viscerally last year as she witnessed from afar the life-altering impacts of Pakistan’s floods, likely made more extreme by global warming. She channeled those feelings into poetry as a form of protest."

"It’s an effort to preserve what I have left, while I still have the time, in written form,” she says. “Art makes life worth living, and in my opinion, it’s what makes humans worth the fight. Like all of the things that we leave behind, all the creations, wouldn’t it be so unfortunate if there’s nobody on the other side to witness and observe them?”

Good on her