Feminism – The Students' Herald

Religious fundamentalism and Female political spaces

May 24, 2021August 10, 2021 Bushra MahnoorNews and Analysis

Aurat march is that time of the year when the regressive patriarchal forces are increasingly visible in Pakistan. Their mission? To stop women from sponsoring immorality in our very own Islamic Republic of Pakistan. The Islamic Society in which daughters…

Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) and International Law

March 24, 2021April 20, 2021 News DeskNews and Analysis

Talking about women’s sexuality has always been taboo in this world as if women are not normal as other humans are, but some grave expectations adhere to their existence. Talking about women’s health crisis or anything related to know about…

Editorial: Aurat March Edition

March 7, 2021April 20, 2021 News DeskEditorial

In the past few years, Aurat March has emerged as a symbol of hope for a better society for all. On the 8th of March, thousands of women in Pakistan are going to take to the streets again in order…

Aurat March in mainstream discourse; trials and triumphs

March 7, 2021April 20, 2021 News DeskArticles

Aurat March has become a voice of the voiceless women in Pakistani who have been exploited, harassed, subjected to violence. This part of our population is amongst the subaltern in the social sphere, and yet makes more than 50% of…

“پاکستانی عورت کو مغربی عورت سے زیادہ آزادی حاصل ہے۔”

March 7, 2021March 7, 2021 News DeskUrdu & Other local languages

پاکستان میں زبان زدِ عام یہ جملہ کہ ‘پاکستانی عورت کو مغربی عورت سے زیادہ آزادی حاصل ہے’، عورت پر ظلم و جبر کے سوال کا وہ ناقص جواب ہے جس کے پیچھے اس درندہ صفت معاشرے کا ہر مرد…

Pakistani Feminists:(Re)claiming Space, Defining Change

March 7, 2021April 20, 2021 News DeskArticles, Features

The Pakistani Aurat is in feist to get what she wants, ready to step out of the safety of her house and join her female-counterparts in seemingly endless conversations and efforts over what the new season will bring. This is…

Aftermath of anti-harassment march: Islamia college female Students face intimidation and threats

March 7, 2021August 10, 2021 News DeskNews Reports

In the aftermath of a peaceful march against sexual harassment organized by students of Islamia legal Fraternity society on 11 March 2020, students have faced backlash and intimidation by the faculty and administration of the Islamia College Peshawar. Our correspondent…

Aurat Azadi: We March… And We Bleed

March 7, 2021August 10, 2021 News DeskArticles

Patriarchal dogma hinders women’s progress by deeming them lesser, weaker, and at times, impure. Nature has bestowed the female body with an amazing ability to breed life. And with life comes blood. Most women bleed or have bled at some…

Aurat March: A step towards a progressive society

March 7, 2021August 10, 2021 News DeskNews and Analysis

With the Aurat March in sight, the message it symbolises is hard to grasp in our social setting, and its acceptance would remain scant for the time being. For anyone who has read history critically, the reason for this reluctance…

Feminism and International Relations

August 10, 2020August 18, 2020 News DeskArticles

Sadaf Shabbir The study of international relations is an old discipline and has been instrumental in forming and establishing empires. But the field of international relations as a scientific, research-based discipline emerged in the 20th century in the United States…