Women Day 2023: Why So much hate with Aurat March? Listen & Unlearn
A Punjabi radio program Lok Lhar
recorded at March 3, 2023 at MastFM103 Lhore Studios
Guests
Riffat Maqsood, Political worker, women activist, Principal & a Progressive
Is women rights a western agenda?
Are we ready to learn from China regarding women participation at work force?
Why our textbooks does not promote women participation?
Listen the discussion
Some video clips of the program
Clip 1
Hibba & Riffat
Clip 2
Hiba talking about Aurat March
Clip 3
Riffat sharing her Story
Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15+)
(modeled ILO estimate) As par World Bank Data
China 62 % US 56 Afghanistan 15, Austrailia 61, Canada 61, India 19, Indonisia 54,
Israel 59, Japan 53, N Korea 77, Netherlands 63, Newzealand 65, Pakisran 21, Bengladesh 35,
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Women March has a decentralize set up and it is good. In Karachi Aurat March will held at 21 March, In Islamabad , Lhore, Multan etc at 8th March.
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