Aurat March: All you need to about 2024’s Pakistani feminist movement

We all know Aurat March is held every year on March 8, on the occasion of the day International Women’s Day.

In this regard, the organizers have spilled the details about when and where the Aurat March will take place, its demand, and all other information. All you need to know about Aurat March:

Aurat March in Karachi: Where and when?

Karachi will hold an Aurat Ehtajaji Mela Aur March at Frere Hall tomorrow at 2:30 pm. The theme has not been announced yet.

Aurat March in Karachi: The Six Demands

The following demands are available in a detailed Urdu version on Aurat March Karachi’s Instagram page.

1) Aurat March is calling for the rights of home-based workers, and demands the Sindh government to implement EOBI benefits for them”.

2) The March demands an end to forced conversions, sexual grooming, and underage marrifdaages.

3) The organisation’s third demand pertains to the “restoration of democracy”.

4) The organisation demands the establishment of safe houses and hostels by the government for women (cis and trans, trans men, khawaja siras, and non-binary people).

5) The March demands a stop to the “hate campaign against the khawaja sira community”.

6) The last demand calls for an “end to Baloch genocide and enforced disappearances” as well as an end to “the censorship, abductions and murders of all activists, journalists and political workers countrywide”.

Aurat March in Lahore: When and where?

The Aurat March in Lahore will be held tomorrow at Lahore Press Club at 2 pm. This year’s theme is Siyasat, Muzahamat aur Azadi [politics, resistance, and freedom].