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Arch 2025 is seen as the month of women’s history. Women around the world are ready to march for socio -economic and political rights. Women have been fighting different wars in different parts of the world. In Ukraine, millions of women were forced to leave their hideouts as a result of the politics of power among a dictatorial Russian leader and some popularists in the West. They are in refugee camps and are fighting for survival without a decent source of livelihood. Afghan women are struggling for the basic rights of education and social and economic sovereignty that the Taliban government has seized. The Iranian women’s war against repression and denial of social, economic and political rights began long ago.

Women’s rights are not only compromised in the global south. The so -called Western liberal democracies, especially in the fields of economy and politics, are full of contradictions and suppresses. The United States, which is one of the oldest democracies in the world, after giving women 105 years after voting rights, still select a woman, whether white or colorful, as the head of the state. Environmental and Rights activist Greta Thanburg started wearing a caffeine and protested for the people of Gaza.

In Pakistan, women are not free from fear, oppression and submission. When they try to raise their voices through forums like and march, some of them are denied the truth. And the overall attitude of the society about the march seems to be humble. This year, and the organizers of the March-Islamabad, were pleading with the government to allow them to march peacefully and provide them with security. Despite the judicial decision in favor of the march, the authorities did not make a budget and the organizers of the march had to write an open letter to the Prime Minister.

Women are often overlooked and refused to say it in economic and political decision -making. There are many reasons for this, but four amazing factors are playing the role of a spider website around women and hindering their progress in society. These are nationalism, religious extremism, feudalism and patriotism. It does not matter whether it is from an influential political family or a humble socio -economic background, a woman in Pakistan, starting from home, should fight countless battles.

When the sister of the founder of Pakistan, Maharma Fatima Jinnah, decided to flee against Ayub Khan in the 1960s, a dirty campaign was launched against her. He was subjected to verbal abuse by government touts. State -sponsored newspapers presented articles against his candidates and credibility. It was called ‘anti -Pakistan’ and an ‘Indian agent’.

Whenever people march for social and economic and political rights, they face challenges. But for women, this is really a war.

No one can forget Benazir Bhutto’s struggle. His struggle began before leaving the public office. He was beaten by the police while protesting to restore democracy in Pakistan. He was also detained in inhumane conditions. He remembered in his book, the daughter of the East that due to the stick, he suffered a lot of trouble in the ear and was kept in a score jail during the summer. When he contested the elections, a role was launched against him. Religious cards were tried to play against it.

Women’s resistance, a lawyer and human rights activist’s icon, Asma Jahangir, dedicated his life to the volatile and oppressed people of Pakistan. He faced the brutality of the state but never surrendered to them. Under Pervez Musharraf’s dictatorship, Begum Kulolom Nawaz also faced the same fate. Last November, when former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s wife, Bashara Bibi participated in political protests, he was trolled.

When Maharang Baloch started a march towards Islamabad to raise his voice against forced disappearances, he was harassed while advocating for the recovery of the missing persons. On some occasions, his protest was hidden in the mainstream media. It was also declared ‘anti -Pakistan’. Worker and Nobel laureate Malala Yousufzai has been criticized in a consistent and loud voice, after avoiding the attempt to kill girls’ education rights.

From Karachi to Kashmir and the organizers of the March March reported threats by radical and conservative groups. In a conversation, Ammar Sindhu, a representative of the Women’s Action Forum and Rights Worker from Hyderabad, mentioned the most risks in organizing the score and the march. Protests in a humiliating square of nationalism, religion, patronage and feudalism demand courage. Whenever people march for social and economic and political rights, they face challenges. For women, this has really been a war. Despite all these challenges, countless women are fighting their ways with their wars. He deserves to march for the right to regularly participate in dignity, agency and economic and political processes.

Author is a PhD scholar at Massachusetts Boston University.