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Women’s rights on IWD: Sudanese women protest slow progress protesting Pakistani women attacked by conservatives
9-3-2020
On the occasion of International Women’s Day, demonstrations and protests were staged in various parts of Sudan and Pakistan. In Sudan, scores of women rallied yesterday in front of the justice ministry protesting the slow progress in cases involving the rights of women in the wake of the revolution in the North African country. Demonstrators relayed a message to the ministry calling for an amendment of discriminatory laws against women. Activist Zeinab Badreddine, revealed to AFP that there has been no substantial move which satisfies women’s aspirations. “Our representation in the cabinet does not exceed 22%,” she said, adding, that even this rate was seen as inadequate by opposition feminist groups. Likewise, campaigner In’aam Atiq, stressed that the personal status law for Muslims is at the core of the anguish of thousands of Sudanese women. Manal Abdel Halim, on the other hand, pointed out that feminist issues are a priority, and voiced her shock over some women voices calling for shelving this issue for now. Meanwhile in Pakistan, one thousand women took to the streets of Islam Abad yesterday in a call for their rights but were pelted with stones, shoes and sticks from conservative parties. At the same time, veiled Pakistani women marched for freedom of living according to Sharia law. While feminist activist, Tahira Mariam, 55, told AFP that women in Sudan are still considered property by their male counterparts, another, Ismat Khan, 33, described women’s rights campaigners as “naïve”, saying, we are free to live our life in line with Islamic Sharia. (An Nahar, March 8, 2020)
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