Aurat Azadi March is set to be held across various cities including Karachi, Hyderabad, Sukkur and others on the occasion of International Women’s Day on March 8th.
This year Aurat Azadi March is set to be held across multiple cities on March 8th on the occasion of International Women’s Day this year, to accentuate the significance abolishing dystopian, discriminative and misogynistic culture and approach towards women.
The march is held every year and is attended by academia, intellectuals, artists, civil society members along with both women and men from various walks of life in order to underscore the need for women empowerment in modern times.
The primary objective of Aurat Azadi March is to ensure economic and social justice for women, provision of labor rights, recognition of women’s input to the ‘care economy’ as unpaid labor, and provision of maternity leaves and day care centers to ensure women’s inclusion in the labor force.
Furthermore, Aurat Azadi March highlights the need to ensure essential measures against harassment and other crimes targeting women. It demands strict implementation of ‘Sexual Harassment Against Women in the Workplace Act 2010’ in this regards.
Each year, the march is marked by participants chanting slogans and holding placards against misogyny, and in support of women empowerment.
