Marches have been held in major cities all over Pakistan since 2018 to bring attention to women's rights. theSun theSundaily march WomensDay2023 Lahore Pakistan
A woman carries a sign and chants slogans during a rally to mark International Women’s Day in Lahore, Pakistan March 8, 2019. REUTERSpix: Authorities in Pakistan's eastern city of Lahore have refused permission for a rally to mark International Women's Day, which regularly meets a fierce backlash in the conservative, patriarchal country.
Counter-protests dubbed “Haya ” marches are commonly staged by religious groups to call for the preservation of Islamic values. Organisers of the Aurat March in Pakistan have frequently had to resort to legal action to counter attempts to ban it. Much of Pakistani society operates under a strict code of “honour”, systemising the oppression of women in matters such as the right to choose who to marry, reproductive rights and even the right to an education.Rights group Amnesty International said the Lahore decision “amounts to an unlawful and unnecessary restriction of the right to assembly”.
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