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Choosing to challenge gender inequality in Pakistan
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Gender inequality makes its mark early on in life in Pakistan. 
We girls wore different clothes to the boys, I was sent to a girls’ school while my brother was sent to a boys’ schools. Although I did not like it, I was told this is the way the world was, and girls and boys have to go to separate institutions.
When I was a young woman commuting for work on public transport, I faced daily sexual harassment. 
At the start of my career, in the 1980s, I worked in women’s rights organisations. I joined Women’s Action Forum – an independent forum fighting for women’s rights that started during Zia-ul-Haq’s regime to fight against the repressive laws against women; I also volunteered with War Against Rape in Lahore in 1992 as well as the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan. In the 1997-98, I also had the opportunity to manage a UNDP project facilitating women’s mobility in urban Lahore. We b ....

Farrah Naz , Sariba Khan , Bilquis Tahira , Menengage Alliance , Women Action Forum , Human Rights Commission Of Pakistan , Action Forum , War Against Rape , Human Rights Commission , Urban Transport Department , Country Director , ஃப்யார நாஸ் , அரிபா காந் , பில்கிஸ் தஹிரா , பெண்கள் நடவடிக்கை மன்றம் , மனிதன் உரிமைகள் தரகு ஆஃப் பாக்கிஸ்தான் , நடவடிக்கை மன்றம் , போர் எதிராக கற்பழிப்பு , மனிதன் உரிமைகள் தரகு , நகர்ப்புற போக்குவரத்து துறை , நாடு இயக்குனர் ,