A #Thread on the beautiful things related to women in 2020. Watching Nanette by Hannah Gadsby.

#HappyNewYear
The new inheritance law that allows #women their inheritance rights even if they agree (under cultural duress) to override the constitution and give their share to men. Excellent work by @MalBokhari and the ministry. Now onwards to @NadraMedia. https://nation.com.pk/15-Sep-2020/finally-new-law-comes-out-to-secure-women-s-inheritance
Finally, new law comes out to secure women’s inheritance

ISLAMABAD   -  In the first case under the Enforcement of Women’s Property Rights Act 2020, the Islamabad administration retrieved a house

https://nation.com.pk/15-Sep-2020/finally-new-law-comes-out-to-secure-women-s-inheritance
This oped on intersectional law by @sj244 about the exclusion of women from minority communities: https://www.dawn.com/news/1594265 
The last colony

Laws have left out women from religious minorities.

https://www.dawn.com/news/1594265
A new wholesome feminism where you challenge the drugs culture including smoking by women as seemingly a tool to empowerment.
These new feminist picture frames in my kitchenette by Polly and Other Stories and the artist @shehzilm

https://instagram.com/pollyandotherstories?igshid=6nxnom8vbbw8
The recognition by UN and governments that with Covid lockdowns comes a great deal of domestic violence.

The shadow pandemic is essentially a spotlight on what happens in Pakistan everyday. #Violence needs to end instead of being normalised. https://www.unwomen.org/en/news/in-focus/in-focus-gender-equality-in-covid-19-response/violence-against-women-during-covid-19#facts
The Shadow Pandemic: Violence against women during COVID-19

One in three women worldwide experience physical or sexual violence mostly by an intimate partner. Violence against women and girls is a human rights violation. Since the outbreak of COVID-19,...

https://www.unwomen.org/en/news/in-focus/in-focus-gender-equality-in-covid-19-response/violence-against-women-during-covid-19#facts
These savage moves by madam minister - 10/10
The women's march and the importance of control over one's body for nutrition, reproduction and safety

#merajismmerimarzi https://www.dw.com/en/womens-day-pakistani-women-demand-bodily-rights-gender-equality/a-52685628
Pakistani women demand bodily rights, gender equality

Thousands of Pakistani women took part in the Women's Day march, defying threats by Islamist groups. Ahead of the March 8 demonstrations, conservative sections orchestrated a smear campaign against...

https://www.dw.com/en/womens-day-pakistani-women-demand-bodily-rights-gender-equality/a-52685628
The outcry on harassment of women #journalists - front and center https://www.dawn.com/news/1574031 
Women journalists demand protection from 'vicious' social media attacks by 'people linked to govt'

Demand of the govt to "immediately restrain its members from repeatedly targeting women in the media".

https://www.dawn.com/news/1574031
The international movements for equality such as rights for migrants and #BlackLivesMatter have helped advance women's rights here in several ways.
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