Karachi march demands equal rights for women

(12 Mar 2023) RESTRICTION SUMMARY: ASSOCIATED PRESS Karachi - 12 March 2023 1. Various of women dancing to songs during Aurat March (Women’s March) 2. Wide of participants listening to speeches by women's rights activists 3. Woman carrying placard reading (English) "I march for reproductive and bodily justice" 4. Woman delivering a speech and participants listening 5. Woman carrying placard reading (English) "Hello women I love you" 6. Woman carrying placard reading (English) "Fighting for our rights is not immoral" 7. SOUNDBITE (English) Sofiya Hasnain, march participant: “They (men) have to actually now make an effort to accept women in public spaces be that school, college, buses, public transport, workplaces, all kinds of workplaces. Men have to now start accepting us as equal and acknowledge our contribution. When we leave home, we don’t leave home thinking that I’m a woman and I’m going to work. I am as a normal worker going to work like men do.” 8. Wide of demonstration 9. Close of placard reading (Punjabi) “Oh girls, you change the fortune of my country” 10. Various of women listening to songs 11. Various of transgender people dancing 12. Women chanting ++UPSOUND (Punjabi) “Freedom, freedom”++ 13. Two women waving to other participants from the stage 14. SOUNDBITE (English) Sadia Dada, march participant: “So I think we have come a long way. The Aurat March (Women’s March) has evolved from being just about women’s rights to making the society better. If you look at the manifesto for this year, it includes not only gender related content but the biggest slogan of this year is around poverty, around equity, equality, and overall human rights. So I think of the voice of women instead of just being vocal around the issues of women we are taking over a lot of issues that are facing humanity today that need to be solved. I think that’s the biggest achievement of Aurat March in its sixth year. The evolution that it itself has seen.” 15. Women chanting slogans with stage in the background 16. Women chanting slogans during march STORYLINE: Hundreds of people marched in Karachi on Sunday to demand equal rights for women. Carrying placards and banners inscribed with various demands, the marchers chanted: “Freedom, freedom”. “They (men) have to actually now make an effort to accept women in public spaces be that school, college, buses, public transport, workplaces, all kinds of workplaces,” said Sofiya Hasnain, a march participant. “Men have to now start accepting us as equal and acknowledge our contribution. When we leave home, we don’t leave home thinking that I’m a woman and I’m going to work. I am as a normal worker going to work like men do,” she added. The marchers also danced and sang songs eulogising the struggle of women’s rights activists in the past. “We have come a long way. The Aurat March (Women’s March) has evolved from being just about women’s rights to making the society better,” said Sadia Dada, another participant. “If you look at the manifesto for this year, it includes not only gender related content but the biggest slogan of this year is around poverty, around equity, equality, and overall human rights,” she added. Aurat March has been organised for the last six years in Karachi. AP video shot by Muhammad Farooq =========================================================== Clients are reminded to adhere to all listed restrictions and to check the terms of their licence agreements. For further assistance, please contact the AP Archive on: Tel +44(0)2074827482 Email: [email protected]. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...