![]() ![]() ![]() To draw out the significance of this, I map the struggle between networked feminism and networked misogyny in the digital age by assessing the discourses sparked by and in retaliation to placards carried by participants at Aurat March. While increased connectivity benefits the mobilisation and accessibility of women’s activism, it also risks catalysing counter-discourses and anti-feminisms. ![]() ![]() The practice of painting feminist efforts in this manner is a familiar patriarchal technique, but is interesting to reflect on its continuity, albeit in different alliterations, as women organise and express themselves in the creation of a (feminist) public.īy situating Aurat March within Pakistan’s broader women’s movement, I first reflect on the relationship between (new) media and networked feminisms. Over the last three years, Aurat March has been on the receiving end of digital campaigns labelling its efforts to be ‘westernised’, anti-Islamic and anti-national. It is commemorated with a manifesto and charter of demands, mobilising activists in public spaces through networked feminisms. Since 2018, it has been organised in various cities on the 8th of March to observe International Women’s Day. Aurat March is an annual event organised as part of a socio-political movement for equality and gender justice in Pakistan. ![]()
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