A group of female activists have set up a women’s only jirga in Saidu Sharif. According to foreign media, 16-year-old Tahira was murdered in a horrific acid attack last year but her poor parents’ calls for justice were ignored. Pakistani officials and the police turned a blind eye while the prime suspect — the girl’s abusive husband — lived in freedom until the case was taken up by Pakistan’s first female jirga, a community assembly set up to win justice for women in a region wracked by immense discrimination. Pakistan’s north-western Swat valley has become synonymous with abysmal women’s rights. It was here that the Taliban shot schoolgirl Malala Yousafzai in the head last year for campaigning for women’s education.
Congratulations ladies. Women across the Globe applaud you.
Lets all women congratulate them, give them courage and strength to have a voice
Keep up the wonderful job.
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