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.... The Sindhiani became palpably hostile to women. Tehrik, rooted in rural Sindh, came into being as part of The state-initiated measures that followed had far- the wider political movement in that province and WAF reaching implications for women given the social surfaced as urban women’s resistance...

... of Pakistan began with the formation of the Women’s writing done on the women’s movement in Pakistan, the Action Forum (WAF) in 1981.l This organization most detailed analysis is provided by Khawar Mumtaz began as an urgent effort to unite women and women’s and Farida Shaheed in their book, Women...

... and women’s liberation. Oddly attention from more pressing human rights violations. Lob- enough, his position would be untenable now. The ulema bying the government meant recognizing the government. were strongly against the creation of Pakistan but demanded WAF decided it was more important to get rid...

... the Reallzing that the state was likely to concede only token demands to work force. This was particularly critical in the urban areas, where tradi- them if they limbed theiractMtiesto submitting petitions, WAF decided tionally middle class...

... enough, a dichotomy has developed within us: SHARIAT BILL What we most fervently commit ourselves to, in the place of worship, we lose little time violating at the In an emergency meeting, WAF Lahore Working work-place. Aren’t we aware of the clear Quranic in- Committee rejected the Shariat...

... of the military increased. However, since General Zia's regime is the Women's Action Forum (WAF). takeover, women have gradually and Basically, a middle-class, western progressively been deprived of participa- educated coalition, women...

... REJECTS ciary would have been the mullah himself. Sadly enough, a dichotomy has developed within us: SHARIAT BILL What we most fervently commit ourselves to, in the place of worship, we lose little time violating at the In an emergency meeting, WAF Lahore Working work-place. Aren’t we...

... it Atthough these democratic and unrepresentative bodies, WAF voiced partkular lobbies have redoubled their efforts since 1078 the Ordinance has not opposition to those directives and laws negatively affecting women been repealed. from within...

... progressed, this became routine; any ac- reiterate that man is the provider yet at the same time tion or statement made by organizations like WAF demand separate women’s universities and segregated elicited an almost instant and vitriolic response by places of work in order to accommodate the “huge...

... un- ‘‘1ndiu Waf,inteMew with youth living in the Darbara Sahib, March 11,1988. derstand, have a respect for, and conduct ”Sucha Singh Gill and‘ K.C. Singhal, ‘Farmers...

... such as the Women’s Ac- improve female primary education in the country. It tion Forum (WAF) and the Pakistan Women’s is not only the state that is implicated. A sociologi- Lawyers Association (PWLA), as well as the All- cal survey found that 50 percent of those ques- Pakistan Women’s Association (APWA...

... Committee was much less on the demands of the MRD and much more on specific labor demands. In the case of women, there were three quite different tendencies. The most prominent of the women's organizations, the Women's Action Front (WAF), is also organizationally the most decen- tralized...