a memoir of hope and pride in Pakistan
- Categories
- Book/Boek
- Creator
- Brohi, Khalida
- Publish Year
- 2018
- Shelfmark
- V IND 1A 2018
- Thesaurus
- eerwraak, gearrangeerde huwelijken, plattelandsvrouwen, mensenrechten, acties, empowerment, ondernemers, Pakistan, Verenigde Staten, 20e eeuw, 1990-1999, 21e eeuw, 2000-2009, 2010-2019, autobiografie
- Description
- A memoir of Khalida Brohi (ca1990), a Pakistani activist for women's rights and a social entrepreneur. She grew up in a village as a member of the Brahui people, an indigenous tribe of Balochistan, Pakistan. She was brought up with cultural traditions such as arranged marriages and honor killings. At the age of sixteen an honor killing of her cousin inspired her career as an activist, first with writing poetry about her experience and reading it at events, later with a FaceBook campaing for the WAKE UP Campaign Against Honor Killings. From there, she created the Sughar Empowerment Society, focused on empowering the lives of women in rural communities through education and employment opportunities, while working to change the minds of male partners, fathers and brothers. .With photo section.