National Women's Day (Pakistan)

National Women's Day in Pakistan is 12 February of each year, chosen to mark the first women's march in Pakistan against the Zia ul Haq's military regime.^[1] The date 12 February 1983 is significant in the history of women's rights in Pakistan because the first such march was brutally suppressed by the martial law enforced by the police of General Zia ul Haq's regime.^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7] The Day is over three weeks before International Women's Day when the Aurat Marches take place in Pakistan.^[8]

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^ Ali, Sehrish (10 February 2012). "National Women's Day: 'We will raise our voices against discrimination'". The Express Tribune. Retrieved 15 April 2022. The march was the first public demonstration by any group against a martial law.
^ "National Women's Day: Struggle for equal rights will go on". The Express Tribune. 12 February 2013. Retrieved 15 April 2022.
^ "Women's achievements highlighted at event to mark National Women's Day". www.thenews.com.pk. Retrieved 15 April 2022.
^ Reporter, The Newspaper's Staff (13 February 2019). "Women remember iconic 1983 demo, vow to fight oppression". Dawn. Retrieved 15 April 2022. The primary reason for this demonstration was the proposed law of evidence, which would effectively have reduced the testimony of women to half of that of men
^ Hassan, Taimur-ul (July–December 2010). "The Performance of Press During Women Movement in Pakistan". South Asian Studies (A Research Journal of South Asian Studies). 25 (2): 311–321 – via eds.p.ebscohost.com.
^ "WAF calls for remembering Pakistan Women's Day". www.thenews.com.pk. Retrieved 21 April 2022.
^ Awan, Sonia (1 April 2022). "Reflections on Islamisation and the Future of the Women's Rights Movement in 'Naya' Pakistan". Angles. New Perspectives on the Anglophone World (14). doi:10.4000/angles.5030. ISSN 2274-2042. S2CID 249170121.