Re: Talism + who dun it now?
cool breeze,
i respect and admire the politeness and respect with which u disagree with Asmaa Jehangir's work.
we all have flaws.
fighting for and in favor of women rights is not about saying or helping that women become amoral like plenty of men in Pakistan.
when some one kills his daughter or sister in honor killing, when some one marrys a woman, and then abandons her, when a young woman is brutally raped, lawyers like Asmaa step up and condemn such crimes.
im afraid that it could be this that u are confused about the character integrity of Asmaa Jehangir. Fine. i don’t want to go into that as none of us know the facts, we were too young to know all that and all the bad that we have been drilled into our head about her, is be no body else, but people her age group who have their own dirty agendas.
please take her as a lawyer. take her as a conscientious one as well.
She is our Moms' age old. at least what we can do, is grant the pardon of prejudging her moral ideals, and step beyond the gender blind we have on our eyes.
i am sure, like every one else, she is also guilty of something in her economic or political agenda. & from time to time, she publicly says that some of her choices are and have been tricky and bad.
issue here is not that what she comes with, in front of her, but what she comes from - a country that is at risk of civil war.
who else, if not the law enforcement agencies & the justice system would know better, about the issues on the ground?
with 30 years worth of Human rights work, she is not just putting on a show for all.
there are stark realities, from which we cannot run away - other wise, we will have no meaning for accountable govts and the nation as a people who can assess the right from wrong.
what i heard from her, as i was lucky enough to be close to her, very near to her, i could see on her face, that she is a one woman's army in the country.
how many other people are as brave as she is?
i would invite u to reassess ur understanding of her work and her method of taking actions against the loopholes in the country's various sectors and about its many different aspects.
i wish we could for once, not judge each other as people from two different gender, but as different professionals, esp. with her seniority of experience in the practical life.
thanks,
Dushwari
Asma is always there when a young girl runs away from home with her BF but where does she go when poor women work 18 hrs a day to just earn some food for their kids etc. That is counted among human right issues as well. And this is just one example. There are tons of things that people won't agree if they look closely to Asma's NGO as well as other so-called.
You don't have to agree with me but this is what I've been closely observing for a few years now.