Thousands of men as well as about two dozen women attended the “Pashtun National Jirga” in Bannu, Pakhtunkhwa, and in their speeches specifically mentioned the problems and called for their solution. Do what women face.
Most of the women who attended the jirga were associated with the Pashtun women’s political, economic and social movement, the Waqq Tehreek. Sanaa Ijaz, a leader of the ruling movement, told AFP they had told about 70 women, but said they did not attend because of problems.
“There would have been hundreds of women even more because we had trained so many people, but most of the members of the ruling movement are professors and writers and have government jobs. The same problems happen again.”
One of the leaders of the movement, Laibi Yousafzai, told the Jirga that she had been working for 16 years on print media and then on social media to convene a grand jirga to resolve the problems of the Pashtuns.
Laiba says the biggest problem for Pashtuns who do not make progress is that their women are left behind in education, social affairs and politics. Mr Laibi said he was pleased that women had also attended.
Laiba Yousafzai said that women have been the most affected by any wave of terrorism in recent years, as they have not been able to leave their homes and cry out.
“Through this Jirga, I demand that once under the conspiracy of the state in the name of culture and sometimes in the name of religion, women will be oppressed and beaten until you are at home or in the grave,” he said. “Whether you are at home or at work, you will tell this story, then we will stand with you in protest and in revolution.”
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