Kashaf Banbhan - #MeToo Movement In Pakistan
Subject: Creative writing Practical work carried out under supervision of Siddique Soomro Sb Kashaf Banbhan 2k17/mc/49 Bs-III Article The Rise Of #MeToo Movement In Pakistan We can call 2017 and 2018 ‘years of women” because of a social movement called #MeToo which phrase was coined by an American social activist Tarana Burke for the victims of sexual harassment and abuse. #MeToo movement got worldwide momentum in 2017 when an American actress Alyssa Milano used this hashtag in one of her tweets. She wanted to talk about her experience of being harassed, abused and to encourage other women to come forward and break their silence on harassment they had faced in their lives. #MeToo movement plays a significant role in raising awareness in a society where such issues are downplayed due to bias. We live in a society where opening up about such experiences of harassment at workplace or streets is considered a shameful and embarrassing act; where people are bound to stay qui...