In this episode of The Armpit Intellectuals, hosts Zahra and Bilal delve into the Sindhiyani Tehreek, a Marxist-Leninist grassroots resistance movement primarily led by rural women in Sindh, Pakistan, and conceived during General Zia ul Haq's regime.
The discussion covers the origin and evolution of the movement, its resistance against oppressive regimes, and its focus on environmental justice and provincial autonomy.
The hosts explore the impact of the Sindhiyani Tehreek on contemporary feminist movements in Pakistan, weighing its contributions and ongoing challenges, while touching upon the movement's relationship with the Awami Tehreek and its broader implications for bridging urban-rural divides in feminist activism.
The Sindhiyani Tehreek: Revolutionary Feminism in Sindh? by Gohar Ali Memon.
Ep.4: Feminism in Pakistan: The Sindhiyani Tehreek