Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
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Request QuoteWagma Feroz is an independent documentary filmmaker and rights activist from the North West of Pakistan. She has been engaged in peace building activities for more than a decade, using the creative tools of theatre, films, media, music, and training workshops to support social change and counter violent extremism in Pakistan. She has produced documentaries and digital stories on women issues, psychological trauma, religious minorities and role of women in peace and conflict resolution. Additionally, Wagma’s interfaith harmony films, social media and Freedom of religion and believe advocacy and workshops also won her the prestigious "Stefanus Prize” 2022.
According to psychologists, writing a diary is a useful habit for the mental and intellectual growth of children. Zarshala, an 8-year-old resident of Peshawar, says, with the encouragement of her parents, she started writing a diary and records her feelings and memories in it every day.
Swat Pakistan, is distinguished for its religious tolerance and being the center of the Gandhara civilization till the 10th century AD. After the creation of Pakistan, this atmosphere had to face a lot of changes due to various religious movements here. This report tells the story of a woman who provides employment opportunities to women of different religions in Swat despite the threats from extremist groups.
Produced for Independent Urdu
In Swat, women are increasingly resorting to suicide as a response to domestic conflicts, lack of education, the influence of the Taliban, and various other challenges. Salma, a pseudonym for one such woman, was a promising student whose parents married her off at grade 10. Despite her husband's care, Salma's life became a torment due to her domineering mother-in-law. Tragically, after a few years of marriage, Salma took her own life due to severe depression when she was seven months pregnant.
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A woman living in the Khazana camp for Afghan refugees in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has complained that if she were not Afghan, she would have had all the rights that women in the rest of the world have. Sadaf, who lives in Khazana Refugee Camp, says that like women in the rest of the world, she also wants to complete her education and is also keen to see the outside world. The parents of Sadaf, a 25-year-old Afghan woman, also migrated to Pakistan and have been living in the camp ever since.
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In 2009, Swat and Malakand divisions were occupied by the Pakistani Taliban, which not only displaced millions of people but also killed many in militancy. Although there is no official data showing how much suicides have increased since the Taliban came to the area, mental health experts, social workers and local residents believe that suicides have increased since 2009. Maryam is one of those women of Swat and Malakand division who tried to end her life because she could not feed her kids.
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In August 2021, when the Taliban took over Afghanistan, hundreds of artists, like millions of other people, moved to neighboring countries and the rest of the world. Ranra Hashmi is also an Afghan girl who moved to Peshawar and is now learning music there . She wants to use her art against Taliban's extremist narrative
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