WDF Statement on International Working Women’s Day 2024
On this day, in the spirit of remembrance and honor, we pay tribute to the courageous women revolutionaries who devoted their lives to the pursuit of freedom and liberation. From …
WDF calls for a just solution to the occupation of Palestine, ensuring the Palestinians’ unconditional right to self-determination
WDF calls for a just solution to the occupation of Palestine, ensuring the Palestinians’ unconditional right to self-determination and a sovereign nation. We at the Women Democratic Front express deep …
Statement on the violence against women in Public Spaces in District Kurram
The Women Democratic Front takes note and condemns the coordinated attacks on women in district Kurram, Parachinar, that took place in the months of August and September, due to their …
WDF stands in solidarity with the khawaja sira community
We stand in solidarity with all transgender people in Pakistan, and unequivocally condemnthe dangerous and ignorant proposals made by the Senate Standing Committee on HumanRights in relation to the Transgender …
We demand peace, sovereignty and democracy, from Kabul to Tehran
Press Release Islamabad, 7th March 2023: In their joint statement on the 113th International Working Women’s Day, the federal leadership of Women Democratic Front (WDF) observed that the entire world …
Statement – Against growing sexual violence in the country
WDF strongly condemns the gang rape of a woman at gunpoint in #F9 park #Islamabad and the rape of a bus hostess in a moving bus in #Vehari. Such incidents are yet another reminder of …
We want peace in our region and at home
(Islamabad 22 September 2022): On the ‘International Day of Peace 2022’, the Women Democratic Front (WDF)’s federal leadership said in a joint statement that we are faced with a four-sided …
The Transgender Persons Act 2018 is a step in the right direction
(Islamabad 22 September 2022). We, at WDF, express deep concern over the mobilization of religious right-wing patriarchal forces within and outside the state against ‘The Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) …
We extend solidarity to our Afghan & Iranian sisters in struggle
We at WDF extends solidarity to our Afghan and Iranian sisters in struggle and call upon them to form regional solidarity to struggle for democracy, peace, and the emancipation of women in our region, said WDF President Ismat Shahjahan.
We need to go beyond climate reparations – WDF’s solidarity statement
Transforming structures of exploitation and oppression at home is our own battle, and we will fight that battle. However, call upon the Left in the Global North needs to struggle against imperialism within the imperialist Global North to not only decarbonize but also decolonize and demilitarize the Global South. We believe that this is the battle, the western Left must fight to express solidarity with us.