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Mahira Khan teams up with the Commonwealth to help end domestic violence and sexual assault

Mahira Khan teams up with the Commonwealth to help end domestic violence and sexual assault

The actor is part of the #JoinTheChorus campaign led by the No More Foundation, the Commonwealth Secretariat and Gentle Forces.
21 Sep, 2021

Mahira Khan has joined the international #JoinTheChorus campaign to "increase awareness of domestic and sexual violence and call for collective action".

The campaign has been initiated to prevent domestic violence and sexual assault in 54 member countries of the Commonwealth, led by the No More Foundation, the Commonwealth Secretariat and social impact company Gentle Forces.

The actor shared information about the campaign on her Instagram account through various posts. "Hi I'm Mahira Khan, an actor from Pakistan, and I invite you to 'join the chorus' and say 'no more' to domestic and sexual violence," Khan says in the first video she posted.

"We either know of or have experienced first hand, some sort of abuse or sexual/domestic violence," the caption read. "The more we speak up, the more we break the silence surrounding domestic and sexual violence."

"Let's break the culture of silence that has enabled domestic and sexual violence to persist for so long," she said in a second post.

The actor shared a third video in relation to the campaign as well.

According to the campaign website, #JoinTheChorus "aims to increase awareness of domestic and sexual violence and call for collective action". The campaign is led by artist FKA twigs who's joined by renowned public figures such as Rose Byrne, Joselyn Dumas, Khan, and Thandiwe Newton.

Globally, as many as 38% of murders of women are committed by a male intimate partner. As per the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), in Pakistan "32% of women have experienced physical violence and 40% of ever-married women have suffered from spousal abuse at some point in their life (The Pakistan Demographic and Health Survey)". It is highlighted that these statistics do not represent the full extent of cases of violence. "One in two Pakistani women who have experienced violence never sought help or told anyone about the violence they had experienced," according to the UNFPA.

Comments

Mustafa Sep 21, 2021 11:50am
United States is a very violent society Mahira Khan should focus on women sufferings and domestic violence in America.
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Shaheen Sep 21, 2021 12:22pm
In order to join a conversation you need to be able to communicate in the language of vulnerable women & affected communities where domestic violence , sexual violence is kept a secret. Messages in English are of less impact amongst those where awareness already exists.
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M. Saeed Sep 21, 2021 01:40pm
Domestic violence is a two way traffic. It is overwhelmingly often that, wives and other domestic women invite violence, after exhausting all other avenues of settlement.
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Sab Se Pehle Pakistan Sep 21, 2021 02:56pm
Chachi Mahira please do people a favour. Please retire.
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NYS Sep 21, 2021 03:08pm
It's never too late Mahira initiative towards domestic voilance Need to correct that voilance occured not only vulnerable class but all sort of category come up with some solutions or how can overcome the existing situations
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Samsam Sep 21, 2021 03:15pm
Awareness alone is insufficient, and just the first step in addressing the violence. Laws and punishment to deter, programs, licensed therapists, training in upbringing to educate what causes and how to address /eradicate domestic violence in society.
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Ibrahim S Sep 21, 2021 03:26pm
@Mustafa - what do you know about US , stop watching cheap propaganda TV shows and WhatsApp.
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Ali Vazir Sep 21, 2021 08:06pm
Very rightly put by Fawad Chaudhary: When German Ambassador criticized HR and arm-twisting against media in Pakistan, he asked him how many cases there have been against media personnel in Pakistan. The Ambassador said about 8 to 9. Fawad said there have been more than 900 cases of 'Hate violence against Muslims' in the Europe; you won't let us talk about that.
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nk Sep 21, 2021 08:17pm
@Mustafa She lived a good part of her life here but she did not had that fame here. The west uses a woman's face as an object to fulfill there agendas.
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mujtaba Sep 22, 2021 12:25am
Good effort, can we have Urdu/Punjabi/Sindhi/Balochi/Dari/Pashto/Kashmiri/Balti versions available please.
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TR Sep 22, 2021 04:44am
Thank you Mahira Khan.
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