4th International

WOMEN OF THE WORLD FESTIVAL PAKISTAN 2021

5,6,7 & 8 MARCH

STARTS AT NOON

WOW TALKS
Welcome Note by Dana MacLeod, British Council
Welcome to WOW Pakisn 2021
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Jude Kelly CBE, WOW Foundation
Opening Comments

SENATOR SHERRY REHMAN
KEYNOTE ADDRESS: Patriarchy, Policy & the Pandemic

ADA JAFFERY & UZMA ASGHAR
Women in Sports

AYESHA TARIQ
FIRST BLOOD & PATRIARCHY

Malala Yousafzai, Dr.Maliha Khan, Kate
Ewert-Biggs, OBE
Keeping Girls in the picture

WOW PANELS
SARMAD KHOOSAT, FARIDA SHAHEED, KHAWAR MUMTAZ, TANIA AIDRUS, MONI MOHSIN
Unmask
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GHAZAL MIR ZULFIQAR, SAMIA LIAQUAT ALI KHAN RASHID MEMON, HADIA MAJID
Mehengai, Covid aur Mai
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SYEDA JUGNOO KAZMI, SARAH BELAL, RIMMEL MOHYDIN, AISHA NAWAZ CHAUDHARY
Prisoners of the Pandemic
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PALVASHA SHAHAB, BARRISTER HAYA ZAHID, ANGBEEN MIRZA
Innovative Measures within the Justice System
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AYLA BANO AHMED, ZOHREEN TAIMUR BANDEY, ALI MUSTAFA SIDDIQUI, HIBA MASOOD
Kidpreneurs Rise!

WOW PANELS
CLARE PRESS, SHAHZADA MUNAWAR, NOORJEHAN BILGRAMI, SUDEBI THAKURATA, KENDALL ROBBINS
Catalysing Fashion Change
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FOZIA TAHIR, SAHER HASNAIN, VIVIANA PEREGO, SAHAR IQBAL, SAMMYIA JANNAT
FARMING IN HARMONY: Sustainable Agriculture for Mother Nature
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MINA MALIK-HUSSAIN,  TOOBA MASOOD-KHAN, ANGBEEN ABBAS RANIYA HOSAIN, YUMNA BALOCH, SARA KHAN, ALIZEH AYESHA ARBAB
Our Stories, Our Voices
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SAHAR BANDIAL, SAMEER KHOSA, OMAR MANIAR, SARA MALKANI
Ending Impunity for Gender Based Violence
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STEVIE SPRING, RACHEL LOMAX, SUSHIL SALUJA, JUDE KELLY, AMNEH SHAIKH-FAROOQUI, KANWAL KHOOSAT, SALIMA HASHMI Bearing Testimony & What Comes Next?
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WOW POP-UPS
ANAYA SHEIKH & THE COLONY
Vadhai Toli
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SHEHZAD GHIAS SHEIKH
Angry Brown Man
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POP-UP FEATURETTE
Funkar animated rap song Sultana’s Dream – animated short film
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NOOR ZEHRA KAZIM
Sanjan Sangeet
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BHANGRA WITH DHOL DRUMMERS
Eternal Taal
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WOW PERFORMANCES

WAJIHA NAQVI HIJRAT
Opening Musical Performance

ADNAN JAHANGIR WASL
Dance Performance
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THE SKETCHES, HARSAKHIYAN, SHMOL, LALA AHSAN Saelani
Regional Music Ensemble
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MUNEERA BATOOL
Meenu
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WOW PERFORMANCES

GOLDEN HOUR PRODUCTIONS
Drink Your Milk
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MEESHA SHAFI
Boom Boom Music Performance
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NAPA Radicle Comedy Karachi REBECCA 
View From Here
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WOW BITES

AYESHA CHUNDRIGAR
Compassion Across Species
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KANWAL AHMED
Conversations with Kanwal
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WAJIHA NAQVI
Forgotten Histories of Music Queens
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KHAYA AHMED
Seen & heard: The Importance of Diversity
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MAHEEN GUL MALIK
Invisible Disabilities
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WOW BITES

ERUM SULTAN
Reading as a Refuge
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NAZO PIRZADA
Implications of Covid19 on Women’s Reproductive Health
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IRAM PARVEEN BILAL
Reshaping Diaspora Stories & Representation
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RASTI FAROOQ & FATIMA ANWAR Shehri NATASHA NOORANI
Imagining a Future for Women in the Pakistani Music Ecosystem
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JUNIOR SHOWS
HIBA MASOOD (DRAMA MAMA)
Fearless – Stories of Amazing Women from Pakistan -OLO TATOLO
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LALA AHSAN, AGHA HAIDER
Music – OLO TATOLO

AYESHA BHATTI
Puppet Folk Tales – OLO TATOLO

MARKETPLACE

WOMEN-LED ENTERPRISES MAKING
DELICIOUS FOODS

WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS CREATING
STUNNING HANDMADE & PERSONALISED ITEMS

DEDICATED ORGANIZATIONS SUPPORTING
WOMEN FROM COUNSELLING TO LEGAL AID

FOOD, CLOTHING, ART PIECES, JEWELLERY, PLANTS, SUPPORT SERVICES FOR WOMEN & SO MUCH MORE!

INTERACTIVE

DIGITAL MURAL
We R WOW

SCAVENGER HUNT WITH WOT
Women over 30

WOW APPS

WOW JUNIOR APP
WOW Chhotu
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FESTIVAL APP
wowvirtual.pk

OTHER SIDE
Aik Khat Tumharay Naam
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WOW FILMS

SABIHA SUMAR
Culture of Kalaash
PUFFBALL STUDIOS
Shehr e Tabassum
TABISH HABIB
May I Have This Seat?
NIDA KIRMANI & DOSTAIN BALOCH
Khel Khel Mein

ZOYA HASSAN
U-Turn ZOYA UZAIR Rukh

WOW GRANTS

SANINA BATOOL
Through her footsteps
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ROBOTRONICS PAKISTAN
Code to change
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AMNA USMAN
Sometimes I want to…
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GILLIAN RHODES
More than my gender
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RISHAM SYED ARCHIVE:
Samina Hasan Syed with Ustad Chhote
Ghulam Ali Khan SHEHAB

NIAZI Female
Artpreneurs
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