BBC She series in Pakistan

In winter 2018, I produced a month-long series under the title of “BBC She”. This campaign was introduced to increase the outreach of women’s voices from the grassroots of Pakistan. In the first phase of the campaign, our team went to four different cities in each province of Pakistan to talk to young university students.

This series ran simultaneously on BBC Urdu and BBC Hindi.

During these hour-long townhall style discussions, we got to hear some very smart, confident and fierce women. Here are the condensed version of discussions from each city.

Episode 1: Quetta, Balochistan

 

Episode 2: Larkana, Sindh

 

Episode 3: Abbotabad, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

 

Episode 4: Lahore, Punjab

Bijli – The Social Worker

Bijli is a renowned transgender woman from Islamabad. She is famous throughout the city for her social work and charity that she does. She is also known for spreading smiles everywhere with her infectious jokes and banter! This is her story…

Originally published on BBC Punjabi.