Summary:
Butt said Kashmiri Women’s Resistance Day had provided a platform in the the last four years for critical society conversations in Kashmir. “There was a time when Kashmiri women were thought to be incapable of running their homes by themselves, but they rose to the occasion during conflict, while the men were away. Butt was in the city to mark Kashmiri Women’s Resistance Day, which is also the 27th anniversary of the Kunan Poshpara incident, where she participated in a discussion on ‘Militarisation and Me’. In just one moment, like that, Kashmir Valley and its breathtaking scenery began resembling a cage. Its aim: to address sexual violence, not with shame, taboo and masculine dishonour but with survival, resilience and memoralisation..