Aurat March has released a powerful video about rape culture and victim shaming, inspired by an anti-rape anthem by Chilean protesters which went viral last year.
Videos of the song in Chile – and its accompanying dance moves – quickly went viral, spreading across Latin America and the world.
In the video released by Aurat March organisers, protestors chant slogans adapted in Urdu in a similar beat and with similar dance moves. The lyrics go as follows:
“Patriarchy is a judge
And our existence made a crime!
Our punishment is the violence you don’t see
It’s femicide
Impunity for our killers
Hear you, it’s rape!
Not “female honor”
And its not my fault
Not where I was, nor what I wore
Not my class, nor religion, nor my labour
And the rapist is you
And the killer is you
This police
This system
The law
The politicians
The feudals
This state
The clerics
And guardians of religion
And the rapist is you
And the killer is you
The state is repressive,
The state is oppressive
Oppression is unacceptable
We are ready to fight
Power dynamics will overturn
Women will be free!”
