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8. Inviting Others to Continue Her Actions in Fighting Forced Marriage
Shazia was Jasvinder‟s first daughter in Karma Nirvana. Actually Jasvinder had only two biological daughters
and she admitted Shazia as her „third daughter‟. She continued Jasvinder‟s struggles to fight forced marriage. She
regularly addresses large audiences accross the country and she became Jasvinder‟s representative. She exposed the cruelty and injustice of women who
had been the victim of forced marriage. The thing is Jasvinder, I want to make something of myself. It‟s all I think
about. I‟ve given up everything and I don‟t want that to have been nothing. I‟d like to help people – like you do.„You will,‟ I said. And it wasn‟t just
words, it wasn‟t empty reassurance. Iknew from the start that Shazia could put her experience to good use. Sanghera 37
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B. Jasvinder’s Actions in Fighting Forced Marriage as A Reflection of Third
World Feminism
According to Bruno 2006, the encounters between Western and non Western feminist creating the ongoing debate. Therefore, the both sides between
Western feminist and Third World feminist expressed the ideas of Third World Feminism. The ideas are expressed in the World Conferences in the 1990s. The
ideas are: aSex inequality constitute the main problem faced by women in the Third World, b Patriarchal power takes priority in the analysis of women status,
c Other analytical categories such as race, class or position in national structures are less important than gender, d A sisterhood between First World and Third
World groups is an effective tool to advance sex equality e Women activism and feminist mobilization is an effective tool to promote changes in the sphere of
women‟s rights.
1. Opposing Gender Inequality faced by Women in The Third World Countries
In the Third World countries, the biggest problem faced by women was gender inequality. American Psychological Association 2011 described the term
gender as the attitudes, feelings and behaviors that a given culture associates with a person
‟s biological sex. Therefore, gender inequality was the condition in which the position and rights of women were not equal to men.
In Third World countries such as India and Pakistan, there are many kinds of action in order to respect gender. One example was honour killing or honour-
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