Alia Amirali is a Pakistani left-wing political worker and academic working on issues of gender and political participation.
20 Facts About Alia Amirali
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Alia Amirali has been working as Deputy General Secretary for the Punjab National Unit of Awami Workers Party in Pakistan.
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Alia Amirali is a lecturer in Gender Studies at Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad.
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Alia Amirali is a PhD candidate at London School of Economics, Gender Studies department.
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Alia Amirali was born in Islamabad and got early schooling from Khaldunia High School, Islamabad.
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Alia Amirali did her Bachelor's in Liberal Arts from Hampshire College, USA in 2006.
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Alia Amirali is enrolled in PhD program at the London School of Economics and Political Science.
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Alia Amirali has been attending political rallies and demonstrations since her early age.
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Alia Amirali went abroad for college between 2002 and 2006, and returned to Pakistan in between during the climax of the Okara peasants' movement, which had resurfaced at the time.
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Alia Amirali was initially associated with a political group known as "Peoples' Rights Movement" which later merged with other Left parties leading to formation of a new political party in Pakistan, called Awami Workers Party.
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Alia Amirali worked as an active political worker of AWP Islamabad-Rawalpindi unit and served as deputy general secretary of Punjab AWP.
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Alia Amirali mostly worked with the women among student, peasant or the slum dweller communities and tried to give political voice to their invisible existence.
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Alia Amirali has worked extensively for women's participation in politics.
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Alia Amirali is a founding member of Women democratic front saying that women, regardless of whether they are elite or non elite, need to struggle in a country like Pakistan where patriarchy is so entrenched and public spaces are so male dominated.
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Alia Amirali was responsible for the upsurge in student activism after a long hiatus.
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Alia Amirali was the General Secretary of National Students Federation Punjab from 2008 to 2012.
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Alia Amirali has been a speaker at multiple panels and conferences.
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Alia Amirali was a speaker at the Socialist Alliance 9th National Conference at Green Left Weekly 2013 Fighting Fund, Australia.
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Alia Amirali has been guest speaker at IDRAC, Habib University where spoke of the different movements, as well as the lack of representation of the largest and most exploited section of labour-women.
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Alia Amirali has been working as a lecturer and researcher for a number of years.