 The welfare approach of APWA and while did spearhead the movement for more

seats and even the MFLO laws … APWA kind of following the ‘new woman’ ideals
women to work but not to challenge completely the kind of roles assigned for women,
focus on education (same as FJ)APWA’s work regarding raising political
consciousness in women, but then again this didn’t challenge the regime in any way
rather was just aimed at emancipating women from their shackles= failed to
challenge the provisions of the 1973 constitution this goes to explain its
complementary and warm relationship with the government, was accepted by it cause
didn’t challenge the regime = APWA withdrew support for WAF when it became
more radical in opposition to the regime in place
 WAF followed a reactive strategy to Zia’s laws == rather than focusing on welfare,
demand was for rights as citizens = moved to the streets and opposed against Hudood
Ordinances and the Evidence of Law = willing to go to jail and face lathi charges
==== pamphlets etc in newspaper === politicized the woman question to a great
extent considering that its strategies etc tho while failed to resist the enforcement of
ordinances did lead to eventually women’s issues coming up on later political agendas
when political parties were allowed to come together
 Difference in the political outlook of both the organizations === APWA was out
rightly non-political, didn’t want to engage overtly in politics rather wanted to remain
distanced from it ==== whereas WAF preferred to be ‘apolitical’ which was primarily
because it didn’t want to be associated with a particular political party, and also to be
able post news against the government cause then rules applied to political parties
didn’t apply to WAF

 similarity in remaining within the framework of Islam = something that Begum Rana
Liaquat posed for the APWA and also Lahore and Islamabad WAF which for some
time ttried to challenge the regime by also referring to the framework of Islam itself,
by remaining within its limits cause understood that such a challenge would be by
remaining in this framework

 APWA was criticized for being a project of ‘Begumisation’ – the politics of privilege
– those women who could afford to be part of this and mostly consisted of the upper
elite rich class (something Fatima Jinnah also strongly opposed APWA on the basis
of) == and while WAF did to some extent include women from middle-classes etc –
its still important to keep in mind that these women were largely from ‘urban’ areas –
women who worked – the center of WAF also remained dominated by these women
and access to the rest was restricted