For a cause

We have witnessed a radical change in the way our society are treating incidents of rape, gender discrimination, child abuse, domestic violence and the likes. These matters are not taken flippantly anymore. Society has finally gave these issues the much needed space in which it can figure out ways to solve these problems and help those people who had been a victim of these social ills.

The role social media has played in promoting this virtuous cause is providing victims who had been living in mental claustrophobia a platform where they can share their stories and alleviate the pain and misery their soul is drenched into. It has also given a channel to the proponents, who want to help these people, through which they can bring all the advocates of social causes together and initiate collective campaigns. The fact that the perception which made people consider these topics taboo is changing is a sign that our society is growing up, though there is still a long way to go.

Hassnain Qasim

Islamabad