UN Women Pakistan Supports Designer Ali Xeeshan's Latest Anti-Dowry Campaign Through Collection 'Numaish'

<p><strong>New Delhi:&nbsp;</strong>UN Women Pakistan shared campaign images from designer Ali Xeeshan's latest bridal couture collection Numaish which anti-dowry message. Ali Xeeshan is known to have strong messages behind all of his collections but this one really resonated with people.&nbsp; The collection highlights the age old tradition of dowry culture which was made illegal in 2020 in Pakistan.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en">UN Women Pakistan supports NUMAISH - a pledge against dowry by <a href="https://twitter.com/ALIXEESHAN?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ALIXEESHAN</a>.<br />Share this powerful message and join us to <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/StopDowryMongering?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#StopDowryMongering</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/NumaishNaLagao?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#NumaishNaLagao</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/JahezkhoriBandKaro?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#JahezkhoriBandKaro</a><a href="https://twitter.com/UN_Women?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@UN_Women</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/unwomenasia?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@unwomenasia</a> <a href="https://t.co/4RCXWpkB9f">pic.twitter.com/4RCXWpkB9f</a></p> &mdash; UN Women Pakistan (@unwomen_pak) <a href="https://twitter.com/unwomen_pak/status/1358374228236644352?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 7, 2021</a></blockquote> <p> <script src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" async="" charset="utf-8"></script> </p> <p><strong>ALSO READ: <a href="https://ift.tt/3d0VmyN style="color: #f80707;">Bizarre! Man Spikes Boss&rsquo; Drink With Corona Patient's Saliva To Kill Him</span></a><br /></strong></p> <p>According to the blog about the collection said that 'it draws inspiration from putting an end to dowry culture and is described as being &lsquo;A pledge against the old-age tradition of Dowry!&rsquo;.' The issue of dowry continues to be a pertinent problem for many segments of Pakistani society today. In the subsequent ramp show, the collection was 'presented them in a manner which attempted to educate today&rsquo;s youth to say no to dowry.'</p> <p>Netizens had mixed reaction towards the campaign, while some welcome the initiative others feel it is 'hypocritical' as the dresses are worth millions and it adds to the extravagant wedding market which forces people to spend exorbitant amount money to get the daughters married.&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en">Stop expensive and extravagant weddings. Stop bridal dresses worth millions. Stop hypocracy</p> &mdash; Saad A. Shaikh (@SaadShaikh04) <a href="https://twitter.com/SaadShaikh04/status/1358511912024223748?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 7, 2021</a></blockquote> <p> <script src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" async="" charset="utf-8"></script> </p> <p> <script src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" async="" charset="utf-8"></script> </p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en">Misplaced tweet by <a href="https://twitter.com/unwomen_pak?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@unwomen_pak</a> totally ignoring the fact that designers like <a href="https://twitter.com/ALIXEESHAN?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ALIXEESHAN</a> are a huge part of the problem when it comes to weddings. Parents need to save for years before they can afford to buy bridal dresses from such designers and there&rsquo;s a constant competition.</p> &mdash; Sarwat Ayub (@sashayub) <a href="https://twitter.com/sashayub/status/1358840907152392195?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 8, 2021</a></blockquote> <script src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" async="" charset="utf-8"></script>

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