Simorgh Women's Resource and Publication Centre

Simorgh acknowledges the fact that while womenÕs oppression cuts across class, race, religion, age and nationality, it cannot be separated from these issues. Thus, while recognising the interconnections between gender subordination and other forms of oppression, and taking into account the systemic discriminations in our own society, Simorgh does not discount the fact that the prosperity in the developed nations have resulted partly from the political manipulation and impoverishment of the third world.

Simorgh has a twelve member collective which comprises the Core Group of the four founding members who are responsible for policy making, the Working Group who design, implement and monitor projects and a resource pool of academics, women development/grassroots workers, artists, communication specialists and researchers.

The members of Simorgh collective feel that knowledge is monopolised by a particular class both nationally and globally; that the communication of ideas and skills is an exclusive domain; that the economic system is designed to perpetuate the status quo and that deeply ingrained attitudes and customs reinforce the political, social, cultural and personal oppression and exploitation of women and other powerless groups.

Simorgh can be contacted at:

PO Box 3328
Gulberg ii
Lahore
Pakistan