FREE/DEM Community Podcast: Zyada Bolne Wali Aurtein Ep13_People’s opinion on Hijab

Zyada Bolne Wali Aurtein (Women Who Talk Too Much) is a show about women and by women. It showcases their desires and dreams, questioning the limits imposed on them by society – and explores what gender equality and freedom means. Episode Producer Shabrana is a 29-year-old woman. Her resolve to fight against gender inequality has been a driving force in bringing out women's narratives on health, marriage laws, and love, through audio stories.

Episode 13: People's opinion on hijab

“I wear hijab when its trending.”

Episode producer Shabrana counter opinions hurled on Muslim women. She has brought stories of how women and girls started wearing hijab and women and girls share their relationship with hijab.                                    

Zyada Bolne Wali Aurtein is one of 7 shows produced as part of the Free/Dem Community Podcasts, the online avatar of the Free/dem WhatsApp Radio run by community members of Tajpur Pahari and other urban slums in and around Delhi. The shows are built around ideas of gender equity, love, freedom of expression, human rights and justice. Through the podcasts community members discuss as well as share their lived realities. They are produced under Ideosync’s FREE/DEM initiative, which provides marginalized communities – especially women and migrants – a platform to amplify their narratives and stories using audio and video.