This was what Pakistani social media star Qandeel Baloch wrote on her Twitter just one day before getting murdered by her brother this summer. Women in Saudi Arabia, whose restrictions on women are internationally infamous, have started to use social media to change laws and institutions against women. Currently, Saudi women are practicing feminist movement by using Internet and social media, the communication tool of Millennial generation, to fight for equal rights. Saudi female artist Ms. Saffaa, who first created and promoted the hashtag, praised Saudi women for their courage to continue their resistance movement while risking life and arrest. Quartz, an American online media, reported that activities against deep-rooted women discrimination are taking place in Korea mainly with online feminist group called Megalia.

Source: Huffington Post November 22, 2016 00:34 UTC