In Pakistan, hundreds of women are killed every year after being accused of “dishonoring” their families.
Fattu Shah is a remote village in the north of Pakistan’s Sindh province. The drive from the nearest city, Ghotki, takes more than an hour. The road narrows as it cuts through cotton fields and winds around clay-brick houses scattered across endless stretches of farmland.
It’s a journey Aisha Dharejo has made countless times. For the past 15 years she has been researching what locals call “the graveyard for dishonored women.”
“Each grave reveals the story of a woman that has been silenced,” Dharejo told DW.
