page_title: Mera Jism Meri Marzi
section_title: Variations
hierarchical_section_title: Mera Jism Meri Marzi / Variations
caption_attribution_description: English: Aurat March 2020
context_page_description: Mera Jism Meri Marzi is a feminist slogan raised by feminists in Pakistan and India in demand for women's right to bodily autonomy, abortion and against gender-based violence.
  The slogan was highly popularized by the Aurat March in Pakistan observed on International Women's Day since 2018.
context_section_description: The phrase Mera Jism Meri Marzi, meaning My Body My Choice in Urdu and Hindi, has some variations too, like Meri zindagi, meri marzi (My life, my choice) meri zindagi mere faisale (My life, my decisions). One of the alleged rape case, the victim in India phrased her argument in words Mera jism mera hai, mere employer ka khilona nahi (My body is mine, Not a toy to be played by my employer)
  On 8 March 2020 Aurat March, Many placards found out work around with spin to main four words with similar notion, like 'mera poster, tumhari marzi?' (my poster, your choice?), making way for 'mera mazhab, meri marzi' (my religion, my choice) in an allusion to forced conversion, and 'mera wajood, meri marzi' (my existence, my choice).
caption: Meri Zindagi Mera Haq, Meri Zindagi Mera Ikhtiyar (My life is my right and I should have the power to make decisions about my life)