She Briefing

In this editorial from the December 1983 (Volume 1, No. 4) issue of SHE, Editor-in-Chief Zuhra Karim acknowledges letters by readers and provides some updates. Audiences have commended SHE’s informative quality. However, some were also critical of gaps in its contents. Karim assures readers of SHE’s “commitment to the women’s cause”. New features such as “Career Choices” and “Handy Woman” are to be expected in the upcoming issues as the magazine continues to invest in “taboo” but highly important topics such as divorces and second marriages. 

The editorial closes with a brief “mourning” for “man-made widows”, left behind in the aftermath of the assassination of US President John F. Kennedy. These include Jacqueline Kennedy, Madame Nhu, the families of the two police officers who died in the incident, and the assassin Harvey Oswald’s wife. The editorial is significant in demonstrating its approach towards accountability and a continued innovation in the magazine that keeps its readers interested and content.