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#MeToo in Sri Lanka, Myanmar’s jade mines, ‘The Great Indian Kitchen’, and more

Southasiasphere episode 09: Updates and analysis from around the region.

| Jul 09, 2021

Remaking #MeToo in Sri Lanka

A personal reflection on the limits and possibilities of the social-media phenomenon.

| Feb 25, 2020

Pakistan’s missing #MeToo movement

Why has #MeToo remained a murmur and not gained more traction in Pakistan?

| Jan 11, 2019

Sex, the city and the university

On pleasure, freedom and safety for women in urban spaces and institutions

| Jan 06, 2016

Sexual Harassment and the Public Woman

Bangladeshi women who face harassment from males lack any access to avenues of social or legal redress. The suicide of Simi Banu tragically highlights the need for the law to protect not only female 'modesty', …

| May 01, 2002

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