women’s rights
A Year of Taliban rule in Afghanistan, Pakistan floods, Indian Matchmaking, and more.
Southasiasphere episode 19: Updates and analysis from around the region.
The Editors | Sep 02, 2022
The audacity of ‘sitting improperly’
Navigating patriarchy on Karachi streets
Zoya Anwer | Apr 09, 2019
A conversation with Asma Jahangir
From our archives, when the human-rights activist spoke to author Ritu Menon.
Ritu Menon | Feb 11, 2018
Where are the women in the Sri Lankan peace?
If and when peace comes to Sri Lanka, the new structures of political relations must be designed to preserve and advance the gains made by women in the last two decades.
Sara Shneiderman | Oct 23, 2009
The heroines of dignified struggle
A review of 'Women, Gender and Development Reader' edited by Nalini Visvanathan, Lynn Duggan, Laurie Nisonoff and Nan Wiegersma, New Delhi: Zubaan 2006.
Barnita Bagchi | Sep 17, 2006
Taming of the Indian shrew
Feminist outrage and the demand for women’s rights seem to have been shelved as we enter the Era of Gender Mainstreaming.
Laxmi Murthy | Sep 01, 2006
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', …
Dina M Siddiqi | May 01, 2002
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