Even as women’s hard-fought rights come under increasing attack, crucial and strategic work to contest the ever-growing backlash is continuing for women’s struggles and allies across multiple contexts.
Join the Sustaining Power: Women’s struggles against contemporary backlash in South Asia (SuPWR) project for a panel discussion with feminist activists from across South Asia (Bangladesh, India, Nepal and Pakistan) to hear their reflections and experiences on the many facets of adapting to active backlash, and what success looks like to them.
Chairs
- Priya Raghavan, IDS Research Fellow
- Shandana Mohmand, IDS Research Fellow
Speakers
- Kamrun Nahar – Girls Not Brides, Bangladesh
- Pallavi Sobti-Rajpal – Samarthan Mahila Sangathan, India
- Bhagawati Adhikari – Nepal Mahila Ekata Samaj (NMES), Nepal
- Jalila Haider – Hazara Women, Pakistan
- Sara Hossain – Rape Law Reform Coalition (RLRC), Bangladesh
- Noorjehan Safia Niaz – Bharatiya Muslim Mahila Andolan (BMMA), India
- Shmyla – Aurat March, Pakistan
- Taslima Akhter – Bangladesh Garment Workers’ Solidarity (BGWS), Bangladesh
- Elizabeth Khumallambam – Community for Social Change and Development (CSCD), India