We recently attended two events organised by Bangladesh Garment Workers Solidarity (BGWS). One event commemorated a former colleague Aminul Islam Shama, former Organisational Secretary, Central Committee of Garment Sramik Samhati […]
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Child marriage in Pakistan: Legal ambiguities & landmark judgements
The recent child marriage case of Dua Zehra has sparked outrage across news outlets and social media, reigniting a socio-legal debate within Pakistan. Dua went missing from her home in […]
Justice: A far cry from reality?
In this blog post, Sujeena Shakya and Nirmala Maharjan share their reflections from their interviews with struggle members from the National Alliance of Women Human Rights Defenders in Nepal. Members […]
Being a ‘sukumbasi’
In this blog post, SuPWR researcher Anjam Singh provides her refections from a meeting with a Nepal Mahila Ekata Samaj (NMES) struggle member who shared her experiences of being a […]
In unity we stand: Celebrating International Domestic Workers Day
The adoption of the ILO Domestic Workers Convention (C189) on 16 June 2011 is one of the most important milestones for the global domestic workers’ movement. On this day, the […]
Countering hate speech in India with Interfaith Dialogue
On 18 June 2022, the world will mark the inaugural International Day for Countering Hate Speech. This couldn’t come at a more pressing time, given the recent rapid increase in […]
Challenges of RMG trade unions: a perspective from labour rights activists
“Teach a man to fish, but the fish he catches aren’t his. They belong to the person paying him to fish. And if he’s lucky he might get paid enough […]
Online violence against women – a weapon used to silence and degrade
The digital space has become an essential medium for activists and individuals to reach global audiences with messages on human rights, gender justice, and other critical social issues through social […]
Event: Defending online spaces for women – countering disinformation & gender-based violence
Social media has become a key place for gender activists to share their voices, show solidarity and mobilise action, but it has also become a focus for backlash. Online abuse […]
Online disinformation: a weapon to silence feminists
Online spaces, particularly social media, are central to the current feminist movement in Pakistan. There are valid criticisms about the limitations of employing online spaces for mobilisation in a country […]
Afghanistan crisis and implications for the future
The speed of the Taliban takeover of Kabul has shocked people globally, as have the scenes that followed, with many citizens desperately trying to access the airport and leave the […]
Muslim women’s journey towards legal justice
Noorjehan Safia Niaz is the founder of the Bharatiya Muslim Mahila Andolan (BMMA), which is one of the SuPWR case studies in India. In this blog post, Noorjehan shares her […]