Our work

Launched in January 2020, ‘Sustaining Power: Women’s Struggles against contemporary backlash in South Asia’ (SuPWR) is a five-year ESRC-funded research project that aims to examine when, how, and why women’s power struggles in Bangladesh, India, Nepal and Pakistan succeed in retaining power and sustaining their gains against backlash.

Our Research

How do women defend their rights, and secure their gains against these regressive forces and backlash? This is the question behind SuPWR’s research on the strategies and mechanisms that women use to retain power and sustain gains in women’s rights.

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Our Approach

SuPWR applies a unique approach based on utilising a variety of research methodologies. We privilege members of women’s movements' own understandings of power and struggles.

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Our Case Studies

SuPWR's research explores 16 case studies of women’s struggles in Bangladesh, India, Nepal and Pakistan that are involved in an on-going and active process of countering backlash.

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