Aditi Sharif: The partition of India and Pakistan in 1947 has become an inevitable part of…
Category: South Asia
Dalit Women’s Autobiography: A Space Where Subalterns ‘Speak’
Aditi Sharif: “My Mother used to weave aaydans. I find that her act of weaving and…
Pedophilia : Another sign of social degradation and what can be done?
Rifat Zahan: Although I don’t think there is any need to give a definition, I will…
A piece of cloth neither has any gender nor any religion
Purnasha Aurora: Forcing someone to remove their hijab, and forcing someone to wear hijab- both are…
Pakistani court sentences woman to death for WhatsApp ‘blasphemy’
WC Desk: A Pakistani court sentenced a woman to death on Wednesday after finding her guilty…
Taliban bans women from solo, long-distance road trips in Afghanistan
Ehsan Popalzai: The Taliban have banned women from taking long-distance road trips in Afghanistan on their own, requiring…
15 August, 2021: The darkest day I will never forget
Zarifa Sabet: It was 15 August…
#DoNotTouchMyClothes: Afghan women protesting against the Taliban
WC Desk: In a campaign started by Dr Bahar Jalali, hundreds of women are using hashtags…