A year has passed since Women’s Regional Network (WRN) released its Call for Action on World Refugee Day, 2019.
The Call for Action was adopted at the WRN Regional Summit on Forcible Displacement in South Asia:Why Gender Matters held on February 27 - March 1, 2019 in Ku...
In the violence that took place in Delhi in February 2020, it was striking that so many civilians seemed to have easy access to guns. How many of these guns were licensed, and where were people acquiring them? Was there no supervision or re...
May 16th is observed as the International Day of Living Together in Peace. The more I focus on the words living together in peace, the more I ponder what it has come to mean for those of us living in India, especially in its capital city. While “social distancing” m...
In conversations about safety, we assume that all the dangers that women face lie beyond the threshold of the home. It may be a legacy of the Ramayana - Sita was safe till she crossed the Lakshman Rekha, after all.
But, at the best of times, this is an illusion: The 201...
Women in Pakistan are rising to demand human rights in ever-greater numbers. Aurat March 2020 was a testament to the fact that the women's movement in Pakistan is gaining momentum. For women’s rights activists, being part of a large mass of people chanting slogans aga...
This drawing was done during the first session of WPS2. The participants of the course were asked to draw their idea of women in war and conflict on a piece of paper. This wonderful drawing was done by Swati Dey from India which explains clearly a woman's longing for r...
Militarization is the process by which a society organizes itself for military conflict and violence and accepts violence as a viable way of resolving conflict. It is related to militarism, which is an ideology that reflects the level of militarization of a state. Sinc...
I still remember the first pair of boots I got was plastic made. During childhood back in my village, these shoes were not less than a blessing. I almost showed to everyone how beautiful my shoes are. This society was very near to the State of Nature where everyone was...
In patriarchal societies and traditionalist cultures, where men have power over women and play the dominating role in society, women are burdened with maintaining and protecting the family’s honor. . In such cultures, virginity is of particular importance and its exist...
Seventeen years into its life as a modern democracy, Afghanistan continues to struggle against terrorism and insurgency. In the first half of 2018, UNAMA reported 5 ,122 civilian casualties, and considerably higher death rates as compared to previous years. In this c...
They say that a mirror never tells a lie. That stands true for the mirror as well that shows us the realities of women’s empowerment, gender equality...
Reflections in the Mirror
October 26, 2017
Women in Pakhtun Long March: Building Peace and Challenging Stereotypes
