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Swarna Rajagopalan, WRN Core Member

Coming Together: Early Days of WRN

Founding meeting in Kathmandu, Nepal in 2011. In August 2011, Patricia Cooper sent me an email asking if she could chat with me about a...

Swarna Rajagopalan, WRN Core Member

Women, Peace and Security Index

For several years, we have been using “the most dangerous places for women” to describe India, Pakistan and Afghanistan, despite the fact...

Padmini Ghosh, WRN India Country Coordinator

Approaching Gender in a Conflict Zone: Interview with Yasir Abbas

Hakim Yasir Abbas is a passionate law professor from Kashmir. As a critic of orthodox teaching methodologies, which he believes have...

Padmini Ghosh, Country Coordinator India

Reaching Families in Jammu and Kashmir: A Conversation with Nighat Shafi Pandit

Braving physical danger and risks on many sides, Nighat Shafi Pandit works with rural communities in violence-scarred Jammu and Kashmir....

Padmini Ghosh, Country Coordinator India

UNSCR 1325 and Conflict in India, Part I

Community Conversation in India, 2012 This October marks the 17th anniversary of UN Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1325. After the...

Abha Bhaiya

Under Attack: Vulnerable Minorities Fear for Their Safety in an Increasingly Intolerant India

On 1 April dairy farmer Pehlu Khan, his two sons, and a couple of local boys were attending a cattle fair in the Indian state of...

Nooria Sultani

Street Harassment is Hurting Afghanistan’s Democracy and Development

War has devastating consequences on a country and the wounds it leaves behind take generations to heal. For more than four decades, the...

Anuradha Bhasin Jamwal

The Rise of Online Trolls in India

The trolling of 16-year-old actress Zaira Wasim and 20-year-old college student Gurmehar Kaur on social media are two of the most recent...

Swarna Rajagopalan, WRN Founding Member

Life (in 250 words)

How it started does not matter. Everything is different now. A spark, a simmer, a stranger’s torch—everything burns anyway. The first...