Archive of South Asia Citizens Wire

  • The Social Justice Mirage in Market Driven Fairtrade: a case study from India

    by Ranjana Das, 8 March 2009

    This paper received an ISS MA Research Paper Award for the academic year 2007-2008
    – (ISS working paper series / General series, ISSN: 0921-0210, series_number: 467)

  • "The Womens Movement is a larger thing" - Interview with Kamla Bhasin

    by Nazneen Shifa, 8 March 2009

    Kamla Bhasin is a renowned feminist activist and gender trainer in South Asia. She has written extensively on gender issues. Most notable among her publications are: Borders and Boundaries: Women in India’s Partition, co-authored by Ritu Menon, Rutgers University Press, 1998, and What is Patriarchy? Kali for Women, 1993. Interviewed by Nazneen Shifa, a development worker and feminist activist in Dhaka

  • Women for Secularism - A Vision Statement

    by Women for Secularism, 8 March 2009

    March 7, 2009
    Dear Friend,
    It is our fundamental conviction that women can play very important role in promoting secularism and secular values in our country which is coming increasingly under the influence of communal forces. We met in Mumbai for a day on 7th February under the aegis of Centre for Study of Society and Secularism and decided to launch a forum "Women for Secularism". A committee was formed to draft vision statement for this forum. We are forwarding this vision statement (…)

  • SAPA Statement: "Protect the Human Rights of Sri Lankan Civilians Now!"

    7 March 2009

    03 March 2009
    (Bangkok) Solidarity for Asian People’s Advocacy (SAPA) Working Group on South Asia (WG SA), a coalition of Asian civil society groups and networks, express grave concern at the escalation of violence in northern Sri Lanka which has led to the country’s current human rights and humanitarian crisis. SAPA WG SA condemns the Government of Sri Lanka and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Elam (LTTE) for their targeting of civilians and negligence of international humanitarian law. (…)

  • Women’s Rights in India: Promises and Prospects

    by Deepali Gaur Singh, 7 March 2009

    Deepali Gaur Singh’s blog
    Broken Promises, New Pledges, and Possibilities on Women’s Rights in India
    The past year has seen an increase in attacks against women in the southern Indian state of Karnataka, culminating in series of assaults on women in public spaces, with the most controversial being the pub assault in the coastal city of Mangalore followed by numerous assaults in the IT hub of Bangalore. By saying that there are far more attacks in other states of the country, official (…)

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