After two major court cases brought postpartum psychosis to the news headlines, clinical psychologist and author Dr Rati Khurana makes an urgent case for early intervention, family awareness and maternal mental health support.
A journey through villages in Pakistan’s Sindh province reveals how poverty, inadequate infrastructure, and restrictions on women’s freedom still shape young lives. Maryam Bajwa reports.
Join eShe’s free South Asia Union Summit 2026, November 13–15, for feminist conversations on democracy, AI, climate justice, media freedom, caste and women’s resistance.
From assisted-facility visits to decisions about life after dementia, it’s almost always daughters who end up dealing with the emotional and practical responsibilities of caring for aging parents, writes care-home founder Meenakshi Dawar.
In a time of fake news and deleting of targeted sections from school textbooks, Neha Kirpal curates a list of the latest children’s books about India’s past and present realities, its diversity, culture and societal challenges.
In the aftermath of the Astha Kunj rape case, Delhi college student Ishita Thakur asks why it is always girls who are forced to carry the burden of fear and have their rights denied, while perpetrators roam free.
For a community shaped by expulsion from Bhutan, refuge in Nepal and resettlement in the United States, relief effort after the flood in Nepal is about more than money. Three Bhutanese Nepali women share their stories.
In her new book that brings together gender, culture, religion and medicine, Dr Sameena Rahman places South Asian women’s experiences at the center of a conversation often constrained by silence, stigma and medical bias.
South Asian Lens, an initiative by Seattle-based Shailaja Rao and Sandhya Nathan, has set out to build democratic pathways for film industry professionals to access resources to funding, distribution and more authentic storytelling.
Shiwani Dhiman and her partner battled society to marry each other, challenging India’s rigid arranged-marriage norms. But the real test of their love began after moving abroad, when a new country’s challenges entered their marriage.
These new books by South Asian writers feature strong LGBTQIA+ protagonists who break social and familial barriers in search of identity and authenticity.
Sharmila Rathinam left a 25-year corporate career to lead a nonprofit that uses an app, volunteer drivers and AI-powered analytics to close the logistical gap between food waste and hunger across the Seattle region.
Freedom has domestic consequences, and domestic consequences often become political, writes college lecturer Anju Devadas, whose ‘scooty’ empowered her day-to-day life, and gave her agency in ways she never anticipated.
At a Speak Up for Justice forum this week, women journalists’ safety took center-stage as speakers highlighted gendered attacks, restricted access and mounting pressure that can silence questions before they are asked.
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