This excerpt from the new book ‘Hope Behind Bars’ takes us into the personal spaces of women incarcerated in jails in India, cut off from basic human dignities and bereft of support from the outside world.
Human-rights campaigner Mandy Sanghera believes tradition is used to oppress women in South Asia, and women in positions of power should lead the call for change.
Sri Lankan lawyer-activist Ambika Satkunanathan believes South Asian countries need to introspect on how our societies and justice systems are perpetuating crime instead of curbing it.
One of the most vocal advocates for India-Pakistan peace, Beena Sarwar shares her thoughts on bridging divisions and her vision for a visa-free South Asia.
A new report reveals how laws on rape in six South Asian countries are insufficient, inconsistent, and poorly enforced, putting women and girls at heightened risk of sexual violence.
WeEmpower Asia programme head at UN Women, Suhela Khan talks about the path ahead for women’s economic empowerment in India.
Phenomenally successful author Preeti Shenoy is on our cover this month and inside are millennial techpreneurs leading startups in India and USA. Plus: a feature on lockdown weddings. Happy festive reading!
Actor and activist Sheena Chohan is bringing together 30 Bollywood personalities to create awareness about UN’s 30 human rights in a new podcast series.
Globally acclaimed Covid warrior KK Shailaja, health minister of Kerala, is on our cover this month, and inside are stories of innovation and resilience across borders. Read now!
Yemeni human-rights campaigner Radhya Almutawakel on the humanitarian crisis created by global powers instigating the Yemen war
Yemeni human-rights activist Radhya Almutawakel is on eShe’s cover this month, and inside are women working to help India’s textile weavers, craftspersons, and community libraries. Awareness comes with responsibility. Know them, support them!
Aja Barber, an American activist and social-media influencer who focuses on race and intersectional feminism, decodes #BlackLivesMatter.
The Santiago agitation of November 25 can be seen as a protest against both state misuse of power and sexual violence against women.
She received the Human Rights Hero Award at the United Nations this year, but actor and human-rights activist Sheena Chohan believes her work is only just beginning.
Children in India are treated as second-class citizens. It’s time they got their due, says 13-year-old Navodita Goel.
Two gripping novels by two commanding literary voices have us hooked.
Decades ago, Mala Pal coined the UN slogan ‘women’s rights are human rights’ but that was only one of her contributions to the feminist cause.
Adopting a special-needs child can come with its own complexities, but there is nothing nobler than opening your heart to someone who needs you.
Why are women hesitant in approaching the court for their rights in India, and why are wives seen as greedy for demanding their due? Lawyer Liyi Noshi spells it out.
The one thing that undermined and unravelled my marriage was not domestic violence, or another woman. It was something simpler – yet more important.
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