UK civil servant, lawyer and policy advisor Juhi Javed Husain talks about modernising education, enhancing internet safety, and social-media accountability in South Asia.
Educationists from South Asia discuss how to prepare children for the demands of a digital world, and the role that technology can play in innovative learning.
Artist and peace activist Salima Hashmi talks about South Asian history, the lure of Lahore, and growing up as the daughter of legendary poet Faiz Ahmed Faiz.
Actor, entrepreneur and author Saloni Chopra believes financial empowerment of women is the primary way to defeat patriarchal mindsets in South Asia.
Four web warriors came together from across South Asia to talk about why arming girls and young women with internet tools is the key to women’s empowerment.
New York-based impact-investment consultant Fawzia Naqvi talks about her decade of travel and work in India as a woman of Pakistani origin.
Actor-producer and socio-political activist Vani Tripathi Tikoo talks about the challenges that are faced by women trying to enter politics in India.
For South Asians, tradition is everything, but traditions and customs can also be cruel, misogynistic, divisive and inhumane. It’s time for new ones, say these scholars and activists.
Actor-director Nandita Das believes the roots of gender discrimination lie in childhood, and feminism needs to focus on boys and men.
Author and policy analyst Dr Radha Kumar believes the role of women’s groups in peacebuilding is largely disregarded by lawmakers.
Speaking at South Asia Union Summit Led by Women, Afghan-origin journalist Najiba Laima Kasraee and policy researcher Mariam Safi voiced concerns about the future of Afghan women under the Taliban.
Author, peacebuilder and three-time Nobel Peace Prize nominee Dr Scilla Elworthy inaugurates eShe’s South Asia Union Summit Led by Women.
Actor and casting director Dolly Thakore on the “conditioning of silence over generations” of women, and her new tell-all memoir.
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