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India’s Quest for Global Leadership Must Begin with Protecting its Women
The brutal rape and murder of a 31-year-old trainee doctor at R.G. Khar Medical College in Kolkata this summer sparked countrywide public outrage, rekindling the fury that India witnessed after the 2012 Nirbhaya case. Despite India’s impressive economic growth and…
طالبان دور میں افغان خواتین اور صنفی پوشیدگی: مقامی آوازیں اور توقعات
نوٹ: یہ تحقیق کابل کی رہائشی خواتین اور پشاور، پاکستان میں موجود افغان خواتین پناہ گزینوں سے بذریعہ ٹیلی فون کیے گئے انٹرویوز پر مبنی ہے۔ اقوام متحدہ کی رپورٹس کے مطابق افغانستان میں اکتوبر ۲۰۲۳ کے زلزلے میں ہلاک…
Afghan Women and Gender Invisibility under the Taliban: Local Voices and Expectations
Note: This research was conducted via phone interviews with female residents of Kabul and Afghan female refugees in Peshawar, Pakistan. According to UN reports, 90 percent of the dead and injured as a result of the October 2023 earthquake in…
Exploring the BJP’s Role in the Manipur Conflict
September 3 will mark three months since the mayhem in India’s northeastern state of Manipur began. The bloody rivalry between the Kuki and Meitei communities, which was triggered after the High Court passed a resolution to grant the majority Meitei…
Safeguarding Pakistan’s Domestic Workers Will Take More Than Just Laws
Content warning: this essay contains references to domestic and sexual abuse. Research informing this article was supported by the Pulitzer Center. In recent years, Pakistan has introduced and passed various bills to safeguard the rights and protection of domestic workers…
Gendering the Indo-Pacific Dialogue: Opportunities for India and Australia
Introduction The confluence of the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean as a distinctive, interdependent strategic and economic space is fundamentally transforming how both India and Australia operate with the broader region. Both countries view the Indo-Pacific as a construct…