The Spectral Wound: Sexual Violence, Public Memories, and the Bangladesh War of 1971
Nayanika Mookherjee
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How the wartime rape of women in 1971 has been remembered, used and silenced in Bangladesh.
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Bangladesh1972 onward
During the 1971 war, Pakistani soldiers and their collaborators raped many thousands of Bengali women. The new state called survivors 'Birangona' (war heroines), but many were shunned. Decades of activism led to their recognition as freedom fighters in 2015.
The survivors themselves; writers, artists and activists who recorded their stories.
Recognition, pensions and dignity for survivors; justice for wartime sexual violence.
Nayanika Mookherjee
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How the wartime rape of women in 1971 has been remembered, used and silenced in Bangladesh.