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Short histories of 65 feminist movements, India and South Asia first. Each has a timeline, links to read more elsewhere, and books from our shelf where we have them. These are starting points, not the last word: tell us what is missing through the complaints box or a discussion thread.
3 movementsLaw and rights ×1948 to 1989 ×
1979 to 1983
In 1978 the Supreme Court acquitted two policemen accused of raping Mathura, a young Adivasi woman, inside a police station in Maharashtra. An open letter from four law teachers challenging the judgment set off protests…
Violence and safetyLaw and rights
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1984 onwardStill going
Founded in Kohima, the association works for peace in Nagaland, mediating between armed groups and the state and campaigning against drug and alcohol abuse. It has also pressed for women's representation in local…
1981 onwardStill going
Formed in Karachi against General Zia-ul-Haq's Islamisation laws, especially the Hudood Ordinances and a law of evidence that halved the worth of women's testimony. On 12 February 1983 women marching in Lahore were…
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