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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.
2 movementsWar, peace and memory ×1990 to 2009 ×In the past ×
2000 to 2016
After ten civilians were shot dead at a bus stop in Malom, Manipur, in November 2000, Irom Sharmila began a hunger strike demanding the repeal of AFSPA. Force-fed through a nasal tube in custody for sixteen years, she…
2003
Christian and Muslim women led by Leymah Gbowee sat in protest in white at a Monrovia fish market, then blockaded the peace talks in Accra, pressing the warring sides to sign the 2003 agreement that ended Liberia's…
