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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 movementsEast Asia ×In the past ×
2015
Five young activists were detained in March 2015, on the eve of International Women's Day, for planning to hand out stickers against sexual harassment on public transport. They were released after 37 days amid a global…
2019
Actor and writer Yumi Ishikawa started a petition against workplaces requiring women to wear high heels. The name plays on kutsu (shoes) and kutsū (pain).
