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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 movementsViolence and safety ×Middle East ×
2017 to 2018
In December 2017 Vida Movahed stood on a utility box on Enghelab (Revolution) Street in Tehran, took off her white headscarf and held it up on a stick. Dozens of women copied the protest; many were arrested.
2019
After the killing of Israa Ghrayeb in Bethlehem in August 2019, Palestinian women called protests in cities across historic Palestine and the diaspora under the slogan 'No free homeland without free women', linking…
Timeline and booksThe killing of Israa Ghrayeb, on Wikipedia ↗ (opens in a new tab)
