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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.
4 movementsWork and money ×Has books on our shelf ×
1990s onwardStill going
Dalit women organised to name the specific violence and exclusion they face at the meeting point of caste, class and gender, and to challenge both upper-caste feminism and male-led Dalit politics. The National…
CasteViolence and safetyWork and money
Timeline and booksRead more on Wikipedia ↗ (opens in a new tab)
1992 to 2013
Bhanwari Devi, a grassroots worker (saathin) in a Rajasthan government women's programme, was gang-raped in 1992 after trying to stop a child marriage. Women's groups took the fight to the Supreme Court, which in 1997…
Violence and safetyLaw and rightsWork and money
Timeline and booksRead more on Wikipedia ↗ (opens in a new tab)
1972 onwardStill going
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…
Violence and safetyWork and moneyWar, peace and memory
Timeline and booksRead more on Wikipedia ↗ (opens in a new tab)
2006 and 2017 onwardStill going
Activist Tarana Burke began using 'Me Too' in 2006 to support survivors of sexual violence, especially Black girls. In October 2017, after reports about Harvey Weinstein, the hashtag spread worldwide, leading to…
Violence and safetyWork and money
Timeline and booksRead more on Wikipedia ↗ (opens in a new tab)
