2012 to 2013
The December 2012 protests
The gang rape and murder of a young woman on a bus in Delhi in December 2012 led to weeks of protests, many led by students and young women, demanding safety in public spaces and changes to the law.
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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.
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2012 to 2013
The gang rape and murder of a young woman on a bus in Delhi in December 2012 led to weeks of protests, many led by students and young women, demanding safety in public spaces and changes to the law.
Late 1970s to 1993
From the late 1970s, grassroots women's work committees organised in villages and camps of the West Bank and Gaza. During the first intifada (1987 to 1993) they ran neighbourhood committees, home schooling, food…
War, peace and memoryEducation
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1848
The first women's rights convention in the United States, organised by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott. Its Declaration of Sentiments, modelled on the Declaration of Independence, demanded equal rights for…
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