9-month residential fellowship by the Wilson Center invites scholars, practitioners, journalists and public intellectuals to conduct research and write in their areas of interest while interacting with policymakers in…
On 3rd May 2019, Radhika Shankar @rads_shanks conducted a Tweetchat on “Embracing Pride – Building More inclusive and safe communities for everyone” The discussion began by asking the audience questions or statements used in…
I was brought up on cheap romcoms and romance novels. My barbie had a husband and as a child, I dreamed of getting married and having children. When I hit puberty, all I wanted was to have a boyfriend and I indulged in my…
Are you on a roll? Are you a shining star early in life and your future looks very bright and promising? Well, I am very happy for you and I wish it continues forever. Because, when young, some of us did not build enough…
Sowing Seeds of Tumaini (Hope) is a local organization that is working with rural women farmers in the areas of Buikwe and Kasawo. We teach these farmers better farming practices to boost their production and quality of…
Lull Not Peace It is in lull not in calm. Its inhabitants are tongue-tied. It is now the Valley of dead and gone. It is the Valley of Kashmir, sieged by cruel occupiers. Often in reverie, I recall, its lush green terrain.…
Yamini Parashar is pursuing her BA from Delhi university. She likes to write poems and observe things and is concerned with social issues. She identifies herself as a feminist and sees herself as a clinical psychologist in a…
I have written this story based on a true life incident experienced by my own best friend. “Oooan, Oooan, Oooan”. (The baby cries) .”What is it Doctor?” “Congratulations Hawwa, You have delievered a baby girl ”. Ahhh! Thank…
Children of Conflict: Syria to Kashmir Sumera B. Reshi According to the UNICEF, childhood is the time for children to be in school and at play, to grow strong and confident with the love and encouragement of their family and…
Shibani Chakravorty (writer of this blog) is currently pursuing Psychology Honours from Delhi University. Writing, reading and photography are her main hobbies. While she loves experimenting with art and video-editing…
bonjour Comme annoncé , j'ai crée une petite structure AGUI FASHION qui fait dans la déco ethnique, fabrication des accessoires en tissus pagne, raphia paille et autres et la promotion du made in Cameroun et la…
I am an educationist, women's rights and interfaith harmony builder in Pakistan. When I was 13 I had to face religious discrimination in my school for my Christian faith therefor I left the school and made my own school in…
Concentration Camp called Kashmir Sumera B. Reshi A few months ago, I read about the atrocities of the Nazi regime that during the first six years of their tenure how Hitler and his cohorts detained thousands of Germans and…
This pain sucked all my blood. This pain parched all my tears. Deep, profound and cavernous pain. Strange, weird and unexpected pain. Baffling, mysterious and unresolved pain. Never did I witness such a pain. It is something…
Dear Members from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan and Tajikistan We would like your help in completing a survey to gather information from civil society from the 56 countries of the United Nations Economic…
I Appeal to the Civilized World to Save Kashmir from Forced Occupation of Kashmir. Since the last 12 days, Kashmir is in the siege. There is a complete communication blackout from India. O' civilized world have mercy on my…
Beyond gender, beyond humanity. What’s more human? She carries the shame of a mauled vagina. He, blood between his legs, the loss of masculinity in his head. Invasion. Torture. Rape. Has no gender. Often, the most important…
I am Kashmir, secluded and chained. I was a paradise now I am surrounded in uncertainty. My inhabitants are pushed to a dark bend of no return. The murky nights persist casting its vicious spell on its people. And morning…
I Reject Forced Occupation of Kashmir. I am in chains, I have been locked. I am Gaza, I am Kashmir. My days are dark, my nights horrific. My sunshine is dim, my rain poisonous. My happiness has been grilled, my people…
I WISH, I CAN... My nights are lonely, bizarre and horrible. I don’t know what shall be next. Never have I been so desperate as I am now. My people are locked like a dump flock of sheep. As if even the wind stopped to travel…
Criminal Silence Sumera B. Reshi I called my father and I asked about his well-being. Recently, my father was diagnosed with some ailments and the doctor was monitoring his heart rhythms so that he can find out the actual…
When I was on that stage of being "broken" I tumbled across the book by Iyanla Vanzant "In the meantime" and my understanding and motivation was that, being in the meantime? According to author and inspirational means being…
Safecity conducted a workshop in collaboration with Gupshup at Kamla Nehru School with 80 students including both boys and girls on 16th April, 2019. The subject of the workshop was Awareness on Street Harassment. It was…
