Coming Together: Early Days of WRN
Founding meeting in Kathmandu, Nepal in 2011. In August 2011, Patricia Cooper sent me an email asking if she could chat with me about a...
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Recent Posts
Swarna Rajagopalan, WRN Core Member
Mar 7, 2018
Women, Peace and Security Index
For several years, we have been using “the most dangerous places for women” to describe India, Pakistan and Afghanistan, despite the fact...
Padmini Ghosh, WRN India Country Coordinator
Jan 24, 2018
Approaching Gender in a Conflict Zone: Interview with Yasir Abbas
Hakim Yasir Abbas is a passionate law professor from Kashmir. As a critic of orthodox teaching methodologies, which he believes have...
Padmini Ghosh, Country Coordinator India
Dec 4, 2017
Reaching Families in Jammu and Kashmir: A Conversation with Nighat Shafi Pandit
Braving physical danger and risks on many sides, Nighat Shafi Pandit works with rural communities in violence-scarred Jammu and Kashmir....
Padmini Ghosh, Country Coordinator India
Nov 9, 2017
UNSCR 1325 and Conflict in India, Part I
Community Conversation in India, 2012 This October marks the 17th anniversary of UN Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1325. After the...
Abha Bhaiya
May 24, 2017
Under Attack: Vulnerable Minorities Fear for Their Safety in an Increasingly Intolerant India
On 1 April dairy farmer Pehlu Khan, his two sons, and a couple of local boys were attending a cattle fair in the Indian state of...
Nooria Sultani
May 3, 2017
Street Harassment is Hurting Afghanistan’s Democracy and Development
War has devastating consequences on a country and the wounds it leaves behind take generations to heal. For more than four decades, the...
Anuradha Bhasin Jamwal
Mar 29, 2017
The Rise of Online Trolls in India
The trolling of 16-year-old actress Zaira Wasim and 20-year-old college student Gurmehar Kaur on social media are two of the most recent...
Swarna Rajagopalan, WRN Founding Member
Mar 2, 2017
Life (in 250 words)
How it started does not matter. Everything is different now. A spark, a simmer, a stranger’s torch—everything burns anyway. The first...
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