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Roundtable on protest & solidarity movements, focusing on the unique annual ‘Aurat March’, and their impact on Pakistan & its democracy.
About this event
SPEAKERS
Asma Barlas [2] is Professor Emerita in Politics, Ithaca College, New York, and author of Believing Women in Islam: Unreading Patriarchal Interpretations of the Qur’an [3] (2002; rev. 2019).
Ammar Ali Jan [4] (@ammaralijan) is a historian, activist, member of the ‘Haqooq-e Khalq’ progressive movement, and author of Rule by Fear: Eight Theses on Authoritarianism in Pakistan [5] (2021).
Nida Kirmani [6] (@NidaKirmani) is a feminist sociologist working on gender and urban marginality in South Asia, Associate Professor at Lahore University of Management Sciences, and author of Questioning the ‘Muslim Woman’: Identity & Insecurity in an Urban Indian Locality [7] (2013).
Reema Omer [8] (@reema_omer) is Senior Legal Adviser (South Asia), International Commission of Jurists.
CHAIR
Nilanjan Sarkar [10] is Deputy Director, LSE South Asia Centre [11] (@SAsiaLSE).
Banner image: Amir Geshani, ‘Mirror’, 2018, Unsplash [12].