Join IDS and SuPWR for the launch of the Sustaining Power: Contemporary Women’s Struggles in South Asia exhibition, showcasing art and imagery from women’s rights movements in Bangladesh, India, Nepal and Pakistan.
Women in South Asia have struggled for many decades to improve their lives within their families, in their communities, for securing their livelihoods and in getting their voices heard as citizens by the state, with women’s movements being critical in advancing their rights. However, contemporary social, economic and political changes have created new and multiple forms of backlash.
When, how, and why do women’s struggles succeed in retaining power and sustaining their gains against backlash? Over the past four years, ‘Sustaining Power: Women’s Struggles against Contemporary Backlash in South Asia’ (SuPWR) has undertaken research with 16 women’s struggles in Bangladesh, India, Nepal and Pakistan to examine this question.
This exhibition showcases art and imagery that centres the voices from these women’s rights movements and speaks of their multi-faceted struggles and successes amid growing anti-gender backlash. It bears witness to the resilience of women’s movements, their expressions of collective joy but also about their struggles and pain. Viewer discretion is advised.
Deepta Chopra, SuPWR Principal Investigator, will open the event and provide a brief overview of the SuPWR project. After a short introduction to the exhibition guests will be invited to view the exhibition.
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