Zanaan Wanaan in collaboration with Sexual Rights Initiative organised a two-day training programme on August 30 and August 31, 2021. The training was organised with a cohort of nine Kashmiri women working across disciplines as lawyers, researchers, etc.   T The training was facilitated by Pooja Badrinath and Carrie Shelver from SRI and for the guest session, we were joined by Nada Awad from Cairo Institute for Human Rights.... Read More

Women’s Resistance in Kashmir explores the manifold experiences of existing and resisting for Kashmiri women. This exhibition brings together works from nine Kashmiri artists that span various mediums, including oil painting, video, and sculpture. Working from themes of gender, violence, memory, loss, and selfhood, Women’s Resistance in Kashmir proposes a radical turn from the binary of agency versus victimhood, instead asserting Kashmiri women’s narratives are complex, multidimensional experiences. Each artist depicts a unique relationship between the personal and the political […]... Read More

In commemoration of Kashmiri women’s resistance day and as a part of ZW’s commitment to bringing attention to Kashmiri women’s struggles, we are pleased to announce our forthcoming project titled, ‘Women’s Resistance in Kashmir’. This project is in collaboration with the International Women’s Alliance and will culminate in a virtual art exhibition and a panel discussion. This project invites works of art from Kashmiri women that consider questions about, but not limited to, gender, society, culture, history, politics, power, the […]... Read More