FREEDOM WITHOUT FEAR was set up in London UK, in solidarity with the anti-rape movement in India. It is an arena for Black, South Asian and 'Minority Ethnic' women to lead discussions on the violence against women and girls; to counter imperialist racist discourse that UK mainstream media bombards us with and; to highlight the co-opting of violence against women and girls issues by various groups who seek to further their own racist/ anti-immigration/ Islamophobic agendas.
Wednesday 15 May 2013
"India's anti-rape movement: redefining solidarity outside the colonial frame" by Amrit Wilson
"The horrific rape of a student sparked a remarkable movement against sexual violence in India which has forced the government to change the laws on gender violence. While the struggle continues, a new organisation in Britain, the 'Freedom Without Fear Platform', redefines the notion of solidarity. READ MORE
This article, by Amrit Wilson, was published online on Open Democracy, 8 April 2013
This article, by Amrit Wilson, was published online on Open Democracy, 8 April 2013
UK rights groups call on India to act against rape
This article published in late January offers insight into the 'Open Meeting' held at the LSE by the South Asian Solidarity Group.
"It is important to make links around the world when it comes to gender-based violence. We can't look at it from the lens of a specific 'cultural' problem, which happens only in certain societies", stressed Marai Larasi of Imkaan. READ MORE
"It is important to make links around the world when it comes to gender-based violence. We can't look at it from the lens of a specific 'cultural' problem, which happens only in certain societies", stressed Marai Larasi of Imkaan. READ MORE
Open Meeting in Solidarity with India’s anti-rape Protests
On 23 January 2013 the South Asia Solidarity Group organised an 'open meeting' at the LSE in London. This urgent meeting was called in response to the brutal rape of Jyoti Singh and subsequent protests across India.
The meeting brought together many compelling and active groups and individuals, who collectively sought to interrogate:
- What are the implications of the protest movement in India and how can we support it?
- What are the changes being demanded at a legal, political and social level?
- How do we resist the colonial and racist responses to these events in Britain?
- What do the Delhi protests mean for struggles against gender violence in Britain and globally? MORE INFO
The meeting brought together many compelling and active groups and individuals, who collectively sought to interrogate:
- What are the implications of the protest movement in India and how can we support it?
- What are the changes being demanded at a legal, political and social level?
- How do we resist the colonial and racist responses to these events in Britain?
- What do the Delhi protests mean for struggles against gender violence in Britain and globally? MORE INFO
"Against the brute force and the cold indifference of power" by Amrit Wilson
This article was published by Pluto Press on 22/01/2013, shortly after the young student, Jyoti Singh Pandey was brutally raped on a bus in Delhi. Jyoti's rape and subsequent death led to massive protests across the country. Amrit Wilson asks critical questions about the devastating violence against women and protests in India:
"Will these protests now broaden out further, taking on board the rapes by the army and paramilitaries in states like Kashmir, Manipur, and Chhattisgarh where these rapists are protected by impunity laws? Will they confront the rapes by upper caste men of Dalit women? Or the rapes of Muslim women by those who are part of, or influenced, by the Hindy Right?" READ MORE
"Will these protests now broaden out further, taking on board the rapes by the army and paramilitaries in states like Kashmir, Manipur, and Chhattisgarh where these rapists are protected by impunity laws? Will they confront the rapes by upper caste men of Dalit women? Or the rapes of Muslim women by those who are part of, or influenced, by the Hindy Right?" READ MORE
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