Ayesha Pervez
Bio:
Ayesha Pervez has more than seven years of experience of working on gender issues and addressing violence against women and girls in India. She has a gender studies background and experience in both academic research and implementation of development programs related to women’s rights. She has presented research papers on international platforms like Women in Development Europe (WIDE) in Brussels (2009) and International Development Ethics Association (IDEA) in Philadelphia (2011). Currently, Pervez is independently conducting research on conflict-induced violence against women in India.
WMC Women Under Siege
The long struggle against systematic rape in conflict-ridden Kashmir
Just a few weeks ago, some 50 Kashmiri women came together to demand that police reinvestigate a well-known case of mass rape. The women—teachers, students, journalists, human rights workers, lawyers, and other professionals—filed a public interest litigation case before India’s Jammu and Kashmir high court. The alleged set of crimes, known as the Kunan Poshpora case, happened more than 20 years ago, on February 23, 1991, when armed forces allegedly raped at least 32 teenaged, adult, and elderly women.
