Gender as a Site of Protest: Women’s Resistance in Kashmir’s 2016 Uprising
Categories: Violent Conflict
Sub-Categories: Democratization and Political Participation, National Security Forces and Armed Groups
Country: India
Region: South and Central Asia
Year: 2018
Citation: Kazi, Seema. Gender as a Site of Protest: Women's Resistance in Kashmir's 2016 Uprising. Report. December 2018.
Sub-Categories: Democratization and Political Participation, National Security Forces and Armed Groups
Country: India
Region: South and Central Asia
Year: 2018
Citation: Kazi, Seema. Gender as a Site of Protest: Women's Resistance in Kashmir's 2016 Uprising. Report. December 2018.
Executive Summary
Women have been integral to Kashmir’s struggle for justice since the 1987 uprising. Kashmiri women have joined men in protesting militarization, human rights abuse, and gender-based violence by state forces. The 2016 Kashmiri rebellion, however, represented a shift from the past: it produced new politized constituencies amongst female school and college students. Notably, 2016 generated a distinctly gendered protest movement exemplified by women-led, women-only protests across Kashmir.