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Tibetan Women: Devotedly Defiant

Beijing, September 1995: Nine exiled Tibetan women staged a silent protest at the United Nations World Conferenc on Women held in Beijing.

Beijing, September 1995: nine exiled Tibetan women staged a silent protest at the United Nations World Conference on Women held in Beijing. The essay titled ‘Tibetan Women: Devotedly Defiant’ featured in the book ‘A Force Such As the World Has Never Known,’ which is an anthology of essays by 30 women authors, published in NovemberContinue reading “Tibetan Women: Devotedly Defiant”

Vital Underpinnings of Tibetan Feminism

Decoding Feminism: The general notion of feminism in the Tibetan community is that it is a western import. It is therefore scoffed at as “white feminism” – one that is unwelcome and struggling to find its footing on the Asian turf. In the general Tibetan discourse, feminism is seen as women coming together toContinue reading “Vital Underpinnings of Tibetan Feminism”