Ayushya Singh

Ayushya Singh
Women: The harbingers of change, not silent sufferers
Women have often led the acts of resilience, and transformation, batting two warfronts at once, calamities and gendered social restrictions. It becomes important to explore, highlight, and reiterate their accomplishments as the changemakers, and not as the passive recipients.
Posted on 21 Oct, 2023 05:03 PM

In times of crisis and calamity, women have repeatedly been cast, portrayed, and even studied as vulnerable groups, their agency overshadowed by societal perceptions. This characterization extends beyond disasters to encompass human-induced socio-economic upheavals too. While this narrative implies a lack of agency amongst women, the reality is quite different.

Women as trailblazers: Resilience, transformation, and breaking barriers on dual fronts (Image: ILRI/Mann; CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 DEED)
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