We’ve decided to add a regular Link Love feature to the blog, because there is some amazing content coming out from South Asian women bloggers and writers every day that it’s easy to miss some. Here are some of our faves from the past few days:
Afghanistan: Roqala from the Afghan Women’s Writing Project discusses the upcoming Afghan elections and how Candidates Make Promises for Women’s Vote. Also check out this meaningful poem by Mahnaz “Beneath a Mother’s Feet“, a phrase many Muslim women are well aware of.
Bangladesh: Tanzila Ahmed writes an open letter to Maks – a Bangladeshi model for American Apparel who got topless to advertise clothing, in “I Am Made in Bangladesh Too: An Open Letter to American Apparel’s Now-Famous Model” for The Aerogram.
Pakistan: Rafia Zakaria writes about Five ways Pakistan degraded women in her article for Dawn about the extremely misogynistic action taken towards allowing child marriage to the lack of justice for rape victims and survivors of violence.
Nepal: Sweta Baniya shares her experience about the rituals and stigma around her first menstruation experience on her personal blog in this post Untouchable Tale: Rajaswala Days.
Sri Lanka: Subja Wijesiriwardena highlights the nature and extent of sexism in Sri Lankan politics with the example of Namal Rajapakse, the son of the President and his decision to share a highly sexist image on twitter, in this post The Namal Rajapakse Twitter fiasco: Sri Lanka, Sexism & Political Correctness.
Women Bloggers of South Asia 