Protest against sexual violence and NGO activism: disruptions of female solidarity

This article examines the mobilisation of protest against an aggravated sexual assault of women from the urban poor in Chennai, South India. All women who participate in the protest are organised in a local women’s rights NGO but their attempts to mobilize the NGO for the protest remain without succ...

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Main Author: Vogl, Janna (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: Heidelberg Asian Studies Publishing 2018
In: Interdisziplinäre Zeitschrift für Südasienforschung
Year: 2018, Volume: 3, Pages: 30-58
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