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Amrit Wilson is an activist and writer on issues of gender and race. Her books on South Asian women in Britain include the ‘Finding a Voice – Asian women in Britain’ (Virago) and ‘Dreams Questions and Struggles –South Asian women in Britain’ (Pluto Press). She is a founder member of South Asia Solidarity Group, and board member of Imkaan, a Black, South Asian and minority ethnic women’s organisation dedicated to combating violence against women in Britain.

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Why is the UK government wheeling back on legislation against caste discrimination?

Amrit Wilson 24 May 2017

Appeasing votebanks of the Hindu right, instead of legislation, a consultation has been launched which serves to obscure the ugly reality of caste-based discrimination which is alive and well in Britain.

On India’s Republic Day, we must remember Kunan Poshpora

Amrit Wilson 26 January 2017

As the Kunan Poshpora mass rape hearings continue, we talk to the co-author of a book which seeks to remember the 1991 events as an act of resistance.

Black deaths: still fighting for justice in the UK

Amrit Wilson 21 January 2016

Ken Fero's award-winning films about black deaths at the hands of the police in Britain record the continuing struggle to get justice. They have never been broadcast in the UK. Part of our partnership with the Unorthodocs programme of screenings and events.

Narendra Modi, gender violence, and the Hindu Right's agenda

Amrit Wilson 10 November 2015

India is facing a relentless nightmare of violence against minorities, Dalits and those who dissent from the agenda of the Hindu Right. Gender violence is central to this agenda.

Black deaths: still fighting for justice in the UK

Amrit Wilson 15 January 2015

Ken Fero's award-winning films about black deaths at the hands of the police in Britain record the continuing struggle to get justice. They have never been broadcast in the UK.

Gender violence, Narendra Modi and the Indian elections

Amrit Wilson 13 March 2014

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has a good chance of winning the forthcoming general election in India. Amrit Wilson reports on discussions about what life has been like for women in the states where the BJP has been in power, and what may lie ahead

Criminalising forced marriage in the UK: why it will not help women

Amrit Wilson 13 January 2014

New proposals to criminalise forced marriage are due for their penultimate reading in the House of Lords this month. Amrit Wilson reports on one of the most strongly contested pieces of legislation relating to gender to go through Parliament in recent years

US interventions in East Africa: from the Cold War to the 'war on terror'

Amrit Wilson 18 November 2013

During the Cold War years, while British colonialists were being driven out of East Africa, the first US intervention in the region occurred in Zanzibar. It proved to be a model - many aspects of which are being repeated in the 'War on Terror'.

Racism, surveillance, and managing gender violence in the UK

Amrit Wilson 22 July 2013

New policies brought in to address violence against women in the UK are being implemented by large generic institutions at the expense of smaller specialist preventative and support organisations. For black and ethnic minority women, paternalistic 'management' appears to be inseparable from disempowerment, says Amrit Wilson

India's anti-rape movement: redefining solidarity outside the colonial frame

Amrit Wilson 8 April 2013

The horrific rape of a student sparked a remarkable movement against sexual violence in India which has forced the government to change the laws on gender violence. While the struggle continues, a new organisation in Britain, the Freedom Without Fear Platform, redefines the notion of solidarity.