Deepa Shankaran

Deepa Shankaran is a research associate with AWID's Resisting and Challenging Religious Fundamentalisms Initiative

Interfaith peacework: a glimmer of solidarity

Just as borders, once drawn, become subject to militant patrol, so are the lives and bodies of women once they are marked by religious tensions. The need to address the nexus between religion, gender and conflict is becoming vital to peacebuilding

By Deepa Shankaran

/ 18 Oct 2010

The right to have rights: resisting fundamentalist orders

While fundamentalist movements may vary according to the global context in which they operate, for women this diversity is outweighed by the core characteristics, strategies and impacts that they share.

By Deepa Shankaran

/ 10 May 2010