Resources
On this page you can find a series of blog posts written by the project team. These offer a snapshot of our research projects, which we hope will also serve as a useful resource for anyone interested in global histories in women’s welfare activism.

African, Afropean, Afropolitan: Report from the European Conference on African Studies (ECAS) 2025
African, Afropean, Afropolitan: Report from the European Conference on African Studies (ECAS) 2025 By Dr Sarah Howard Held in Prague from 25–28 June, the biannual ECAS event was an excellent conference: well-organised, collegial and with a welcome range of artistic...
Right to ‘practice our sexuality’: Remembering a leaflet on police violence against sexual minorities in India
Right to ‘practice our sexuality’: Remembering a leaflet on police violence against sexual minorities in India By Sreenanti Banerjee [1] In the year 2000, a leaflet was issued during a public campaign against police atrocities directed towards sexual minorities in...
Report on a Meeting of ‘Women-Centered Women’: Notes on the National Conference on Women’s Movement (1994)
Report on a Meeting of ‘Women-Centered Women’: Notes on the National Conference on Women’s Movement (1994) By Sreenanti Banerjee [1] The fifth National Conference on Women’s Movement in India took place on 23-26 January 1994, in Tirupati, a...
Right to Life, Dignity and the Welfare-Related Rights of Homosexual Relationships in India: Notes on a Letter on Sexual Preference
Right to Life, Dignity and the Welfare-Related Rights of Homosexual Relationships in India: Notes on a Letter on Sexual Preference By Sreenanti Banerjee In the year 1994, the Indian lawyer and legal consultant, Madhu Mehra, published a letter entitled ‘Sexual...
The Sex Workers’ Manifesto (First National Conference of Sex Workers in India; 14-16 November 1997, Calcutta)
The Sex Workers’ Manifesto (First National Conference of Sex Workers in India; 14-16 November 1997, Calcutta) By Sreenanti Banerjee [Cover page of ‘First National Conference of Sex Workers’, downloaded from the Feminist Law Archives...
Memorandum by The Campaign for Lesbian Rights: A Key Document on Sexuality and Indian Welfare Feminist Activism in the 1990s – Part I
Memorandum by The Campaign for Lesbian Rights: A Key Document on Sexuality and Indian Welfare Feminist Activism in the 1990s – Part I By Sreenanti Banerjee [Front page of ‘Lesbian Emergence’, downloaded from the Feminist Law Archives...
Female Victimhood and Welfare: The Case of ‘Sati’ (Widow Immolation) in India
Female Victimhood and Welfare: The Case of ‘Sati’ (Widow Immolation) in India By Dr Sreenanti Banerjee The Event On the 4th of September 1987, Roop Kanwar (1969-1987), an Indian Rajput woman, was compelled to immolate herself in the village...
Postcolonial Feminism and Welfare Reform
Postcolonial Feminism and Welfare Reform By Sreenanti Banerjee This blog is a summary of a forthcoming encyclopedia entry titled ‘Postcolonial Feminism and Welfare Reform.’ It explores how postcolonial feminist scholarship has shaped, responded to, and interrogated...
‘Towards Equality’ Report: A Document to Remember
‘Towards Equality’ Report: A Document to Remember By Dr Sreenanti Banerjee Vijayendra Rao [@bijurao]. ‘Towards Equality: Report of the Committee on the Status of Women in India.’ Twitter, April 4 2024, 11.41 PM, https://twitter.com/bijurao/status/1776017157295353898...
Global History and the Politics of Language: Some Preliminary Reflections
Global History and the Politics of Language: Some Preliminary Reflections By Dr Sreenanti Banerjee Tahzib-i nisvan (Volume 35, Issue 19) [1932] EAP566/2/1/21/19[1] This blog reflects upon the relationship between the act of doing global history and the politics of...