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In this podcast episode of When the Taliban Returned, Academics Turned First Responders, Michelle Callender from SOAS speaks with Sobia Kapadia and Neelam Raina about their transformative work on the Culture and Conflict Project, running from 2019 to 2024. This initiative, part of the Global Challenges Research Fund Gender, Justice and Security Hub, focused on […]
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This session of the UK House of Commons Defence Committee explored the UK’s withdrawal from Afghanistan, the collapse of the Afghan government, and the performance of the Afghanistan Citizens’ Resettlement Scheme (ACRS) and ARAP (Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy). Key points raised included: Click the image below to watch the full video, or follow this […]
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This chapter looks at the lived realities of Islam in Kashmir. It looks at the Muslim women in Kashmir who struggle to cope in a post conflict environment. Conflict is known to present an unequal burden on women. This chapter examines the impact of conflict on women in Kashmir. Kashmiri Muslim women were traditionally protected […]
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News Article: The government’s pledges to Afghans smack of virtue signalling, with almost no follow-through in our case. A co-authored piece for the UK Telegraph. We are UK based academics who have been working with Afghan partners for years. We know of several hundred Afghan individuals at high risk due to their association with UK […]
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This is a blog post published on the LSE Gender Hub pages. As Afghanistan collapsed and crisis became imminent this was written during my work as a colleague, a humanitarian actor, a fund raiser to help with evacuating our research colleagues from the country in August 2021. “This is not political analysis – I will […]
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This paper explores the meaning that making brings to the life of women in conflict zones. How does tacit knowledge play itself out in the defining of their socio economic identities and related place making with the community? The value and recognition of this knowledge as embodied and as projected outwards to their communities and […]
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In this episode, we hear the story of Ahmed, a 24-year-old Afghan man whose life was at risk during the Taliban’s 2021 takeover. Dr. Neelam Raina and Sobia Kapadia share their firsthand experiences as their UK-funded research project, focused on gender, justice and security, took a dangerous turn when colleagues were targeted for their work. […]
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The Afghan Solidarity Coalition (ASC), comprising UK and international partners including the UKRI GCRF Gender, Justice and Security Hub, submitted evidence on the Afghanistan Citizens’ Resettlement Scheme (ACRS). The ASC has supported the evacuation and resettlement of at-risk Afghan human rights defenders, women peacebuilders, and LGBTQI+ activists. Key concerns raised include the ACRS’s continued closure, […]
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Dr Neelam Raina and Professor Brad Blitz give evidence on the UK’s withdrawal from Afghanistan to the Defence Select Committee. They discuss the work the Afghanistan Solidarity Coalition has done to evacuate at-risk Afghans, the urgent need for the UK Government to evacuate those who are at-risk for their work on UK funded programmes, the […]
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Where should we position ourselves in the global challenges we face in the Anthropocene, and what level of despair are we allowed? We have ticked the boxes of inclusions, sustainability, capacity building, innovation, carbon footprints, artificial intelligence, and shrunk the globe for communication. We have evaluated and eliminated silos and criticised unilateral approaches and decision-making. […]