zanaan wanaan
Oxford
Zanaan Wanaan are Kashmiri words for ‘women speak.’ ZW engages in feminist
activism on the ground, produces independent scholarship, supports creative
work, and works towards strengthening the women’s movement in Kashmir. ZW’s
action-research based approach is rooted in the commitment to upholding
principles of peace, equality, and justice. We also work on building
transnational feminist solidarities, forging alliances and creating
cross-movement conversations. Areas of focus: Producing independent scholarship
Engaging in feminist activism and advocacy Promoting civil discourse Encouraging
critical inquiry Supporting and platforming Kashmiri women cultural
practitioners Fostering creative expression What We Do: ZW is a cross-section of
art, academia, media and activism. Our work facilitates, amplifies and advocates
for women’s involvement in socio-political discourse. We publish original works
in the annual issues in the ZW Journal. These issues are thematic collections of
works by Kashmiri women from diverse backgrounds in the form of academic
articles, narrative essays, investigative reports, auto-ethnographic accounts,
interviews, artworks, photo-essays, video stories, and more. We are a network of
women on ground and across the world working collaboratively on
interdisciplinary projects ranging from gender based violence, peace and
security, climate crisis, public health, and so on. ZW is focussed on women and
youth-led activist action through critical initiatives required to build and
sustain social change. We support/produce creative and artistic expression for
civic action and information dissemination. In addition to this, we conduct
capacity-building workshops, film-screenings, provide skill-based training
programmes and also introductory courses on research and methodologies to young
women as a part of our grassroots collective action.
