Events… Event, May 29- Streets for life: Southasians for road safety 18 May 202219 May 2022 Ahead of the UN General Assembly meeting on Global Road Safety, 30 June - 1 July, and following UN Global Road Safety Week May 13-17, we invite you to join…
Events… Event, Apr 24: Labour rights and democracy in Southasia 19 Apr 202223 Apr 2022 On the last Sunday of April, ahead of International Workers’ Day or May Day, activists and experts from across the region will discuss Labour rights and democracy in Southasia at…
Events… Event, Mar 27: Sapan completes a year 24 Mar 202225 Mar 2022 “How do we go beyond the ideological divide? How do we move the needle on regional peace and socio-economic and gender justice in Southasia?” Fired by the need for a…
Press Statements… The power of love and a Southasian resolution on the Ukraine crisis 12 Mar 202218 Mar 2022 By Priyanka Singh and Beena Sarwar March 9, 2022 “It is the power of love that’s most important, not the love of power”, said Dhaka-based feminist Khushi Kabir, quoting her…
Events Event, Feb 27: Mystics and Music – Southasia’s Legacy of Love 21 Feb 202227 Feb 2022 Prominent artists from across Southasia will meet online to share perspectives on "Mystics and Music: Southasia’s Legacy of Love", Sunday, 27 February 2022, organised by Southasia Peace Action Network, or…
Press Statements… Singing and inspiration in dark times: Art and resistance in South Asia 4 Feb 202211 Feb 2022 NOTE: This feature report produced by Sapan News Service is free for publication with credit to Sapan, www.southasiapeace.com. Editors may trim content to their own needs. By Sushmita Preetha and…
Events Event, Jan 30: Resisting Together – Art and the Artist in South Asia 24 Jan 202229 Jan 2022 Prominent artists across South Asia will meet virtually to share perspectives on art and the culture of resistance in South Asia. Titled “Resisting Together: Art and the Artist in South…
Events Event, Dec 26: Human Rights and Equality in South Asia – Growing Up, Growing Together 19 Dec 202120 Dec 2021 South Asia Peace Action Network, Sapan, invites you to a discussion meeting on human rights and equality in South Asia, and why we must 'grow up' to grow together. At…
Press Statements… Feminise to Humanise: The universe of violence against South Asia’s women 3 Dec 20218 Jan 2022 By Lubna Jerar and Priyanka Singh 2 December 2021: What South Asia needs is a feminisation of politics and polity. This is necessary to counter the “grand celebration of the triumph…
Press Statements Sapan webinar to mark 16 days of activism against gender-based violence 27 Nov 202127 Nov 2021 27 November, 2021: South Asia Peace Action Network (SAPAN) is organising a webinar on 28 November 2021, Sunday, at 18:30 PKT/19:00 IST titled, “Gender Violence in South Asia: Feminise to…
Events Event, Nov 28: Gender Violence in South Asia – Feminise to Humanise 19 Nov 202127 Nov 2021 South Asia Peace Action Network (Sapan) invites you to a discussion meeting on the subject of gender violence in South Asia, and why we need to 'feminise to humanise'. The…
Events Event, Oct 31: Can South Asia combat the climate crisis? 19 Oct 202121 Nov 2021 South Asia Peace Action Network (Sapan) is organising a brainstorming discussion online around the climate crisis in South Asia and how the region can come together to solve these pressing…
Events… Commemorating ‘the second 9/11’ and the way ahead 29 Sep 202116 May 2022 The United States and India should join with other regional powers to deal with the Taliban and help the Afghan people – Noam Chomsky BOSTON, 27 September: Prominent academic Noam…
Events Event, 26 Sept: 20 years after 9/11: Impact on South Asia, and South Asians 15 Sep 202119 Nov 2021 Marking two decades of the September 2001 attacks on New York City, global thought leaders and activists from across South Asia and the diaspora will meet across time zones this…
Press Statements Uphold the rights of the incarcerated in South Asia, say human-rights advocates 30 Aug 202116 May 2022 29 August 2021: “If the government becomes the monster that it can be, then the belly of the beast contains the people in jail”, said Nepali journalist Kanak Mani Dixit,…
Events Event, Aug 29: Rights of the Incarcerated in South Asia 18 Aug 202119 Dec 2021 Sapan invites you for the fifth in a series of curated monthly events themed ‘Imagine! Neighbours in Peace’, a title borrowed from an unpublished volume by Chowk.com, 2005. This month includes World…
Events Event, July 25: Women and Sport – Challenges and Wins 18 Jul 202110 Aug 2021 Sapan invites you for the fourth in a series of curated monthly events themed ‘Imagine! Neighbours in Peace’, a title borrowed from an unpublished volume by Chowk.com, 2005. WOMEN IN…
Events Event, June 27: Neighbours in Peace and Health 20 Jun 202110 Aug 2021 Eminent physicians and health activists across the South Asian region and diaspora come together to discuss South Asia’s healthcare situation and the way forward. Sapan invites you for the third…
Events Event, May 30: South Asian Solidarity in the Time of Covid: Sharing Grief, Inspiration, Hope and Strategies 20 May 20218 Aug 2021 Sapan invites you for the second in a series of curated monthly events themed ‘Imagine! Neighbours in Peace’, a title borrowed from an unpublished volume by Chowk.com, 2005. Activists from…
Events Event, April 25: Cross-border empathy and cooperation in the Time of Covid 19 Apr 202112 Aug 2021 South Asians will come together for an online gathering Sunday to express concern and solidarity amidst the suffering inflicted by the coronavirus pandemic. Cross-border empathy and cooperation in the Time…
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