Sudarsana Kundu

Our study involving over seventy women’s rights organisations in India revealed that between December 2022 and June 2023, the pervasive fear of shutdowns has stifled feminist uprising. Crackdown on foreign funded organisations through the FCRA has paralysed advocacy and policy work across the space generally and particularly by Dalit and Muslim women’s organisations, where domestic funding has been scarce. The long term consequences of this systemic backlash are yet to play out.