How women activists can help Jammu and Kashmir make progress in democracy and peace

Nyla Ali Khan, The partially autonomous northern Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir is a beautiful part of the world – and also one of three areas of Kashmir divided into areas of control by India, Pakistan, and China and marred by a long history of violent political and ethic struggles. I love it well.  The area is my homeland, and my family has been part of its history. My maternal grandfather, Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah, laid the foundation of resistance politics in Kashmir in 1931 and was the first Muslim…

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