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In a dedicated episode, Amya Agarwal talks about her book "Contesting Masculinities and Women’s Agency in Kashmir" on the podcast "New Books in South Asian Studies". 

Women in Kashmir were trained in the use of weapons from an early age to fight against autocratic Maharajas. Later, they fought for the autonomy of Kashmir, particularly against the Indian state. Nevertheless, women fighting in separatist militias sometimes inadvertently reinforce patriarchal Islamist power—a analysis by Amya Agarwal.

In her article “Appropriation, re-appropriation, offloading, offsetting”, Soumaya Mestiri argues that decolonial feminism should aim at de-centring modern and liberal thought, ideologies and identities. Alessandra Bonci reviews an article that offers a Tunisian philosopher's perspective. 

COP 28: Climate policy breakthrough or covert greenwashing?

Security paradox - numbers alone can be deceptive

Out Now: New Call for Policy Paper Series by the Postcolonial Hierarchies-Network

Helga Dickow shares her expertise on climate change activism in Chad.

We attended: Germany's largest trade fair for science journalism took place this year in Freiburg.

Alke Jenss book „Selective Security in the War on DrugsThe Coloniality of State Power in Colombia and Mexico" offers debates on coloniality of state power.