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Yumna Asaf

Yumna Asaf

Yumna Asaf completed her Master’s Degree in Human Rights from Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi and is currently pursuing her Ph. D from the Advanced Centre for Women’s Studies, Aligarh Muslim University. Her areas of research include war crimes against women and international law. She has written several papers on sexual violence as a consequence of conflicts, prosecution of war- time rapes, domestic violence, women as peace builders, hijab and islamophobia in the west, etc. She is a hopeful feminist. She also writes a food blog.

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    The Indian state has lot to answer on Irom Sharmila, the unsung heroine of the North East

    “When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes duty.”            – Thomas Jefferson In the world today protesting on streets, chanting slogans and candle marches is the only course we ...

    On August 11, 2015 / By Yumna Asaf

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