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Foregrounding marginalised voices
Amrit Wilson is a writer and activist. She was a founder member of Awaz, an Asian women’s collective, which campaigned against the notorious ‘virginity tests’ in the late 1970s, supported Asian women’s workplace struggles, and set up the first refuge run by and for Asian women in London. She was also an active member of the Organisation of Women of Asian and African Descent (OWAAD). Her books include Finding a Voice: Asian Women in Britain (London: Virago, 1978) and Dreams Questions Struggles: South Asian Women in Britain (London: Pluto Press, 2006). She tweets at @AmritWilson.
by Amrit Wilson Last year, to mark International Women’s day, Cosmpolitan magazine ran an article titled ‘Why you’re lucky to be a woman in the UK‘. On an ordinary Saturday, it told us, ‘the average Cosmo reader might ‘wake up in the morning, slip into jeans and a T-shirt, jump into your car and head… Read More
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