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Indian women protest new citizenship laws, joining a global 'fourth wave' feminist movement

  • Written by Alka Kurian, Senior Lecturer, School of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences, University of Washington, Bothell
Women in Delhi's Shaheen Bagh neighborhood are protesting a new Indian citizenship law that they say will discriminate against Muslims, women – and, particularly, Muslim women.Burhaan Kinu/Hindustan Times via Getty Images

Women are among the strongest opponents of two new laws in India that threaten the citizenship rights of vulnerable groups...

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