Paromita Pain, Author at Women's eNews

Abuse Posters Help Indian Schoolgirls Speak Up

By Paromita Pain ● Politics ● May 15, 2011

Many of the girls who see posters about child sexual abuse inside their school buildings work in domestic-household jobs after school. The posters, teachers say, are spurring conversations about troubling encounters.

Indian Video Activist Puts Transgender in Focus

By Paromita Pain ● Arts & Culture ● February 18, 2011

Kalki Subramaniam’s video project for transgender women in India began with her own scholarship in video making. Now she’s assisting other transgender women to shoot their own video as a way of breaking out of poverty and abuse.

Afghan Photographer Wahidy Shoots Through the Burka

By Paromita Pain ● Arts & Culture ● January 25, 2011

Farzana Wahidy is only 26 but she’s had a storied life. As the first female Afghan photojournalist to work for international wire services, she taps into her own difficult years sneaking a secret education under the Taliban.

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Abuse Posters Help Indian Schoolgirls Speak Up

Indian Video Activist Puts Transgender in Focus

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