Post author: Maryam Kanwer

Maryam Kanwer is a human rights activist. She tweets at @maryamkanwer

Analysis From Afghanistan to Pakistan, the never-ending ordeals of Shi’a Hazaras

Researchers Maryam Kanwer and Jaffer Mirza speak to Shia Hazara Afghan refugees who are living in fear and hiding in Pakistan. ‘There were so many…

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Analysis Scared and hiding: Shi’a Hazaras of Afghanistan fear renewed Taliban persecution

With a long history of persecution and the Taliban’s particular brand of hatred and ruthless violence towards them in previous years, Shi’a Hazaras in Afghanistan…

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Video
Screenshot from video of Savita recounting her traumatic experience
Trafficking and forced conversion in Pakistan: testimony from a young Hindu woman

Listen to the testimony of Savita (not her real name) who recounts her traumatic experiences of being trafficked and forcibly converted. The video is introduced…

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Publication
Religious Marginality, Covid-19, and Redress of Targeting and Inequalities

This article by Mariz Tadros, Maryam Kanwer and Jaffer Mirza, interrogates whether we should consider ‘religious marginality’ as a qualifier much like the exploration of…

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Policy Brief
A Multi-Layered Minority: Hazara Shia Women in Pakistan

Shia account for approximately 10–15 per cent of the Muslim population in Pakistan, which has a largely Sunni Muslim population. Anti-Shia violence, led by extremist…

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Publication
The Multi-Layered Minority: Exploring the Intersection of Gender, Class and Religious-Ethnic Affiliation in the Marginalisation of Hazara Women in Pakistan

The Shia Hazaras in Pakistan are one of the most persecuted religious minorities. According to a 2019 report produced by the National Commission for Human…

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Report
Violence and Discrimination against Women of Religious Minority Backgrounds in Pakistan

The theme of this special collection of papers, the lived experiences of women who belong to religious minorities, has been a blind spot both in…

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Impact Story
Basic water and waste services for marginalised Christian communities in Lahore, Pakistan

Religious minority communities in Lahore, Pakistan, are frequently deprived of basic services such as access to clean drinking water and waste management which are available…

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