Fwd: Launch of "Antyajaa: Indian Journal of Women and Social Change" by Ruchira Gupta on 8 July, 2016 at Oxford Bookstore

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Launch of Antyajaa: Indian Journal of Women and Social Change  You are invited to the launch of Antyajaa: Indian Journal of Women and Social Change edited by Ruchira Gupta and published by SAGE  -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- An introduction to the Journal by Ruchira Gupta and Dastangoi by Fouzia on Chugtai’s ‘Nanni Ki Naani’ at 2 pm on Friday, July 8, 2016 Antyaja'a, meaning The Last Girl, is an especially coined word by the founders of this journal, derived from Indian languages and post-colonial, de-colonial sensibilities. It draws its understanding of the ‘Last’ from Ambedkar's concept of liberating the Antyaj or The Last Born, John Ruskin’s Unto the Last, and MK Gandhi’s Antyodaya (taken from the words 'Antya' and 'Uday') to mean the rise of those who are the Last. The feminizing `A`a in the end has been added by the editor, inspired by the ferocious sexual goddess Durg`a and rebel poet Mir`a . The journal aims to explore inequality and social change from the point of view of the most marginalized female who experiences poverty, race, ethnicity, religion, caste - all within the overarching experience of gender. It aims to publish well-researched articles, interviews, oral histories and essays that draw forth the plight of the last female, who is weaker than even the weakest of men in varying socio-cultural contexts. It will capture women’s movements across the globe, the experience of intertwining inequalities and give voice to women leaders, survivors and victims’ transforming power.   It is a first-of- its-kind initiative where activism will meet academics; and Editors expect to draw contributions from social and political movement leaders, activists and almost all the Liberal Arts: literature, history, political science, sociology, anthropology, philosophy, development studies as well as law, gender studies and social work practitioners. Ruchira Gupta is an Emmy Award winning abolitionist, writer, feminist campaigner, human rights activists, professor at New York University and founder of anti-sex-trafficking organization, Apne Aap Women Worldwide (www.apneaap.org)  Fouzia Dastango is modern India’s first female dastango, who loves to perform on texts that speak about a culture, a society. Her dastanic rendition of Chugtai’s ‘Nanni Ki Naani’ is the tale of the Last Girl and the intertwining inequalities that the Last Girl lives with.  Time: 2 PM Venue: Oxford Bookstore, N 81, Connaught Place, New Delhi July 2016 2PM 08 Don't miss out! FOLLOW ON TWITTER FRIEND ON FACEBOOK FORWARD TO A FRIEND Copyright © 2016 Apne Aap Women Worldwide All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you are opted as fried of Apne Aap women Worldwide Unsubscribe • Update subscription preferences Apne Aap Women Worldwide 40, Max Mueller Road, Gate 4 India International Centre Campus Lodhi Estate, New Delhi – 110 003 Bangalore, Ka 110003 USA

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