Zahra Nader @ZahraYusufi, founding editor of Afghan women-led newsroom @ZanTimes, joins Panel 4 of #SAUS2026: Truth Under Fire: Media Censorship and Propaganda Press. 🗓 Sat Nov 14, 8:30 am EST / 7 pm IST Free on Zoom: eshe.in/summit-2026 #PressFreedom

eShe’s free South Asia Union Summit 2026, November 13–15, creates a space for feminist conversations on democracy, AI, climate justice, media freedom, caste and women’s resistance. Read more: 👉🏼 eshe.in/2026/10/26/south-asi…

Former Afghan child refugee and multi-faith peacebuilder in USA Hurunnessa 'Hurie' Fariad joins Panel 1 of #SAUS2026: Who Counts as ‘Us’? Nationalism, Migration and the Minority Question. 🗓 Fri Nov 13, 9 am EST / 7:30 pm IST Free on Zoom: eshe.in/summit-2026 #Interfaith

Kashmir Times managing editor Anuradha Bhasin @AnuradhaBhasin_ , author of A Dismantled State, joins Panel 4 of #SAUS2026: Truth Under Fire: Media Censorship and Propaganda Press. 🗓 Sat Nov 14, 8:30 am EST / 7 pm IST Free on Zoom: eshe.in/summit-2026 #PressFreedom

Bangladeshi feminist organizer Trishia Nashtaran @nashtaran, founder of Meye Network, moderates Panel 6 of #SAUS2026: The Future of Democracy: Gen Z, Women and Political Activism. 🗓 Sun Nov 15, 6:30 am EST / 5 pm IST Free on Zoom: eshe.in/summit-2026 #GenZ @southasiaunion

Filmmaker, writer and @AgentsofIshq founder Paromita Vohra @parodevi joins Panel 5 of #SAUS2026: Body as Battleground: Gender, Sexuality, Culture and Resistance. 🗓 Sat Nov 14, 10 am EST / 8:30 pm IST Free on Zoom. Register here: eshe.in/summit-2026

Shazia Iqbal, director of Dhadak 2 and production designer on Sacred Games, joins Panel 3 of #SAUS2026: what changes when women control the frame in cinema? 🗓 Sat 14 Nov, 7 am EST / 5.30 pm IST Free on Zoom: eshe.in/summit-2026 #WomenInFilm

Chaitra Vedullapalli, Cofounder & President of @WomenInCloud @GlobalWIC, joins Panel 2 of #SAUS2026 on who gets to own the intelligence, and what's needed for an inclusive future. 🗓 Fri 13 Nov, 11 am EST / 9.30 pm IST Free on Zoom: eshe.in/summit-2026 #WomenInTech #AI

Filmmaker Anam Abbas, producer of Cannes title In Flames and director of Aurat March documentary This Stained Dawn, joins Panel 3 of #SAUS2026 on women behind the camera. 🗓 Sat Nov 14, 7 am EST / 5:30 pm IST Free on Zoom, register here: eshe.in/summit-2026 #WomenInFilm

Former Nepali national swimmer turned LA creator Sofia Shah, founder of She Builds Nepal, joins Panel 8 of #SAUS2026 on influencers, cyberfeminism and digital cultures. 🗓 Sun 15 Nov, 9.30 am EST / 8 pm IST Register for free: eshe.in/summit-2026 #DigitalActivism @sofiagshah

Historian Dr Ruchika Sharma @tishasaroyan, whose YouTube channel separates the facts of Indian history from the myths, joins Panel 1 of #SAUS2026 on nationalism, migration and minorities. 🗓 Fri, 3 Nov, 9 am EST / 7.30 pm IST Free on Zoom Register: eshe.in/summit-2026

From assisted-facility visits to decisions about life after dementia, it’s almost always daughters who end up dealing with the emotional and practical responsibilities of caring for aging parents, writes care-home founder Meenakshi Dawar. Read here: 👉🏼eshe.in/2026/10/20/meenakshi…

Shreya Krishnan @shreyakrishnan_, MD of AnitaB.org India and policy advocacy chair for UNESCO's Women for Ethical AI (South Asia), speaks on AI and systemic bias at #SAUS2026. 🗓 Fri 13 Nov, 11 am EST / 9.30 pm IST Free on Zoom: eshe.in/summit-2026/ #WomenInTech

In a time of fake news and deleting of targeted sections from school textbooks, Neha Kirpal curates a list of the latest children’s books about India’s past and present realities, its diversity, culture and societal challenges. Read here: eshe.in/2026/10/16/12-new-ch… @peachykirpal

In the aftermath of the Delhi rape case, college student Ishita Thakur asks why it is always girls who are forced to carry the burden of fear and have their rights denied, while perpetrators roam free. Read her essay here: eshe.in/2026/10/13/the-polit…

For a community shaped by expulsion from Bhutan, refuge in Nepal and resettlement in the United States, relief effort after the flood in Nepal is about more than money. Three Bhutanese Nepali women share their stories. Read here: 👉🏼 eshe.in/2026/10/09/bhutanese…

South Asian Lens, an initiative by Seattle-based Shailaja Rao and Sandhya Nathan, has set out to build democratic pathways for film industry professionals to access resources to funding, distribution and more authentic storytelling. Read more: 👉🏼 eshe.in/2026/10/06/south-asi…

"On our first night after marriage, we sat together and high-fived each other. We won, we said. And yes, maybe we had won. But now I know we had only won the first round..." Read @dhimanShiwa's full essay: eshe.in/2026/10/02/shiwani-d…