Justice and Security Research Programme

LSE’s engagement with South Asia

• Climate Change and Women’s Unpaid Labour in South Asia
  In this short personal post, Marzana Kamal asks a series of important questions that connect women’s domestic work, care duties and work conditions with social norms, global climate change and its impact — especially in Bangladesh, and developing countries.   In the summer of 2023, I was visiting home in Dhaka. Summers are the hottest months in South […]
• The Importance of Political Literacy in South Asia
  This year will see four democracies in South Asia — Bangladesh, Pakistan, India and Sri Lanka — go to the polls. What is the importance of political literacy in a democracy? How can it be instilled amongst the citizenry? What are its benefits, individually and collectively? Charani Patabendige provides an overview.     Political literacy is a weapon […]