Priyanka Borpujari is an independent journalist reporting on issues of human rights from across India, El Salvador and Indonesia. Her work has appeared in Al Jazeera, the Boston Globe, the Guardian and the Times of India, among others. Twitter handle: @Pri_Borpujari. https://www.newsdeeply.com/womenandgirls/contributor/priyanka-borpujari/rss en Crisis and Conflict Health Mon, 04 Sep 2017 10:39:57 +0000 Priyanka Borpujari https://www.newsdeeply.com/womenandgirls/articles/2017/09/04/after-mumbai-floods-the-work-of-rebuilding-family-life-falls-to-women https://www.newsdeeply.com/womenandgirls/articles/2017/09/04/after-mumbai-floods-the-work-of-rebuilding-family-life-falls-to-women In the wake of the floods that hit Mumbai last week, women in the city’s slums are working to restore their homes and care for family members without access to basic sanitation or clean drinking water. Health Reproductive Rights Thu, 13 Jul 2017 13:52:55 +0000 Priyanka Borpujari https://www.newsdeeply.com/womenandgirls/articles/2017/07/13/indias-20-week-abortion-limit-questioned-after-birth-of-unwanted-baby https://www.newsdeeply.com/womenandgirls/articles/2017/07/13/indias-20-week-abortion-limit-questioned-after-birth-of-unwanted-baby After India’s Supreme Court rejected a Mumbai woman’s plea to be granted an abortion beyond the legal cutoff, she gave birth to a severely disabled baby. The case has reignited calls for the adoption of long-proposed changes to this law. Crisis and Conflict Wed, 14 Jun 2017 11:13:23 +0000 Priyanka Borpujari https://www.newsdeeply.com/womenandgirls/articles/2017/06/14/indonesia-enlists-female-clerics-in-the-fight-against-extremism https://www.newsdeeply.com/womenandgirls/articles/2017/06/14/indonesia-enlists-female-clerics-in-the-fight-against-extremism As more women become involved in violent extremism, Indonesia has embraced a new weapon in the fight against radicalization: its first recognized cohort of female Muslim clerics. Education Wed, 31 May 2017 11:19:23 +0000 Priyanka Borpujari https://www.newsdeeply.com/womenandgirls/articles/2017/05/31/in-indonesia-female-clerics-seek-recognition-and-rights-for-women https://www.newsdeeply.com/womenandgirls/articles/2017/05/31/in-indonesia-female-clerics-seek-recognition-and-rights-for-women Women “ulama” – Muslim clerics – recently held their first ever national gathering in West Java. The goal was twofold: to gain recognition for women religious scholars, and to advance women’s rights by sharing their interpretation of Islamic texts. Crisis and Conflict Wed, 18 Jan 2017 13:16:03 +0000 Priyanka Borpujari https://www.newsdeeply.com/womenandgirls/articles/2017/01/18/salvadoran-ex-guerilla-learned-read-stop-corporate-mining https://www.newsdeeply.com/womenandgirls/articles/2017/01/18/salvadoran-ex-guerilla-learned-read-stop-corporate-mining During El Salvador’s decade-long civil war, Maria Lidia Guardado was cooking for guerrilla forces. Fifteen years later, she was educating herself so that she could lead a nonviolent campaign to protect local farmland from mining companies.