Women's Advancement contributor: Aliya Bashir Aliya Bashir is an independent journalist covering India and Indian-administered Kashmir with a focus on human rights, gender justice, women’s issues, the environment, healthcare, education and minorities. She has written and reported for the Guardian, Time, Reuters, Global Press Journal, UPI, Inter Press Service and many more. She is the winner of the 2015 Schizophrenia Research Foundation-Press Institute of India “Media for Mental Health” award for best reporting on mental health issues in India and is also a 2016 International Women’s Media Foundation grantee. Follow her on Twitter @AliyaBashir https://www.newsdeeply.com/womensadvancement/contributor/aliya-bashir/rss en The ‘Peace Psychologist’ in Kashmir Helping Women Affected by Conflict Crisis and Conflict Tue, 15 Aug 2017 10:03:08 +0000 Aliya Bashir https://www.newsdeeply.com/womenandgirls/articles/2017/08/15/the-peace-psychologist-in-kashmir-helping-women-affected-by-conflict https://www.newsdeeply.com/womenandgirls/articles/2017/08/15/the-peace-psychologist-in-kashmir-helping-women-affected-by-conflict Ufra Mir is Kashmir’s first – and so far, only – ‘peace psychologist.’ In this strife-ridden region, she is trying to help women find peace in their lives and build it in their communities. Photo Essay: The Pictures That Give Comfort to Kashmir’s Women Crisis and Conflict Tue, 21 Mar 2017 10:13:11 +0000 Aliya Bashir https://www.newsdeeply.com/womenandgirls/articles/2017/03/21/photo-essay-pictures-give-comfort-kashmirs-women https://www.newsdeeply.com/womenandgirls/articles/2017/03/21/photo-essay-pictures-give-comfort-kashmirs-women For many of the women whose husbands, sons or fathers have died in clashes over the disputed Kashmir region, photos are all they have left of their loved ones. Photojournalist Aliya Bashir explores the power of a single picture. Impoverished, Harassed and Alone: Kashmir’s Forgotten Widows Crisis and Conflict Fri, 27 Jan 2017 05:00:56 +0000 Aliya Bashir https://www.newsdeeply.com/womenandgirls/articles/2017/01/27/impoverished-harassed-alone-kashmirs-forgotten-widows https://www.newsdeeply.com/womenandgirls/articles/2017/01/27/impoverished-harassed-alone-kashmirs-forgotten-widows When Kashmiri women lose their husbands to the ongoing conflict, their grief is often compounded by discrimination, ostracism and poverty, in a region where a woman’s social status is tied to that of the man she married. Kashmir’s Militant Widows Struggle to Save Their Sons From Insurgency Crisis and Conflict Thu, 17 Nov 2016 12:38:11 +0000 Aliya Bashir https://www.newsdeeply.com/womenandgirls/articles/2016/11/17/kashmirs-militant-widows-struggle-save-sons-insurgency https://www.newsdeeply.com/womenandgirls/articles/2016/11/17/kashmirs-militant-widows-struggle-save-sons-insurgency When men die fighting for Kashmir’s independence, friends and neighbors hail them as “martyrs.” But then their widows are left broke, alone and attempting to keep their sons from joining the conflict that killed their fathers. In India’s Rural North, Community Radio Empowers and Inspires Entrepreneurship Solutions Mon, 24 Oct 2016 11:21:58 +0000 Aliya Bashir https://www.newsdeeply.com/womensadvancement/articles/2016/10/24/indias-rural-north-community-radio-empowers-inspires https://www.newsdeeply.com/womensadvancement/articles/2016/10/24/indias-rural-north-community-radio-empowers-inspires In one of India’s most disadvantaged and isolated districts, Radio Mewat is sharing information and raising awareness to help women stand up for their rights against ingrained patriarchal traditions.