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📢Body & Data is seeking dedicated individuals to join our team as a research associate!
🔎We are looking for candidates who are passionate about digital rights, intersectional feminism, and social justice.
The text reads, There is a logo of Body & Data at the top left and an illustration of a woman looking from a binocular. Body & Data is looking for Research Associate. Send your CV to recruitment@bodyanddata.org by 23 April, 2025
April 10, 2025 at 11:31 AM
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We explored the fractures within our efforts, acknowledged our hardships, and shared our hopes for the future.
Image of foggy forest. The texts here reads, I used to make 3-4 year plans. Now it feels like terai ko sit lahar.. mahinau gham lagdaina ani daura pani sachera balnu parcha. Translation: I used to make 3-4 year plans. Now it feels like the cold wave of Terai..you don’t see the sun for months and you really have to conserve firewood and light the fire with a lot of caution. It’s gonna be a long journey and we need to sustain resources to do that. natra hami tei heaviness le fatyak futuk huncham Translation: otherwise we are going to be exhausted by this heaviness. How do we find that beauty, hope, preserve ourselves, our naivety? The title here reads, "Patriarchal backlash" The words written in bubble reads, Reproductive health (access to contraception, hormones, AIDS medication) is dependent on US funding. Misogynists in power scary where the world is heading. important for us to come together genocide Regressive politics climate emergency Worry Fear Anger Anxiety In a blue backgrounds there are different speech bubbles and 4 birds. The words on the bubbles read, Labor Rights Violations Hogging of resources Discord Disappointment Lack of soft spaces Young people turned off from social justice spaces Difficult to have boundaries Exploitation of Grassroots Leaders Implosion Scarcity and competition I am too abled for disabled organization, but for ablelistic orgs, I am disabled. The title is "donor driven agenda" There is a cup on the left. There is a bee on the top. The words written here are, NGOization enabled by big donors, foundations Restrictive funding foreign aid dependency Those with money set the agendas Where is the funding for collective conversations that an spark revolutions? Neocolonialism is all about agendas driven by funding from outside Focus on individual issues : women’s leadership, environment, LGBTIQ rights, Indigenous rights Do it for free or minimal income most output expected from grassroots, least money for grassroots leaders
March 20, 2025 at 8:14 AM
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We shared our desire to heal and move forward collectively. Here are some glimpses into our conversation.🍀
The title is "healing" There is a cup on the corner from where the steams are coming out. The words read, Channeling our rage more creatively food, stories, dancing Fiction art More care, being nicer complexity with levity What keeps us alive? Less over-work music balance more rest The title is "Healing" There are texts in the bubble, Psychospiritual Healing Socio political discourse alone is not enough for personal, and collective healing. Being part of expressive spaces instead of leadership How do we pass on information about unsafe toxic spaces? How do we come together to build something? sense of alarm and the gravity forces us to come together. need to acknowlledge our entirety Storytelling. “I tell a lot of stories including negative stories. It allows me to connect with people” There is a cup on the left. There are shiny fogs with words, Even though there is toxicity, over competition, what keeps us together is sharing, coming together. Soft Spaces How can we create and curate spaces which are soft? Funding is scarce for this. We need generative spaces like this there is so much harshness we are also looking for an oasis.
March 20, 2025 at 8:14 AM
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🍀During our Chiya Charcha, we reflected deeply on our movement, our workspace, and our activism.
The chiya charcha poster of tea cups and birds is in the between. There are arrows around it that reads, Hopes & Dreams Movement Ruptures Healing Soft Spaces Donor Driven Agendas Patriarchal Backlash Accountability
March 20, 2025 at 8:14 AM
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The history of Southasia is a history of social movements, and a great many people in our region today refuse to give up the fight for a better world.

I am excited to be moderating a panel of some the most renowned activists of our generation. Come join us: www.weareonehumanity.org/webinars
November 23, 2024 at 7:37 PM