
WE AREZUBAAN
A trust that has housed various projects that support women’s movements and feminist research, since 2003.
FEMINIST RESEARCH
We want to bolster feminist research; invest in non-commercial work and increase visibility for the experiences of, and cultural production by, marginalised voices; and diversify the ‘mainstream’ in feminist postcolonial narratives in South Asia by both chronicling and contributing to the discourse.
Our Research Areas
We have worked with and highlighted the value of visual culture in women’s movements, facilitated literary and cultural conversations around work in the Northeastern states of India, studied the importance of women’s archives and museums, and commissioned research work across South Asia to further understandings of how impunity for perpetrators of sexual violence is fashioned. This research and archival work guides our new focus on action.
our history
Zubaan, a charitable trust registered in 2003, has followed parent NGO Kali For Women’s footsteps in being a chronicler, participant and publisher of women’s movements in India.
Zubaan
Supporting & amplifying knowledge from the Global South
Our work has focused on documenting and archiving the lives and stories of marginalized women and gender minorities, and making these accessible for researchers and for communities on the ground, especially marginalized groups in India and South Asia.

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Young researchers supported in documentation of oral histories
Across 14 Indian states, we have worked in training, supporting and publishing young researchers, focused on gender, sexual violence and impunity and more, to document community based knowledge
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Posters collected from 162 women's groups across India as part of our visual archive
Housed in the Poster Women archive, this collection of posters from 1970s showcase the evolving nature of the women’s movement
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Titles published and feminist content translated into 12+ Indian languages
We strive to break the barriers to access knowledge production and dissemination through translations, transcription and inclusive, accessible content
Our Work
Zubaan means tongue, voice, language, speech.
Zubaan builds and centres feminist knowledge and knowledge about women from the Global South generally and India and South Asia specifically.
Such knowledge informs pedagogy, ground level conversations, policy making and culture.

Cultures of Peace
Festival of the Northeast

Body of Evidence & Stepping stones
Engaging with Youth in South Asia

A Gendered Focus
On the Pandemic, Lockdown & Beyond

No Space for Work
Political economy and challenges to women’s labour participation, safety and autonomy

Our Story Our Words
A century of Women's Movements in India

Poster Women
A visual mapping of the many women's movements in India

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Sexual Violence and Impunity
A 5 country research project documenting sexual violence and impunity in legal and medical structures

Fragrance of Peace
Preserving and sharing histories and memories of Northeast India

Through Her Lens
A Visual Research Programme