Rahila Gupta

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Rahila Gupta
Rahila Gupta (2008)
Beruf	Autor, Journalist
Twitter	@RahilaG

‎Rahila Gupta ist eine indische Autorin, Journalistin der britischen Zeitungen The Guardian und New Humanist, und als Mitglied im Führungskomitee der Southall Black Sisters^[wp] eine führende feministische Aktivistin in Großbritannien.

Sie ist Co-Autorin von Kiranjit Ahluwalias Autobiographie und hatte als Mitglied der Southall Black Sisters^[wp] (SBS) maßgeblichen Anteil daran, dass eine Frau, die ihren Ehegatten im Schlaf angezündet und getötet hatte, zur Heldin stilisiert wurde.

Artikel

• Sexual violence in Indian cities, openDemocracy am 29. November 2012
• Sexism and misogyny: what's the difference? (An Australian dictionary has changed its definition of misogyny to reflect the fact that it is now used to mean "entrenched prejudice against women", not just hatred of them. Six feminists tell us what the term means to them: Naomi Wolf, Julie Bindel, Nina Power, Rahila Gupta, Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett, Bidisha), The Guardian am 17. Oktober 2012
• We are still failing non-British victims of domestic violence (Changes to spousal visa rules will help some domestic violence survivors - but many on other visas will continue to suffer), The Guardian am 2. April 2012
• Mere posturing from the Tories on forced marriage (With good reason, the supreme court has declared unlawful a ban on under-21-year-old spouses coming to the UK), The Guardian am 13. Oktober 2011
• "Gender neutrality" weakens efforts to tackle violence against women (Men's solidarity is welcome, but a march in high heels verges on mockery that takes attention away from victims of violence), The Guardian am 4. Dezember 2012
• Red tape or a red rag?: the Equality Act in the UK, openDemocracy am 26. August 2013
• Power structures and the politics of knowledge production, openDemocracy am 8. Juli 2013
• Transgender: the challenge to feminist politics, openDemocracy am 16. April 2013
• Women and LGBT rights: the Achilles' heel of Christian knights, openDemocracy am 18. März 2013
• Away from prison: the distance travelled, openDemocracy am 12. Dezember 2012
• The value of a woman's life, openDemocracy am 6. Dezember 2012
• Sexual violence in Indian cities, openDemocracy am 29. November 2012
• Can a story save a life? Women and the Arab uprisings, openDemocracy am 27. November 2012
• Taking a flawed stand against orientalism, openDemocracy am 12. November 2012
• No exceptions: one law for all, openDemocracy am 7. November 2012
• The issues that divide: building a diverse feminist movement, openDemocracy am 20. September 2012
• The great unmentionable in disability politics, openDemocracy am 31. Juli 2012
• The hijab or the bikini: the shaping of young girls' sexuality, openDemocracy am 17. Mai 2012
• UK migration: a hierarchy of injustices, openDemocracy am 1. Mai 2012
• Faith: know thy place, openDemocracy am 10. März 2012
• Has neoliberalism knocked feminism sideways?, openDemocracy am 4. Januar 2012
• Lush - cosmetic or real?, openDemocracy am 23. Mai 2011
• Feminism and the soul of secularism, openDemocracy am 8. März 2011
• Dangerous liaisons, openDemocracy am 23. Juni 2010
• The religious lobby and women's rights, openDemocracy am 19. April 2010
• The pull factor, openDemocracy am 19. Juni 2008
• The UK's modern slavery shame, openDemocracy am 26. November 2007

Bücher

Enslaved (2008)

Autobiographie - Das Titel­bild zeigt, wie sich die Mör­derin feiern lässt. Im Hinter­grund ist eine Zei­tungs­schlag­zeile zu lesen: "Camp­aig­ners claim victory after retrial accepts ...: Judge frees wife who burnt brutal hus­band to death" - auf deutsch etwa: "Frauen­aktiv­isten bejubeln ihren Sieg: Richter spricht Frau frei, die ihren Ehe­mann brutal zu Tode brannte"

• Als Ko-Autorin mit Kiranjit Ahluwalia: Circle Of Light. The Autobiography of Kiranjit Ahluwalia., HarperCollins^[wp], 1997, ISBN 0-00638329-7
• From Homebreakers to Jailbreakers: Southall Black Sisters, Zed Books, 2004, ISBN 1-84277440-9
• Provoked. The Story of Kiranjit Ahluwalia., HarperCollins India, 2007, ASIN B00E3FXIMU
• Enslaved. The New British Slavery., Portobello Books, 2008, ISBN 1-84627066-9

Buchbeschreibung

Enslaved The New British Slavery

Slavery in Britain did not end with Wilberforce. They may be largely invisible to us, but living in our midst are thousands of slaves. Rahila Gupta seeks out five escapees and persuades them to tell us their stories in this compelling and revealing book. We meet a pregnant child from Sierra Leone who was locked up in a London house as a domestic slave; a Russian teenager trafficked into prostitution; a Chinese man, living in fear of the Triads; a religious Somali woman who had to exchange sex for food; and, a young Punjabi woman forced into marriage and repeatedly abused by her husband. These are the stories of those who have escaped, through a combination of courage, timing, luck and the humanity of those who helped them. Their testimonies are harrowing but we cannot leave them unheard.