Not all of the victims of military violence in Kashmir are male. Sexual assault & mass rapes are among the weapons employed by the occupying army. Women are widowed or left bereft when their children are injured, disabled, or killed, when their sons, brothers, spouses are killed, tortured, or disappeared.

Neither are all the protesters against the occupation male. Women founded & lead the militant Association of Parents of Disappeared Persons (APDP), often lead protests in Kashmir, & are among those demonstrating against the occupation.

End the occupation. Self-determination for Kashmir.

(These photos of Kashmiri protesters are by Basit Zargar)