Mass uprising in Bangladesh overthrew a dictatorship. Now what?
Under pressure from the student-worker mass uprising, Sheikh Hasina resigned as Prime Minister of Bangladesh and fled the country mid-day on August 5, 2024. A revolution led by the masses has succeeded in overthrowing the dictatorship. But has the revolution been realized?
Students rise and revolt in Bangladesh
Published in Spring Magazine.
Bangladesh is currently witnessing one of the biggest uprisings in the last decade. Thousands of students have been taking to the streets to demand merit-based access to government jobs. This economic demand rapidly turned into a serious political challenge for Bangladesh’s Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who has been in power since 2009 and has become increasingly autocratic in her rule.
Village Rockstars directed by Rima Das
Part of Crucial 21st Century Cinema Directed by Women project.
The Body as a Political Landscape at a Nepalese Photo Festival
Whose and Whom brings together artists from around the globe who posit the body as a vehicle for performing gender.
