Student 
organizations 
Elevate, 
South 
Asian 
Awareness 
Network 
and 
Paani 
jointly 
hosted 
a 
collaborative workshop to 
discuss feminism through a 
South-Asian lens on Tuesday 
night.
The event was part of a 
four-part series exploring 
global 
perspectives 
on 
feminism. About 50 people 
engaged in the discussion 
and Q&A led by Debotri Dhar, 
women’s studies lecturer, and 
Zunaira Jilani, a Wayne State 
health and social psychology 
Ph.D. student. The speakers 
addressed the importance of 
intersectional feminism in 
the South-Asian community 
both in the region itself and 
in the U.S. 

Engineering junior Kyra 
Kothawala 
attended 
the 
event in hopes of exploring 
more 
about 
other 
social 
justice issues outside the U.S.
“I recently went to an 
event from SARS (Students 
Against 
Rape 
Society), 
and I thought it was really 
empowering, and I am kind 
of 
interested 
in 
learning 
more about feminism around 
the world,” Kothawala said.
Dhar began the discussion 
by addressing the difficulty 
of explaining South Asian 
feminism in a limited time 
period, given the diversity 
of the countries and the non-
linear nature of feminist 
movements in the region. 
She went on to comment on 
the impact of colonialism 
on grassroots-level feminist 
movements in south-Asian 
countries 
which 
were 

not only focused on local 
challenges but set in the 
context of a larger, global 
framing.
“It’s 
like 
teaching 
a 
full semester course in 15 
minutes. Sometimes, these 

movements are similar to 
what we see in the West but 
sometimes break away in 
order to articulate local 
needs,” Dhar said.
Stressing 
the 
importance 
of 
understanding 
how 
culture 
is 
not 
static, 
Dhar 
rejected 
the 
idea 
of 
cultural 
universalism 
when 
drawing 
comparisons 
about feminism between 
Western 
countries 
and 
other 
regions. 
After 
talking 
about 
specific 
movements 
in 
fields 
such as literature, film 
and policymaking, Dhar 
talked about how male 
allies are doing incredible 
work 
across 
different 
avenues in the region.
LSA senior Taha Bashir 
also attended the event 
and was interested in 
learning what he can do 
as an ally to support the 
women from the South 
Asian community. 
“As a guy, I would love 
the opinion of someone 
who is a woman and to 

understand the daily life 
and the daily struggles of 
someone from the South 
Asian 
culture, 
and 
so 
I 
can know what to do in 
solidarity,” Bashir said. 
Zunaira Jilani’s focus was 
on South Asian culture in 
the U.S. and sexual violence. 
She talked about her early 
experiences 
discussing 
this topic with her mom 
while watching “Law and 
Order” and realizing the 
taboo behind discussing sex 
in the community. When 
asked about fueling cultural 
change, 
Zunaira 
Jilani 
emphasized talking about the 
issue in specific community 
groups 
and 
eliminating 
girl-on-girl hate as possible 
solutions.
“Embracing your strong 
cultural 
identity 
and 
channeling it to form strong 
alliances is very important,” 
Zunaira Jilani said.
Sumrah 
Jilani, 
event 
organizer from SAAN and 
LSA senior, talked about 
some takeaways from the 
event.
“I learned that there are 
a lot of different cultural 
norms that differ in South-
Asian culture compared to a 
Eurocentric perspective, and 
I think the speakers did a 
good job of highlighting that 
it’s okay to be different from 
the norm,” Jilani said.
Moving 
forward, 
Dhar 
emphasized the importance 
of 
understanding 
the 
complicated 
nature 
of 
feminism in south Asia. 
“Feminism in south Asia 
is not a linear narrative. It’s 
messier as it is anywhere 
around the world, but I’d like 
to believe that it is a forward 
movement, 
despite 
the 
complications,” Dhar said.

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Nov. 20, 1995
After 
four 
rounds 
of 
contract 
negotiations, 
members of the Graduate 
Employees 
Organization 
say 
University 
administrators 
are 
not 
giving them the respect 
they deserve.
Mike 
Sell, 
secretary 
of 
the 
GEO 
bargaining 
team, said that although 
GEO is presenting issues 
related to the educational 
and 
economic 
issue 
of 
the 
University, 
“the 
administration 
seems 
to 
feel 
these 
are 
just 
complaints.”
Dan 
Gamble, 
the 

administration’s 
chief 
negotiator, disputed GEO’s 
claims yesterday. 
“I think both teams are 
working very hard to reach 
tentative agreements,” he 
said. “I’m not sure where 
they’re coming from.”
Issues on the bargaining 
table 
include 
wage 
and 
workload changes, hiring 
policies, changing the title 
of teaching assistant, and 
ensuring proper benefits 
and employee recognition 
for interns.
In a statement issued late 
last week, GEO officials 
said Gamble “made clear 
that 
the 
administration 

bargaining 
team 
has 
little interest in working 
with the Union to resolve 
problems that affect not 
only 
Graduate 
Student 
Instructors, 
but 
the 
University as a whole.”
Gamble said he never 
made such comments.
Sell, a Rackham fellow 
and student and English 
TA, said the union has no 
sense that its issues are 
being taken seriously. 
During 
negotiations 
last Wednesday, the issue 
of 
recognizing 
clinical 
psychology 
interns 
as 
employees 
came 
up 
for 
discussion.

After GEO presented its 
views in what he called a 
logical process, Sell said 
Gamble listened and said 
no, without explanation. 
Gamble said he thought 
he 
had 
explained 
his 
position adequately. “It is 
a unit determination made 
by the Michigan Employee 
Relations Commission,” he 
said. “I’m sorry if I didn’t 
make it clear.”
Sell said GEO is “less 
than optimistic that these 
issues 
can 
be 
resolved 
at the table, unless the 
administration is willing to 
change its tune...and step 
off their high horse.”

Sell added that GEO would 
be willing to compromise if 
the administration shows a 
willingness to do the same.
In the meantime, Sell 
said, “GEO will negotiation 
to the best of (its) abilities.”
“GEO has 38 proposals, 
so we have a ways to go,” 
Gamble said. 
Negotiations for the 10th 
GEO contract began Oct. 31, 
with the current contract 
set to expire Feb. 1.
The 
fifth 
bargaining 
session is scheduled for 
today at 5 p.m. on the 
second floor of the LSA 
building. 
“Many students of color 

face tremendous financial 
burdens, 
the 
cultural 
climate, and I do think 
there needs to be more 
support of our academic 
support services,” Monts 
said. “We must increase our 
efforts to infuse diversity 
and multiculturalism into 
our teaching and learning 
programs. 
As 
society 
changes 
the 
University 
must 
change 
to 
reflect 
society.”
Overall, 
enrollment 
dropped 290 students from 
36,758 in 1993 to 36,468 in 
1994.

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“Embracing your 
strong cultural 
identity and 
channeling it 
to form strong 
alliances is very 
important.”

