Breaking the Silence | Irom Chanu Sharmila

Hybrid Conference
Breaking the Silence: Examining Violence against Minority Women within South Asian Region and Beyond...
organised by South Asia Research Institute for Minorities
Held on: 11 June, 2024
Guest Speaker
Irom Chanu Sharmila
She also known as the "Iron Lady of Manipuris an Indian civil rights activist, political activist, and poet from the Indian state of Manipur, which is located on the north-eastern side of India. She has been called "the world's longest hunger striker". On International Women's Day, 2014 she was voted the top woman icon of India by MSN Poll.