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പുസ്തകങ്ങൾ എന്നെ ഫെമിനിസ്റ്റാക്കി | C. S. Chandrika | TKFM | Ep 15/n

Starting from the early 19th century, the Malayalam-speaking regions in south India that later formed the state of Kerala, went through numerous events, protests, and campaigns advancing the rights of women. Among the early women's liberation struggles were: The Channar Lahala (Channar Revolt, 1822–1859), where women from the Channar community fought for the right to cover their upper bodies; The Achippudava Protest (1858) in Travancore, where Ezhava women resisted the denial of their right to wear the Achippudava (a type of cloth); The Mookkuthi Protest (1860) in Pandalam, where women defied the ban on wearing nose rings; The Kallumala Protest (1915) against the forced practice of Dalit women wearing heavy stone necklaces as symbols of caste oppression. Most of these historic women’s rights protests were intertwined with the agitations against caste discrimination. The second wave of the feminist movement in Kerala emerged in the mid-1980s and gained momentum in the 1990s through independent feminist movements. In 1985, writer and social activist Sara Joseph, along with her colleagues and a few students, founded Manushi: The Thinking Women’s Collective at Sri Neelakanta Govt. Sanskrit College, Pattambi. The group organized numerous protests against dowry deaths, sexual violence, and incidents of rape in Kerala. Following the Thankamani incident in Idukki (1986), where police fired upon locals and sexually assaulted several women, Manushi intervened. They also supported Balamani, a young woman from Thrissur, who faced violence from her community on a civic rights issue. The Vavannur Camp (1986) in Palakkad, a congregation of similar-minded women in Kerala, became a turning point for the feminist movement in Kerala, inspiring similar initiatives across the state. It was organized under the leadership of Manushi. Parallel to Manushi, Prachodana, another feminist group, was formed in Thiruvananthapuram under the leadership of Dr. A. K. Jayasree, Ganga, Indira, and J. Geetha. They played a significant role in mobilizing sex workers and addressing cases like the Suryanelli rape case. In 1987, Bodhana, a feminist collective led by K. Ajitha, emerged in Kozhikode. Their activism began with the case of Kunjeebi, a sex worker who died in police custody. They also supported the Mavoor Gwalior Rayons labour strike. Other groups such as Prabuddhata (Payyannur, Kannur) and Vimochitha (Kasaragod), continued feminist activism in the 1990s. The Fourth All India Women’s Conference (December 28–31, 1990) in Kozhikode brought together feminist activists from across India. However, many early groups dissolved or weakened after the conference. In 1993, the active Bodhana in Kozhikode later transformed into the organization called 'Anweshi'. The ice cream parlour case, where a powerful politician’s name came up in sexually exploiting young women, is a significant incident that Anweshi took up right from its inception. In the mid-1990s, the Kerala Streevedi, which started in Thiruvananthapuram, emerged as a collective networking platform for autonomous feminist organizations. P. Viji, a former Bodhana activist, later formed Penkoottu and the Asangaditha Meghala Thozhilali Union, organising the unorganised sector workers in Kozhikode’s Mittayi Theruvu. Through the efforts of the labour union and P. Viji's activism, women working in textile shops have now legally secured the right to sit during working hours. V.P. Zuhra founded NISA, focusing on Muslim women’s rights, demanding equal inheritance and gender justice within Islamic personal law. In 2015, Pembilai Orumai (Women’s Unity), a movement by female tea plantation workers in Munnar, protested for better wages and bonuses. In 2017, following a sexual assault case against an actress, the Women in Cinema Collective (WCC) was formed, advocating for gender equality and safer workplaces in the Malayalam film industry. Like most other feminist movements, Kerala feminism movement is also an evolving story. . . . . Memoripedia is an oral history archive that documents social movements in Kerala, and aims to create a permanent historical record. Since 2023, Memoripedia has been on the ground across Kerala, recording stories that have shaped our modernity, stirred our conscience, and revealed its fault lines. These are histories often left outside official records—carried instead in memory, speech, and lived experience. Memoripedia is not conceived as a journalistic project. It is an academic undertaking devoted to the documentation of social, political, and cultural histories through rigorous oral history practices, with the aim of preserving them for future research and public engagement. Instagram:   / memori.pedia   Facebook:   / memoripedia.archive   X: https://x.com/memoripedia INTRO- 00:00- 04:53 EPISODE 15- 04:53- 26:33