Irshad Hussain

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Irshad Hussain is an independent journalist based in Indian-administered Kashmir. He covers human rights, politics, feminism and culture.

WMC Women Under Siege
December 01, 2023 | Irshad Hussain, Mubashir Naik | Health, International
Women in India’s ‘Widow Village’ Are Dying of the Same Disease that Killed Their Husbands

Villagers often work in the mines, one of the only employers in Budhpura, and nearly all of them are eventually diagnosed with silicosis, a fatal and incurable lung disease. With their husbands gone and no alternative income sources to support themselves and their children, widows join the same profession that killed their husbands.

WMC Women Under Siege
May 31, 2022 | Irshad Hussain, Mubashir Naik | Education, Girls, International
A Schoolteacher Champions Free Education for Children in One India Slum

Using funds from her own pocket, one retired schoolteacher has been providing free education for children in one Indian slum for the last 13 years.

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