‘I’d Cut My Saree Into Pieces to Cover My Child’: How Women Survive in Assam’s Detention Centres

Most women in the detention centres are middle-aged and mothers. However, the gender-insensitive environment at detention centres do not take into account the needs of the mothers and their children who might accompany them.

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‘I’d Cut My Saree Into Pieces to Cover My Child’: How Women Survive in Assam’s Detention Centres

Most women in the detention centres are middle-aged and mothers. However, the gender-insensitive environment at detention centres do not take into account the needs of the mothers and their children who might accompany them.

The Wire