About this Event
The Centre for India and South Asia Research (CISAR) at UBC presents a conversation with Beena Sarwar:
Reclaiming Spaces: A Peacemongering Conversation
Beena Sarwar is a Boston-based multimedia journalist, documentary filmmaker and journalism teacher from Karachi and Lahore, with decades of experience in journalism, activism and academia. Her work focuses on human rights, gender, media, peace and Southasia.
She is a co-founder and curator of the volunteer-led Southasia Peace Action Network (Sapan) and the founder and editor-in-chief of Global Southasia, a syndicated features service. Her extensive journalism experience includes serving as the founding editor of The News on Sunday in Pakistan and as a member of the founding team of Geo TV, Pakistan’s first 24/7 television channel.
Sarwar has also served on the founding advisory boards of Panos South Asia and Himal Southasian magazine. She is a founder member of the Pakistan India People’s Forum for Peace and Democracy (PIPFPD) and the Women’s Action Forum Pakistan.
Her documentary work includes the award-winning Democracy in Debt: Sri Lanka Beyond the Headlines (2024).
Join us for Reclaiming Spaces: A Peacemongering Conversation, featuring Beena Sarwar and drawing on her decades of work across journalism, activism, peace and Southasia.
Free and open to the public. Please RSVP!
Event venue & nearby stays
C. K. Choi Building Room 120, 1855 West Mall, Vancouver, Canada
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