Binjola

The year 2023 has brought with it every hope for the revival of national, regional andglobal activity. The last three years have been among the most difficult that each ofus has known, individually, for our respective nations, and for the region of SouthAsia as a whole. The Coronavirus pandemic unleashed across the world from itsorigins in late 2019, has wrought havoc with national economies, individual jobs andsocial well-being. The loss of lives has been horrendously tragic, and the repeatedlock-downs have come with their own sense of deep trauma. The women andchildren of South Asia (and women and children all over the world) have sufferedimmeasurably more than any other socio-economic group,…