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A number of organisations in South Asia have endorsed the Count Me In! conference and are committed to
ending all forms of violence against all women.

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Press Links & Blogs

Various journalists attended the conference and have agreed to write on related issues in the near future. Below are links to the coverage we have compiled so far.

Arundhati walks with different comrades in Kathmandu
http://mangalorean.com/news.php?newstype=local&newsid=233289

Arundhati on Arundhati
http://www.myrepublica.com/portal/index.php?action=news_details&news_id=30432

The third sex rises
http://www.timescrest.com/coverstory/the-third-sex-rises-5343

Different and able
http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/columns/Kalpana_Sharma/article1980786.ece

Vamps and margins talk Back
http://www.tehelka.com/story_main49.asp?filename=hub300411Vamps.asp

Rituparno Ghosh takes the plunge into 'queer' film
http://www.india-forums.com/news/nepal/328139-rituparno-ghosh-takes-the-plunge-into-queer-film.htm

Words in solitude
http://www.hindu.com/fr/2011/04/29/stories/2011042950140300.htm

BLOGS
Below are the links to the blogs written by participants:

Women and Marginalisation by Tisa Muhaddes
http://www.dhakacourier.net/current/other/doc2.htm

Reflections from Count Me In! South Asia Conference on Violence Against Marginalised Women by Marevic "Bing" Parcon
http://www.wgnrr.org/blog/11/staff-blog-reflections-count-me-south-asia-conference-violence-against-marginalised-women

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