We are taught to recognise violence in the bruise, the broken bone, the shouted threat. But we are less adept at tracing its outlines in an empty purse, a stolen business profit, or the cold dread of an unpaid school fee. What does coercion look like when it is written in numbers, not scars? Economic violence is one of the most potent and insidious tools of control, a slow, methodical process that traps women in harm’s way as effectively as any locked door. Its weapon is not

What sound does a silenced woman make in a society that calls her suffering peace? We inherit cultural artefacts as wisdom. We rarely examine them as the foundational concrete of a pervasive silence. This silence is not an empty space. It is not a passive state. Silence is a structure, meticulously built and actively maintained. It is the most powerful tool in the ecosystem of gender-based violence. It allows violence to flourish in our homes and institutions. To understand t

The Hidden Burden of Domestic Labour What if your "day off" is just another shift? What if the rest you desperately need is being stolen by work you do not even call work? When did scrubbing floors become "self-care" instead of unpaid labour? How many of us declare a work-free weekend? We vow to steer clear of our computers and finally achieve that elusive state of "rest." Yet, we often find ourselves in a whirlwind of domestic labour. We scrub floors until they gleam, attack