Sylff News

Women, Mobility and Incarceration by Jadavpur fellow Rimple Mehta has become a widely discussed book in the Indian media. Published by Routledge, it is an account of Bangladeshi women who have been imprisoned in India for entering the country illegally and sheds light on the plight of female prisoners, who are often “invisibilised and incarcerated.”

Firstpost

https://www.firstpost.com/india/invisibilised-and-incarcerated-once-migrants-in-search-for-better-futures-bangladeshi-women-now-languish-in-jail-6879031.html

The Indian Express

https://indianexpress.com/article/lifestyle/books/rimple-mehta-bangladesh-migrants-women-sexuality-the-invisible-people-nrc-5689240/?fbclid=IwAR3eHD73BNwzsTob9iUj-zJcJ5KtgTtLrsekvbkyZo8MulTuJLEGeSXTm0o

Dr. Mehta, who received a Sylff fellowship from Jadavpur University, is now an assistant professor at the Tata Institute of Social Science, India. While at Jadavpur, she was granted a Sylff Research Abroad award to conduct research in Hungary. She also recently organized a Sylff Leadership Initiatives workshop to improve conditions faced by women prisoners in India.

A Workshop organized by Rimple Mehta (right) with a Sylff Leadership Initiatives grant. Practitioners, scholars, and activists were invited to discuss the plight of women prisoners in India.

The Sylff Association secretariat is happy that Mehta has made use of Sylff support programs to advance her career, and that her decade-long work is now being broadly recognized by society.