Borderlines (co-produced with CREA) is a seven-part video series documenting how feminists work, intervene, and connect the dots across the region to create knowledge in South Asia.
Describing why she prefers being an organiser rather than an activist, she says, “I think leadership is about leading people, leading a collective, not about leading yourself… I didn’t want to be one of the ‘brave’ women of Pakistan. For me, it was about women of Pakistan being brave in who they were.” In her current role with the Women Democratic Front, she resources feminist movements, activists, and collectives.
Tooba first met other South Asian women in a month-long SANGAT (Feminist Capacity Building Course) in 2016. The course added a new dimension to her world view. As she says, “I went as a Pakistani but came back as a South Asian”. In the face of rising majoritarianism in the region, Tooba believes in the power of regional collectives and puts emphasis on shared South Asian solidarities and connections for survival.
