RC07 Webinar Series: Navigating Housing Insecurity and Forced Eviction: Women's Struggles, Resistance, and Survival in Informal Settlements of Guwahati City, India
Wed, 16 Sep 2026 - Wed, 16 Sep 2026
Organized by: IPSA RC07 - Women and Politics in the Global South
Contact: rc07.ipsa@gmail.com
RC07@IPSA presents
Navigating Housing Insecurity and Forced Eviction:
Women's Struggles, Resistance, and Survival in Informal Settlements of Guwahati City, India
by
Brishti Banerjee
Urban Researcher and Practitioner
Wednesday, 16 September 2026, 12:00 UTC
Registration link: https://cutt.ly/rc070926
This presentation will explore gender within the context of forced eviction and violence imposed by the state. It analyses the vulnerabilities associated with the everyday lives of women who have faced forced eviction, their daily struggles, their collective experiences of grief and coping with the loss of property and living with only memories of home. It adapts a case study, documenting narratives, particularly of marginalised tribal women living in informal settlements in Guwahati city, the largest urban agglomeration in the entire Northeast region of India characterised by land contestation, identity politics, conflict, and violence.
