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Melbourne Asia Review is a research-based publication of the Asia Institute, University of Melbourne.

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Reflections on discrimination against women and mental distress in India

  • Dr Istikhar Ali,

How women’s mental distress in India is structurally produced through gendered labour, violence, and state neglect.

Syrian statelessness in transition: Assessing change amid civil war and regime change

  • Dr Thomas McGee,

Recent regime change in Syria after the civil war (2011-2024) is bringing new, sometimes controversial, changes to address statelessness.

INTERVIEW: ‘I was stateless in Japan for 32 years’

  • Prof. Lara Tienshi Chen,

Lara Tienshi Chen was stateless person in Japan for decades. She now researches and advocates for stateless people.

‘Statelessness in Asia’ edited by Michelle Foster, Jaclyn Neo & Christoph Sperfeldt

  • Antje Missbach,

This book addresses a significant research gap—that statelessness exists in contexts devoid of forced migration and prolonged refugee situations.

Colonial borders and the production of statelessness in Myanmar, India, Bangladesh & Sri Lanka

  • Subin Mulmi,

Statelessness in Myanmar, India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka is rooted in the impact of British colonialism.

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