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'''Amrit Wilson''' (born 1941),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://connection.ebscohost.com/c/biographies/42835354/amrit-wilson|title=Amrit Wilson|work=Women of Substance: Profiles of Asian Women in the UK|date=1997|page=152|via= EBSCOhost}}{{dead link|date=November 2020|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> Indian by birth and based in Britain,<ref name=MediaDiversified>{{cite web|url=https://mediadiversified.org/2019/01/17/south-asian-women-in-britain-finding-a-voice-40-years-on/|title=South Asian women in Britain: Finding a voice, 40 years on|website=[[Media Diversified]]|date=17 January 2019|accessdate=13 September 2020}}</ref> is a writer, journalist and activist who since the 1970s has focused on issues of race and gender in Britain and South Asian politics.<ref name=galdem>{{cite web|url=https://gal-dem.com/collective-past-amrit-wilson-reflects-anti-racist-feminist-work/|title='Reclaiming our collective past': Amrit Wilson reflects on 40 years of anti-racist feminist work|website=[[gal-dem]]|first=Sophia|last= Siddiqui|date=30 October 2018|accessdate=13 September 2020}}</ref> Her 1978 book ''Finding a Voice: Asian Women in Britain''<ref>{{cite journal|url=https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/030639687802000203|title=A burning fever: the isolation of Asian women in Britain|journal=[[Race & Class]]|volume= 20|issue =2| date=1 October 1978|doi=10.1177/030639687802000203|last1=Wilson|first1=Amrit|pages=129–142|s2cid=145473127}}</ref> won the Martin Luther King Award, and remains an influential feminist book.<ref name=MediaDiversified /> Her other book publications include ''Dreams, Questions, Struggles: South Asian Women in Britain'' (London: [[Pluto Press]], 2006), and as a journalist she has been published in outlets including ''Ceasefire Magazine'',<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ceasefiremagazine.co.uk/author/amrit-wilson/|title=Amrit Wilson|magazine=Ceasefire|accessdate=13 September 2020}}</ref> ''[[Media Diversified]]'',<ref>{{cite web|url=https://mediadiversified.org/category/amrit-wilson/|title=Category: Amrit Wilson|website=Media Dversified|accessdate=13 September 2020}}</ref> [[openDemocracy]]<ref name=OD>{{cite web|url=https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/author/amrit-wilson/|title=Amrit Wilson|website=Open Democracy}}</ref> and ''[[The Guardian]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ihrc.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/IC2017speakerbios.pdf|title=Speaker bios|publisher=Islamophobia Conference 2017: The Rise of Nativism}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/profile/amrit-wilson|title=Amrit Wilson|newspaper=The Guardian}}</ref>
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'''Amrit Wilson''' (born 1941)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://connection.ebscohost.com/c/biographies/42835354/amrit-wilson|title=Amrit Wilson|work=Women of Substance: Profiles of Asian Women in the UK|date=1997|page=152|via= EBSCOhost}}{{dead link|date=November 2020|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> is a British-Indian<ref name=MediaDiversified>{{cite web|url=https://mediadiversified.org/2019/01/17/south-asian-women-in-britain-finding-a-voice-40-years-on/|title=South Asian women in Britain: Finding a voice, 40 years on|website=[[Media Diversified]]|date=17 January 2019|accessdate=13 September 2020}}</ref> writer, journalist and activist who since the 1970s has focused on issues of race and gender in Britain and South Asian politics.<ref name=galdem>{{cite web|url=https://gal-dem.com/collective-past-amrit-wilson-reflects-anti-racist-feminist-work/|title='Reclaiming our collective past': Amrit Wilson reflects on 40 years of anti-racist feminist work|website=[[gal-dem]]|first=Sophia|last= Siddiqui|date=30 October 2018|accessdate=13 September 2020}}</ref> Her 1978 book ''Finding a Voice: Asian Women in Britain''<ref>{{cite journal|url=https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/030639687802000203|title=A burning fever: the isolation of Asian women in Britain|journal=[[Race & Class]]|volume= 20|issue =2| date=1 October 1978|doi=10.1177/030639687802000203|last1=Wilson|first1=Amrit|pages=129–142|s2cid=145473127|url-access=subscription}}</ref> won the Martin Luther King Award, and remains an influential feminist book.<ref name=MediaDiversified /> Her other book publications include ''Dreams, Questions, Struggles: South Asian Women in Britain'' (London: [[Pluto Press]], 2006), and as a journalist she has been published in outlets including ''Ceasefire Magazine'',<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ceasefiremagazine.co.uk/author/amrit-wilson/|title=Amrit Wilson|magazine=Ceasefire|accessdate=13 September 2020}}</ref> ''[[Media Diversified]]'',<ref>{{cite web|url=https://mediadiversified.org/category/amrit-wilson/|title=Category: Amrit Wilson|website=Media Dversified|date=16 July 2015 |accessdate=13 September 2020}}</ref> [[openDemocracy]]<ref name=OD>{{cite web|url=https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/author/amrit-wilson/|title=Amrit Wilson|website=Open Democracy|date=22 July 2020 }}</ref> and ''[[The Guardian]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ihrc.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/IC2017speakerbios.pdf|title=Speaker bios|publisher=Islamophobia Conference 2017: The Rise of Nativism}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/profile/amrit-wilson|title=Amrit Wilson|newspaper=The Guardian}}</ref>


==Background==
==Background==
Wilson grew up in India and came to Britain as a student in 1961. She became a freelance journalist in 1974, and was active as an anti-racist militant in the 1970s.<ref name="Donnell2002">{{cite book|editor-link=Alison Donnell|editor=Alison Donnell|title=Companion to Contemporary Black British Culture|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VfdpdZ9DwH0C&pg=PA323-4|year=2002|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-134-70025-7|pages=323–4|chapter=Seth, Roshan}}</ref> Wilson's book ''Finding a Voice: Asian Women in Britain'', first published in 1978 and reprinted 40 years later,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ihrc.org.uk/activities/event-reports/20653-event-report-finding-a-voice-asian-women-in-britain/|title=Event Report – 'Finding a Voice: Asian Women in Britain'|publisher=Islamic Human Rights Commission|date=6 March 2019}}</ref> has been described as "[c]hallenging the views of South Asian women as weak, submissive, one-dimensional stereotypes" and as having "cleared the space for Asian women to speak for themselves".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.redpepper.org.uk/finding-a-voice-asian-women-in-britain/|title= Review – Finding a Voice: Asian women in Britain|magazine=[[Red Pepper (magazine)|Red Pepper]]|first=Maya|last=Goodfellow|date=8 June 2019|accessdate=7 October 2020}}</ref> Wilson was a founder member of Awaz, the UK's first Asian feminist collective, and was active in [[OWAAD]], the Organisation of Women of Asian and African Descent (1978–82).<ref name=galdem /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bl.uk/people/amrit-wilson|title=Amrit Wilson|publisher=[[British Library]]}}</ref> She was formerly chair of [[Imkaan]], a national network of Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic and Refugee women's refuges and services for women facing violence, and is a founder member of South Asia Solidarity Group.<ref name=OD /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://strikeatimperial.net/amrit-wilson|title=Amrit Wilson|website=The Strike at Imperial Typewriters|accessdate=13 September 2020}}</ref>
Wilson grew up in India and came to Britain as a student in 1961. She became a freelance journalist in 1974, and was active as an anti-racist militant in the 1970s.<ref name="Donnell2002">{{cite book|editor-link=Alison Donnell|editor-first=Alison |editor-last=Donnell|title=Companion to Contemporary Black British Culture|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VfdpdZ9DwH0C&pg=PA323-4|year=2002|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-134-70025-7|pages=323–4|chapter=Seth, Roshan}}</ref> Wilson's book ''Finding a Voice: Asian Women in Britain'', first published in 1978 and reprinted 40 years later,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ihrc.org.uk/activities/event-reports/20653-event-report-finding-a-voice-asian-women-in-britain/|title=Event Report – 'Finding a Voice: Asian Women in Britain'|publisher=Islamic Human Rights Commission|date=6 March 2019}}</ref> has been described as "[c]hallenging the views of South Asian women as weak, submissive, one-dimensional stereotypes" and as having "cleared the space for Asian women to speak for themselves".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.redpepper.org.uk/finding-a-voice-asian-women-in-britain/|title= Review – Finding a Voice: Asian women in Britain|magazine=[[Red Pepper (magazine)|Red Pepper]]|first=Maya|last=Goodfellow|date=8 June 2019|accessdate=7 October 2020}}</ref> Wilson was a founder member of Awaz, the UK's first Asian feminist collective, and was active in [[OWAAD]], the Organisation of Women of Asian and African Descent (1978–82).<ref name=galdem /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bl.uk/people/amrit-wilson|title=Amrit Wilson|publisher=[[British Library]]}}</ref> She was formerly chair of [[Imkaan]], a national network of Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic and Refugee women's refuges and services for women facing violence, and is a founder member of South Asia Solidarity Group.<ref name=OD /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://strikeatimperial.net/amrit-wilson|title=Amrit Wilson|website=The Strike at Imperial Typewriters|accessdate=13 September 2020|archive-date=15 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210615224609/https://strikeatimperial.net/amrit-wilson|url-status=dead}}</ref>


She also was Senior Lecturer in Women's Studies/South Asian Studies at [[Luton University]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.plutobooks.com/author/amrit-wilson/|title=Amrit Wilson|publisher=Pluto Press}}</ref>
She also was Senior Lecturer in Women's Studies/South Asian Studies at [[Luton University]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.plutobooks.com/author/amrit-wilson/|title=Amrit Wilson|publisher=Pluto Press}}</ref> and has carried an [[Overseas Citizenship of India]] (OCI).<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-05-23 |title=Hearing adjourned in journalist's revision plea on cancelled OCI card |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/hearing-adjourned-in-journalists-revision-plea-on-cancelled-oci-card-8623705/ |access-date=2024-03-22 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref>
 
In April 2024, Wilson revealed that she had had her OCI card withdrawn by the Indian government and is unable to travel to India after having been accused of "anti-India activities" and "detrimental propaganda against India."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Barnett |first=Marcus |date=2024-04-26 |title=Solidarity With Amrit Wilson |url=https://tribunemag.co.uk/2024/04/solidarity-with-amrit-wilson |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240506231600/https://tribunemag.co.uk/2024/04/solidarity-with-amrit-wilson |archive-date=2024-05-06 |access-date=2024-05-06 |website=[[Tribune (magazine)|Tribune]] |language=en-GB}}</ref>


==Selected bibliography==
==Selected bibliography==
* ''Finding a Voice: Asian Women in Britain'' (1978; second edition Daraja Press, 2019, {{ISBN|978-1988832012}})
* ''Finding a Voice: Asian Women in Britain'' (1978; second edition Daraja Press, 2019, {{ISBN|978-1988832012}})
* ''The Challenge Road: Women and the Eritrean Revolution'' (The Red Sea Press, 1991, {{ISBN|978-0932415714}})
* ''The Challenge Road: Women and the Eritrean Revolution'' ([[The Red Sea Press]], 1991, {{ISBN|978-0932415714}})
* ''Dreams, Questions, Struggles: South Asian Women in Britain'' (London: [[Pluto Press]], 2006; {{ISBN|9780745318479}})
* ''Dreams, Questions, Struggles: South Asian Women in Britain'' (London: [[Pluto Press]], 2006; {{ISBN|9780745318479}})
* ''The Threat of Liberation'' (Pluto Press, 2013; {{ISBN|9781849649407}})
* ''The Threat of Liberation'' (Pluto Press, 2013; {{ISBN|9781849649407}})
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Latest revision as of 13:20, 18 February 2026

Amrit Wilson
Born1941 (age 84–85)
India
OccupationWriter, journalist and activist
Notable work
Finding a Voice: Asian Women in Britain (1978)

Amrit Wilson (born 1941)[1] is a British-Indian[2] writer, journalist and activist who since the 1970s has focused on issues of race and gender in Britain and South Asian politics.[3] Her 1978 book Finding a Voice: Asian Women in Britain[4] won the Martin Luther King Award, and remains an influential feminist book.[2] Her other book publications include Dreams, Questions, Struggles: South Asian Women in Britain (London: Pluto Press, 2006), and as a journalist she has been published in outlets including Ceasefire Magazine,[5] Media Diversified,[6] openDemocracy[7] and The Guardian.[8][9]

Background[edit | edit source]

Wilson grew up in India and came to Britain as a student in 1961. She became a freelance journalist in 1974, and was active as an anti-racist militant in the 1970s.[10] Wilson's book Finding a Voice: Asian Women in Britain, first published in 1978 and reprinted 40 years later,[11] has been described as "[c]hallenging the views of South Asian women as weak, submissive, one-dimensional stereotypes" and as having "cleared the space for Asian women to speak for themselves".[12] Wilson was a founder member of Awaz, the UK's first Asian feminist collective, and was active in OWAAD, the Organisation of Women of Asian and African Descent (1978–82).[3][13] She was formerly chair of Imkaan, a national network of Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic and Refugee women's refuges and services for women facing violence, and is a founder member of South Asia Solidarity Group.[7][14]

She also was Senior Lecturer in Women's Studies/South Asian Studies at Luton University,[15] and has carried an Overseas Citizenship of India (OCI).[16]

In April 2024, Wilson revealed that she had had her OCI card withdrawn by the Indian government and is unable to travel to India after having been accused of "anti-India activities" and "detrimental propaganda against India."[17]

Selected bibliography[edit | edit source]

  • Finding a Voice: Asian Women in Britain (1978; second edition Daraja Press, 2019, ISBN 978-1988832012)
  • The Challenge Road: Women and the Eritrean Revolution (The Red Sea Press, 1991, ISBN 978-0932415714)
  • Dreams, Questions, Struggles: South Asian Women in Britain (London: Pluto Press, 2006; ISBN 9780745318479)
  • The Threat of Liberation (Pluto Press, 2013; ISBN 9781849649407)

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ "Amrit Wilson". Women of Substance: Profiles of Asian Women in the UK. 1997. p. 152 – via EBSCOhost.[dead link]
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "South Asian women in Britain: Finding a voice, 40 years on". Media Diversified. 17 January 2019. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Siddiqui, Sophia (30 October 2018). "'Reclaiming our collective past': Amrit Wilson reflects on 40 years of anti-racist feminist work". gal-dem. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
  4. ↑ Wilson, Amrit (1 October 1978). "A burning fever: the isolation of Asian women in Britain". Race & Class. 20 (2): 129–142. doi:10.1177/030639687802000203. S2CID 145473127.
  5. ↑ "Amrit Wilson". Ceasefire. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
  6. ↑ "Category: Amrit Wilson". Media Dversified. 16 July 2015. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 "Amrit Wilson". Open Democracy. 22 July 2020.
  8. ↑ "Speaker bios" (PDF). Islamophobia Conference 2017: The Rise of Nativism.
  9. ↑ "Amrit Wilson". The Guardian.
  10. ↑ Donnell, Alison, ed. (2002). "Seth, Roshan". Companion to Contemporary Black British Culture. Routledge. pp. 323–4. ISBN 978-1-134-70025-7.
  11. ↑ "Event Report – 'Finding a Voice: Asian Women in Britain'". Islamic Human Rights Commission. 6 March 2019.
  12. ↑ Goodfellow, Maya (8 June 2019). "Review – Finding a Voice: Asian women in Britain". Red Pepper. Retrieved 7 October 2020.
  13. ↑ "Amrit Wilson". British Library.
  14. ↑ "Amrit Wilson". The Strike at Imperial Typewriters. Archived from the original on 15 June 2021. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
  15. ↑ "Amrit Wilson". Pluto Press.
  16. ↑ "Hearing adjourned in journalist's revision plea on cancelled OCI card". The Indian Express. 2023-05-23. Retrieved 2024-03-22.
  17. ↑ Barnett, Marcus (2024-04-26). "Solidarity With Amrit Wilson". Tribune. Archived from the original on 2024-05-06. Retrieved 2024-05-06.
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