Aliya Bashir is an independent journalist covering India and Indian-administered Kashmir with a focus on human rights, gender justice, women’s issues, the environment, healthcare, education, and minorities. The publications she has written for include The Guardian, Time, Lancet Psychiatry, The New Humanitarian, Reuters, Global Press Journal, and TRT World. She is the winner of the 2015 Schizophrenia Research Foundation-Press Institute of India “Media for Mental Health” award for best reporting on mental health issues in India and has won reporting grants from International Women’s Media Foundation and Population Reference Bureau. Follow her on Twitter @aliyabashir.
