Leesa Gazi

Leesa Gazi is a founding member of Komola Collective, a London-based arts company dedicated to telling stories from women's perspectives. Leesa was the concept-developer, co-writer, and performer of 'Birangona: Women of War' theatre production, nominated for The Offies 2014. Leesa has completed her debut documentary feature Rising Silence that sheds light on the lives of Birangona women who suffered sexual violence in the war.

Birangona Women of Bangladesh

I stood beneath the January sun, locking eyes with a Birangona woman on a balcony above me. Her warm smile steadied my trembling heart. Inside, 21 Birangona women awaited us at Sirajganj Uttaran Mohila Sangstha. I was finally here. The year was 2010.

25 March 2025, 18:00 PM

The Sisterhood of Survivors

Jabeda Khatun (77 years) and Anoara Begum (68 years), two Birangonas of the Liberation War of Bangladesh arrived in The Netherlands on a gloomy winter day to join the

31 January 2019, 18:00 PM