On this page, you’ll find a list of resources compiled by participants of the South Asian American Policy Working Group and partner organizations, by subject area.
Gender Justice/Reproductive Access
- What is Gender-Based Violence (Manavi, Dec. 2024)
- Community Briefing on Abortion & Reproductive Health Needs (South Asian Soar, May 2023)
- Understanding Trauma and Trauma-Informed Care (Sakhi for South Asian Survivors, July 2022)
- A Call for Conversation: Consent and Sexual Violence (SEWA-AIFW, July 1, 2022)
- The Reproductive Justice Framework for Muslims: A Preview (HEART, 2024)
Healthcare (including mental health)
- Understanding Elder Abuse (Sakhi for South Asian Survivors, May 2022)
- Suicide Awareness in the South Asian Community (Raksha, September 2024)
- Unmasking An Invisible Community: Unique Influences On And Consequences Of COVID-19 Among South Asians In The United States (South Asian Public Health Association, 2020)
- Beyond Do No Harm: 13 Principles for Health Care Providers to Interrupt Criminalization (Interrupting Criminalization, 2024)
Caste Oppression/Hindu Supremacy
- Hindu Supremacy 101 (Savera, 2024)
- The HAF Way to Supremacy (Savera, 2024)
- FAQs about Hindu Supremacy and Liberatory Hinduism (Hindus for Human Rights, 2024)
- Practice of Caste in the United States (Ambedkar King Study Circle USA, 2020)
- What is the Concept of Supremacy? (Savera, 2024)
Immigration
- Immigration Detention 101 (Detention Watch Network, 2024)
- Nepali TPS Holders Make Significant Contributions To America (Adhikaar, 2020)
- FAQ about Trump 1.0 and denaturalization (ILRC, 2018)
Islamophobia/War on Terror
- Community Memorandum: Recommendations for A Foundational White House Islamophobia Strategy
- Understanding the National Strategy on Countering Islamophobia and Anti-Arab Hate:A Guide for Groups and Leaders
- Abolishing the War on Terror, Building Communities of Care (Heart, 2024)
Transnational Repression
- So Many Targets: Contextualizing Modern Indian Transnational Repression Against the Sikh Community (Sikh Coalition, 2024)
- Virtually Vulnerable: Exposing the Human Cost of Digital Harassment (SALDEF, 2024)
Worker Rights
- Building Power and Safety through Solidarity: Working Class Organizing in NYC during COVID-19 (DRUM NYC, 2020)
Civil Rights/Bullying
- Empowered/Imperiled: The Rise of South Asian Representation and Anti-South Asian Racism, Stop AAPI Hate (2024)
- Combating Bias, Bigotry and Backlash: Sikh American Policy Priorities, Sikh Coalition (2025)
Foreign Policy
- Learn about the 1984 Union Carbide gas leak disaster in Bhopal, India and efforts by ASATA to pass legislation recognizing the devastating impact.
- Learn about the 1984 Sikh Genocide and how the Sikh community is organizing to share the memory of the horrors faced by the Indian Sikhs due to religious supremacy.
- Understand the links between Hindu Supremacy and Zionism (18 Million Rising, 2024)