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This article focuses on Pakistani director, Sabiha Sumar's, debut film, Khamosh Pani (Silent Waters, 2003). The article argues that Sumar's film, by screening the never-ending impacts of politically motivated ethno-religious and ethno-national disasters, like 1947 partition of India and Pakistan, shows that female sufferers of one such disaster become more vulnerable to additional trauma caused by future disasters having similar roots. An examination of the film reveals that politically motivated ethno-religious and ethno-national calamitous events like the partition and Islamization program of Zia regime are gendered. These events solidify the sufferers' status as the inimical Other who need to be discarded/controlled for the wellbeing of the concerned community or nation to which they belong. Through a detailed analysis of the film, the article examines how women have to bear the maximum brunt of ethno-religious calamities that exploit their bodies as archives of violence by perennially damaging their sense of self. Instead of finding agency in voice, Sumar's film shows superficiality of words in communicating acute trauma caused by politically galvanized ethno-religious disasters. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

To achieve gender equality and women empowerment it is essential to have complete data on the multiple and intersecting ways in which women and girls experience poverty, discrimination and violence. Gender data is crucial: without it, it is extremely difficult to design policies and programs which respond to the differential needs and experiences of all categories of men and women. The Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) has pledged to tackle the gender gap by 2030. The transformative agenda of sustainable development is underpinned by a strong statement of inclusion - 'leave no one behind'. Despite increased attention towards improving gender statistics, in the last two decades, there exists a glaring data gap. This state of affairs presents a real test towards achieving the ambitious scope of Agenda 2030. This paper discusses the significance, achievements and gaps on the gender data front. Further the paper establishes the necessity to develop and budget for newer approaches to bridge the gender data gap by 2030. The paper enumerates an innovative method of data collection from Surguja, Chhattisgarh and highlights ways in which it helped the government to expand its services and effectively respond to the needs of all categories of single women in the state. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]