https://www.scmp.com/rss/506785/feed Safeena Wani is a freelance journalist based in Kashmir. She has over five years of experience in reporting. Wani has written long features on conflict, the refugee crisis, the environment, cross border violence, gender and culture. Her work has appeared in prominent news platforms including Al Jazeera, Newslaundry, The Federal, NewsClick, LiveMint and DNA. She holds a Master's Degree in mass communication and journalism and strives to speak truth to power. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com As Covid-19 spread across India in March this year, Sumayya, 38, found herself worrying for a different reason. Married for seven years, she had finally managed to conceive a baby through in vitro fertilisation (IVF), with the help of a clinic in the capital New Delhi, over 800km from her home in Kashmir. Her two previous IVF attempts had failed. She had lost hope, money and peace of mind, causing a strain in her marriage. The couple's inability to conceive naturally was mainly attributed to... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/health-environment/article/3095588/how-ongoing-conflict-kashmir-has-affected-womens?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/health-environment/article/3095588/how-ongoing-conflict-kashmir-has-affected-womens?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 01 Aug 2020 08:30:14 +0000