Suneetha is part of the Law and Critical Legal Theory Initiative and is currently working on the project 'Feminist Politics, Rights Discourse, the Family and Sexuality: Rethinking Women’s Suffering and Agency.' She completed her PhD from the Central University of Hyderabad. Her thesis, “Family, Gender and Power: A Study of Women and Violence in Families in Andhra Pradesh”, looked at women’s negotiations with domestic violence, harassment and deprivation in the absence of a public discourse on women’s rights. Suneetha is the Coordinator of Anveshi and an ex-officio member of the Executive Committee.
Suneetha’s earlier work include a project titled Institutional Responses to Domestic Violence, completed during 2000-2003. Her investment in familial violence and rights began with her activism with the Andhra Pradesh Civil Liberties Committee and Human Rights Forum in the mid-nineties. During 1994-1995 she was a research assistant on a UGC supported project on human rights in Andhra Pradesh. She has also prepared curricular material and delivered lectures for a Post Graduate Diploma Course in Human Rights at Hyderabad Central University during 1998-1999.
Suneetha is a recipient of doctoral fellowships awarded by the Indian Council for Social Science Research, New Delhi, 1995, and by Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Fund, New Delhi, 1996-1998. She was one of the coordinators of the first South Indian Young Feminists Conference, 'Listening Together, Talking Differences,' organised by Anveshi and Hyderabad Women’s Collective in September 2001.
Select Publications:
- Model nikahnama personal law: the story of Indian secularism and muslim--Social Difference online, vol.1, Dec.2011.
- The Movement for Telangana: Myth and Reality--Economic & Political Weekly Vol XLV No.2 January 09, 2010. Co-author.
- 'A Difficult Match: Women’s Actions and Legal Institutions in the Face of Domestic Violence.' Economic and Political Weekly, October, 2006. Co-author.
- 'Adjudicating (un)Domestic Battles: The New Domestic Violence Law.' Economic and Political Weekly, September, 2005. Co-author.
- Inter- cultural dialogue on globalisation-- Economic & Political Weekly, Vol. 40, No.33, August13, 2005, Co-author.
- ‘Conjugality and Violence: Notes from the Past and the Present.’ Indian Journal of Human Rights, Vol.3, Nos.1&2, 1999.
- ‘State of Human Rights in the First World: Emerging Trends.’ Quarterly Journal of the Institute for the Study of Developing Areas, Vol.8, No.1, Jan-March 1998. Co-author.
- ‘Civil Liberties in the Making: A Case of Andhra Pradesh Civil Liberties Committee.’ Indian Journal of Human Rights, Vol.1, No.2, Jul-Dec 1997. Co-author.
- ‘Homosexuality: Against Hubris.’ Economic and Political Weekly, Nov.23, 1996.
- ‘Kutumbahimsapi Kotta Billu: Adigindokati, Teesukostunnadokati.’ Human Rights Bulletin, No. 3, 2002.