In our first podcast, Jane Gabriel talks to Dr Hania Sholkamy about gender and empowerment in Egypt, and the challenge of engaging with global feminism. Click on the image below
by Jessica Reed
To kickstart our collaboration with the Pathways of Women's Empowerment consortium (as part of our 50.50 initiative), we are launching our brand new themed
The Pathways of Women’s Empowerment / openDemocracy blog brings together academics, policy makers, activists and journalists concerned about gender and power. As part of our 50.50 initiative, and along
Is it fair to label any form of women's resistance groups as atoms of the global feminist movement?
Josephine Ahikire was intrigued by the wording surrounding women'
During lunch I found myself chatting with a couple of participants when the topic of the male experience of patriarchy came up. While a lot has been written about the
Cecilia Sardenberg shared a very telling story about a meeting taking place in Brazil - a progressive country by all accounts- in which a government representative spoke for two hours
A lot of skepticism linked to feminist theory steams from the lack of practical initiatives inspired by the second and third wave movements. Josephine Ahikire, senior lecturer in Kampala, would
If one thing wasn't missing from the conference, it certainly was humour. The 40 participants might have been holding PHds in gender and development, gender studies and history,
One of the main concern shared by the participants was that feminist thinking has been appropriated by the global process, its meaning transformed wrongly along the way. Concepts like '
By Jessica Reed
James Scurlock's documentary 'Maxed Out' is -if perhaps briefly- available on Google video; if you are thinking about signing up for another credit
by Jessica Reed
During the month of June openDemocracy ran a blog written by female voices, titled "openSummit: Women talk to the G8". We ran stories and opinion
