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Gloria Steinem: toward a feminist foreign policy

Published on: 27 September 2016

Written by: Valerie Hudson All articles by Valerie Hudson

Feminism, when you look at it as Gloria Steinem does, as the recognition of the full humanity and full equality of...

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Whose work was the inspiration for the first nuke-free country?

Published on: 27 September 2016

Written by: Marilyn Waring All articles by Marilyn Waring

New Zealand was the first country in the world to pass national nuclear-free legislation. Marilyn Waring reflects on...

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Refugee women in the UK: Pushing a stone into the sea

Published on: 23 September 2016

Written by: Beatrice Botomani All articles by Beatrice Botomani

From personal experience I know that arrival in the UK for asylum seekers does not signal safety, but reform is a...

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The Joyce Girl and the mad wives of modernism

Published on: 22 September 2016

Written by: Sian Norris All articles by Sian Norris

Annabel Abbs' debut novel explores the life of Lucia Joyce - daughter of James - whose desire for an independent...

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On freeing Kenya's pastoralist communities from discrimination

Published on: 11 September 2016

Written by: Che Ramsden All articles by Che Ramsden

An interview with Justine N. Leisiano on her work defending girls’, women’s and disabled people’s rights in the...

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Artivism: art as activism, activism as art

Published on: 10 September 2016

Written by: Che Ramsden All articles by Che Ramsden

Art can be a powerful tool for activists. It can grapple with the world and bring about change. This piece explores...

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Classifying bodies, denying freedoms

Published on: 5 September 2016

Written by: Che Ramsden All articles by Che Ramsden

From sex to race, classification is a tool of oppression. Abuse directed at Caster Semenya lies at the centre of the...

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Trans women and feminism: the struggle is real

Published on: 2 September 2016

Written by: L. Leigh Ann van der Merwe All articles by L. Leigh Ann van der Merwe

At the centre of the troubled relationship between trans women and feminists are the questions of who gets to be a...

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The women of the rivers and forests have feminist debate?

Published on: 1 September 2016

Written by: Rebecca Souza All articles by Rebecca Souza

Beyond the reach of the internet and television in northern Brazil, feminist activism in the forests, on the boats...

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Feminist Futures: building collective power for rights and justice

Published on: 26 August 2016

Written by: Angelika Arutyunova All articles by Angelika Arutyunova

Written by: Rochelle Jones All articles by Rochelle Jones

In times of unprecedented repression and violence, AWID’s upcoming International Forum aims to transform diverse...

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Stay Woke: sustaining feminist organising in an uncertain world

Published on: 26 August 2016

Written by: Awino Okech All articles by Awino Okech

Autonomous feminist spaces must be guarded jealously. They are an important lifeline for feminists to re-charge and...

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Young feminist movements: the power of technology

Published on: 26 August 2016

Written by: Chloe Safier All articles by Chloe Safier

Young feminists are coming of age in a tech-focused and tech-literate world and using technology to organize locally...

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A revolution is not a dinner party

Published on: 23 August 2016

Written by: Meredith Tax All articles by Meredith Tax

Does the word “revolution” mean the same thing to the Kurdish liberation movement and to American leftists who...

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Building a bridge to the future: towards a feminist UN

Published on: 23 August 2016

Written by: Kavita N Ramdas All articles by Kavita N Ramdas

What will it take for the world’s women to shift the UN away from its paradigm of patriarchy and gender inequality...

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Is a feminist United Nations possible in our lifetime?

Published on: 22 August 2016

Written by: Lyric Thompson All articles by Lyric Thompson

Hopes for a female, feminist UN Secretary-General look increasingly unlikely, but there are creative ideas...

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Reclaiming Black women’s history: the Montgomery bus boycott 60 years on

Published on: 18 August 2016

Written by: Rahila Gupta All articles by Rahila Gupta

With police violence against Black communities giving rise to the #Blacklivesmatter campaign, anniversaries of civil...

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Self-immolation and asylum in Australia: ‘This is how tired we are’

Published on: 18 August 2016

Written by: Tiffany Page All articles by Tiffany Page

The slow violence inflicted upon the 28,621 individuals seeking refuge in Australia waiting on bridging visas to...

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Should Jeremy Corbyn learn from Hillary Clinton’s education plan?

Published on: 16 August 2016

Written by: Dee Searle All articles by Dee Searle

Student debt is as American as apple pie. But the system is in crisis, which is why Democratic presidential nominee...

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Justice and accountability for war related sexual violence in Sri Lanka

Published on: 15 August 2016

Written by: Chulani Kodikara All articles by Chulani Kodikara

As the testimonies of survivors of sexual violence in Sri Lanka’s long war enter the public domain and the...

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Questioning rape in China

Published on: 12 August 2016

Written by: Ting Guo All articles by Ting Guo

China is witnessing more and more spontaneous protests and online discussions against rape and the deeper structural...

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