One of the goals in a new report on women and Arab Spring by CARE International is to build bridges between religious and secular women. Gita Sahgal says this fails to address the real problem: the rise of fundamentalism and the lack of clarity on the need for a secular state.
Right now, we must seek to overcome this tough historic moment without burdening Egyptians with a battle of no winners at all.
The EU is becoming increasingly involved in policy areas that many consider the holy grail of national sovereignty. How did this come about? The short answer is: Hungary.
If we could think and mobilize globally for the environment, what exactly is it that impedes the international community from doing the same for migration?
Incarceration is emblematic of women’s confined and marginalised position in society. Reducing women’s imprisonment in the UK is a social justice imperative, says Jenny Earle
"Feminism is only frightening to those who gain the most from oppression, to those who would stifle the human spirit and hold the world in stasis. The rest of us really do have nothing to lose and everything to gain". Finn Mackay speaking at the FiL Conference
Feminists lift their sights to capitalism, racism and militarism. Cynthia Cockburn reports from the Feminism in London conference on devising whole-istic feminist strategies of resistance.
The new composition of the European Parliament after the elections in 2014 is expected to be rather different. It is estimated that the number of anti-Europeans and Eurosceptics will increase from around 100 to around 200 MEPs in a total of 751 seats, reinforcing the presence of radical parties.
Any plans for the social and economic empowerment of ‘beggars’ will work only if they address the factors that affect people negatively, forcing them out of their work/livelihood, and eventually pushing them into extreme destitution and dependence.
