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Drug policy and feminist movements have rarely been connected - but they should be.

On October 27, 2019, regional elections were held in Colombia and 49 year-old Claudia López was elected as the first woman and openly lesbian mayor. We spoke with writer and cultural promoter Yirama Castaño Güiza on the significance of this victory.

New Board member Nidhi Goyal reflects on her journey as a disabled feminist and activist from India. 

AWIDer Felogene Anumo reflects on the World Breastfeeding Week. Celebrating the gains made around the world but also raising awareness on the ongoing battle over breastfeeding led by food industry corporations.

To really care for life, all of the women, babies, children and minors captured in that statement must have access to a full bouquet of health services that allow them to live long and live well. An insistence that foetuses become babies at all costs, even when that cost is the lives and wellbeing of hundreds of women and girls, is not pro-life. It is misogynistic. And it must be resisted.

By sharing stories of powerful women, we reignite and spread that love and hope, rebirth the creative resilience into the feminist realities that will save our planet. 

Despite concerted opposition by some States and anti-rights organizations who tried to undermine the existing legal framework on women’s rights and on sexual and reproductive health and rights, the Human Rights Council stood strong and delivered strong resolutions that highlight critical human rights abuses facing women and girls.

There’s been a $1bn boost in support in the last two years, but only tiny pots of money are trickling down to feminist groups.