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Memory as Resistance: A Tribute to WHRDs no longer with us
AWID’s Tribute is an art exhibition honouring feminists, women’s rights and social justice activists from around the world who are no longer with us.
In 2020, we are taking a turn
This year’s tribute tells stories and shares narratives about those who co-created feminist realities, have offered visions of alternatives to systems and actors that oppress us, and have proposed new ways of organising, mobilising, fighting, working, living, and learning.
49 new portraits of feminists and Women Human Rights Defenders (WHRDs) are added to the gallery. While many of those we honour have passed away due to old age or illness, too many have been killed as a result of their work and who they are.
This increasing violence (by states, corporations, organized crime, unknown gunmen...) is not only aimed at individual activists but at our joint work and feminist realities.
The stories of activists we honour keep their legacy alive and carry their inspiration forward into our movements’ future work.
The portraits of the 2020 edition are designed by award winning illustrator and animator, Louisa Bertman.
AWID would like to thank the families and organizations who shared their personal stories and contributed to this memorial. We join them in continuing the remarkable work of these activists and WHRDs and forging efforts to ensure justice is achieved in cases that remain in impunity.
“They tried to bury us. They didn’t know we were seeds.” - Mexican Proverb
The Tribute was first launched in 2012
It took shape with a physical exhibit of portraits and biographies of feminists and activists who passed away at AWID’s 12th International Forum, in Turkey. It now lives as an online gallery, updated every year.
To date, 467 feminists and WHRDs are featured.
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Mary Assaad
Experta en desarrollo social y antropóloga de formación, Mary fue conocida como pionera en la batalla contra la mutilación genital femenina (MGF).
Nacida en 1922 en El Cairo, el trabajo de Mary en el campo del desarrollo comenzó tempranamente, cuando se unió a la Asociación Cristiana de Mujeres Jóvenes (YWCA, por sus siglas en inglés). Fue integrante del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias y se comprometió cada vez más con la cuestión de la salud de las mujeres. Su larga lucha contra la MGF rindió frutos en 2008, cuando Egipto finalmente penalizó este tipo de prácticas.
Se la recuerda como mentora de numerosxs feministas y activistas egipcixs.
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- Women are still targeted over fighting for human rights. Egypt today, Dec 2017
- Egypt: Hunting out Feminists in Egypt – Azza Soliman and Mozn Hassan Embody the State’s Refusal of Feminist Activism in both Private and Public Spheres. World Organization Against Torture, Jan 2017
- Access to land for indigenous women: an essential condition for eradicating gender violence. Intercontinental cry, Dec 2016
- Get Bangladesh women in unions to improve worker rights: campaigner. Reuters, Sep 2016
- Funding for women’s rights groups in poor countries falls by more than half. The Guardian, Sep 2016
- Men are 'allies to the cause' of equality for women, says campaigner. Reuters, Sep 2016
- Violent Extremist Groups Take Special Aim at Women, UN Official Says. Voa news, Sep 2016
- At a global forum of feminists, one thing is clear: it's where you live that counts. The Guardian, Sep 2016
- To End Malnutrition, Empower Women, Say Experts. News deeply, Jun 2016
- Gloria Steinem supports Salvadoran women in their fight against femicide. PR Newswire, Jun 2016
- Every hour, five women are killed by partners or family members. Left foot forward, Mar 2016
- Combatting Violence Against Women in Algeria: Mobilizing and Challenges. Reuters, Dec 2015
- When women human-rights activists are in danger, it’s women who come to their rescue. Vanity Fair, Jul 2015
- Another World Is Possible, Without the 1 Percent. Huffington Post, Mar 2015
- Use the power of the people to challenge the people in power!. New internationalist, Mar 2015
- Brazil: Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights (SRHRs) Challenged by Religious-Based Political Parties. Reuters, Oct 2013
- Why Economic Justice Is Central to LGBT Rights. Huffington Post, Jul 2012
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- A tribute to WHRDs who are no longer with us
- “Movements Matter” digital visual art series
- Brazil 2016 Forum Social Media Kit
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| Impunity for violence against women defenders of territory, common goods, and nature in Latin America March 16, 2018 |
Rural women's resistance to closing civic space March 15, 2018 |
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| Empowering rural women in mining affected environments March 13, 2018 |
Feminist Perspectives on Accountability March 13, 2018 |
Gender Perspectives on Corporate Accountability March 12, 2018 |
Ahmal Mahmoud
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كلا. نقدّر عملكم/ن لكننا لا نطلب في هذه المرحلة من الصناديق النسوية والنسائية تعبئة الاستطلاع. نشجعكم/ن على مشاركة الاستطلاع مع شركائكم/ن و شبكاتكم/ن النسوية.
Mridula Prasad
Mridula était une ardente défenseure de la promotion de la santé des femmes à une époque où le sujet de la santé sexuelle et reproductive des femmes était considéré comme tabou aux Fidji.
C’est elle qui a guidé les premiers travaux du Fiji Women’s Rights Movement sur les droits sexuels et reproductifs. En septembre 1999, le Fonds des Nations Unies pour la population lui a décerné un prix régional pour sa contribution en matière de santé et de droits sexuels et reproductifs. Mridula était une militante affirmée, dévouée et infatigable, passionnée par la santé et l’autonomisation des femmes.
Membre reconnue du mouvement féministe et des mouvements de femmes aux Îles Fidji, nous nous souviendrons toujours de la contribution de Mridula. Elle est décédée de causes naturelles en 2017.
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Carmen de la Cruz
Carmen had a long career advocating for women’s rights both in NGOs and within the United Nations (UN) system.
She taught courses in several Spanish and Latin American universities, and published numerous articles and reports on women, gender and peace in developing countries.
Her writing and critical reflections have impacted a whole generation of young women. In her last years, she was responsible for the Gender Practice Area in the Regional Center of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) for Latin America, from where she supported very valuable initiatives in favour of gender equality and women's human rights.
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