Reclaiming Indigenous land, bodies and joy
From self-governance to soccer tournaments, Zapatista women show how another world is possible at the first international gathering of women in struggle.
In rural Paraguay, women are on the frontlines of a ‘race against time’ to save native seeds
Amid the spread of industrial farming, transgenic crops and seed patents, rural women are conserving native varieties and teaching others about agro-ecology.
How Mayan women in Guatemala are fighting to protect their designs – and their identity
Mayan weavers are organising to defend their art, pushing for new legislation to recognise and protect their ‘collective intellectual property’
Argentine Green Tide on the Rise, Challenging ‘Fear of god’
After the June 14th vote that approved the bill legalizing the Voluntary Interruption of Pregnancies, various groups and institutions ramped up their opposition. Out of arguments, they began resorting to violence.
“First, they took Dilma”: The Feminist Struggle in Brazil has endured hardships, but we are not alone
A young feminist activist from Brazil describes the cycle of collective pain, mourning, and hope that she and her comrades experienced throughout recent political events
Feminist bots vs rightwing trolls: Brazil’s gender justice movements cross new frontiers
Abortion has long been criminalized in Brazil, and barely figures into the mainstream leftist political agenda. It is an issue that many have all but given up on - but not the feminist movements.
Feminists: “Diverse but not dispersed”
In November of 2017, the 14th Latin American and Caribbean Feminist Encuentro in Montevideo, Argentina brought together 2,200 feminists from all over Latin America as well as several European countries, with their different feminist experiences, diverse ideological and political positions, epistemic perspectives and collective projects.
Webinar Highlights: #RightsAtRisk, the state of anti-rights organizing and our resistance
On Wednesday 15th November 2017, AWID as part of the Observatory on the Universality at Rights (OURs), hosted a webinar to discuss the state of anti-rights organizing and our collective resistance, based on the findings of Rights At Risk: The OURs Trends Report 2017.
This is why we fight: Interview with Isabel Flota Ayala
AWID spoke with Isabel Flota Ayala, an indigenous activist from the International Indigenous Women’s Fund (IIWF) about people who fought bravely for her communities.
“Nourishing Freedoms”
We invite all to join us at the table, eat with us, sit with us, learn with us, grow with us…be with us as we co-create, and nourish our Black Feminist Futures.