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.
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.
On the 50th anniversary of Stonewall, a reflection on visibility in resistance and pride in the struggle.
It is through music and art that we allow ourselves to imagine new possibilities.
In this article, Victoria Tesoriero examines two concrete experiences that rely on different self-generated resourcing strategies. Two key spaces for organizing and movement building that have helped create more established collaboration and brought together activists from across different generations.
As CARE shared ground breaking news that PepsiCo Foundation has committed a whopping $18.2 million grant to implement a female empowerment program, a subsidiary of Pepsi would decide to take four peasant farmer to court for allegedly growing Frito lay potato seed varieties.
When trans-exclusionary feminists claim to speak in the name of radical feminism, they erase its diversity.
Resolutions on “Protection of the Family” were passed at the Human Rights Council in 2014, 2015, and 2016.
The “Protection of the Family” agenda is driven by ultra-conservative efforts to impose “traditional” and patriarchal interpretations of the family, and to move rights out of the hands of family members and into the institution of ‘the family’.
Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah is currently the Director of Information, Communications and Media at AWID. She has worked mainly virtually for close to 5 years, connecting with colleagues at AWID in 16 countries, and meeting over various digital platforms. She is sharing my top 6 tips for thriving in today’s gig economy.