A five-day training on strengthening the women’s movement was organized by UN Women in Entebbe, Uganda, from 18 to 22 July 2022. This workshop, supported by UN Women as part of the EU-UN Global Spotlight initiative , aimed to strengthen the work of Pillar 6 partners and the existing women’sRead More →
Businesswoman Patricia Duncan Sutherland has been re-elected president of the People’s National Party (PNP) women’s movement, pledging to push harder for the legalization of abortion in Jamaica and the implementation of the law on sexual harassment. Duncan Sutherland, who is the organisation’s fifth leader, was re-elected on Sunday at theRead More →
Editor’s Note: The following is an excerpt from Sue Ellen Browder’s book “Subverted: How I Helped the Sexual Revolution Hijack the Women’s Movement.” It can be bought here. As corporate America faced intense pressure from the women’s movement and the courts to hire more women in high-paying positions, the ambitious,Read More →
She is a legend of the women’s movement in Samoa, an influential member of the Vailele Council of Women and a proud mother of two. She is a former Deputy Director General of the Programs, Training and Community Development Division of the former Ministry of Women’s Affairs. Palanitina Tupuimatagi Toelupe,Read More →
The Not One Less movement started in Argentina after the murder of a 14-year-old pregnant girl. Thousands of women in Argentina took to the streets with “Ni Una Menos” signs meaning “Not one less” to demand systematic change in a country where a woman is killed every 32 hours, dataRead More →
Photo source: Rob Kall – DC BY 2.0 “There really is no such thing as the ‘voiceless’. There are only the deliberately silenced, or preferably the inaudible. -Arundhati Roy Older women in conservative African societies have found the women’s movement liberating, refreshing and affirming. Liberating because it showed us thatRead More →
Every week, small groups of women meet in homes across Kerala, discussing everything from micro-credit schemes to organic farming and food processing. On May 17, Kudumbashree, Kerala’s flagship program for women empowerment and poverty eradication, turned 25 years old. Launched in 1998 by the then CPI(M)-led government in Kerala asRead More →
Adapted from a blog post by the UN Trust Fund to End Violence Against Women Olesia Bondar, Director of the Ukrainian Women’s Fund (UWF), spoke with the UN Trust Fund about how the current crisis is affecting Ukrainian women and girls, and the key role civil society and women’s rightsRead More →
In December 2006, while still in Corporate America, I was working around the clock with my team to complete a major eleven month project for the CEO of the company. It was bitingly cold; as my colleague and I drove home in the wee hours of the morning through theRead More →
“No to compulsory hijab,” chanted the women’s movement for justice and freedom in response to the Taliban’s plan to make the hijab compulsory. On Monday, May 9, members of the movement held a rally in the Afghan capital Kabul, declaring the compulsory “misogyny” of the hijab that has plunged societyRead More →
Placeholder while loading article actions If you were brought up on 1970s feminism, as I was, the linguistic shift to phrases like “people who give birth” and “having wombs” was a bit shocking. We grew up with “women’s liberation”, “women’s issues” and “women’s rights”; now, suddenly, these questions and theseRead More →
WASHINGTON — If you were raised on 1970s feminism, like me, the linguistic shift to phrases like “people giving birth” and “having wombs” has been a little shocking. We grew up on ‘women’s liberation’, ‘women’s issues’ and ‘women’s rights’; now, suddenly, these questions and these rights seem to belong toRead More →
DUNCANUTHERLAND…as we work for women’s rights in our countries — we must choose to challenge People’s National Party (PNP) Women’s Movement Public Relations Officer, Patricia Duncan Sutherland, urges Jamaican women to continue to fight economic, societal and other inequalities. Talk with the Jamaica Observer Ahead of the movement’s 2021 conference,Read More →
The exhibit is a visual representation of missing and murdered women; red robes hang outside with educational signs to provide information, display statistics and access resources about this important movement. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren) WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) – YWCA Lower Cape Fear and its Advocacy and Racial Justice Committee announcesRead More →
A demonstration led by the Committee for the right to abortion and against the abuse of sterilization (CARASA). (Photo courtesy of Meredith Tax) To subscribe to The nation Subscribe now for as low as $2 per month! Thank you for registering for The nationweekly newsletter. Thank you for signing up.Read More →
Change things that seem impossible to change. by David Miller Loveland, Ohio – In 1940, an international women’s movement got on a boat. The last ship before Hitler invaded Holland. They arrived in America, “in the blink of an eye” in April of that year. Loveland’s Holy Grail became aRead More →
KARACHI, Pakistan – It’s a rare sight. Hundreds of Pakistani feminists across ethnic and class lines celebrate and mourn together in the Pakistani megacity of Karachi. Behind them, the sun sets over the iconic Quaid Mazar, the mausoleum built for Pakistan’s founding patriarch, who dreamed of a country where minoritiesRead More →
Santo Domingo, March 8 (Prensa Latina) Left-wing Dominican women and feminists spoke out on Tuesday in this capital against the rise of neoliberalism in the world, promoted by the United States and Europe. In a statement on International Women’s Day, the women slammed the United States and other capitalist countriesRead More →
International Women’s Day is celebrated by different social and labor movements around the world as a day in which we honor the struggle of the women’s movement for equal rights, opportunities and an end to discrimination and discrimination. all forms of violence. The Covid-19 pandemic has amplified the challenges forRead More →
Srishti Bakshi takes a long walk on the slate-gray tarmac with blue-gray skies as the weight of her distress mixes perfectly with the thoughtful strings of Tajdar Junaid in the documentary WOMB: Women of My Billion. At the end of 2016, Srishti was returning home from her corporate work inRead More →
March 25, 1911 is a day in which he exchanged the future delle donne and the working conditions for the feminine in New York and an international livello. Quel giorno, 146 persone sono morti in un incendio a una fabbrica di abbigliamento quando alcuni pezzi di tessuto hanno preso fuoco.Read More →
MOSCOW, February 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — At the end of January 2022, the Coordinating Council of Trade Union Organizations of Asbest, in the Sverdlovsk region, and the Women for Safe Labor and Social Stability (WSLT) movement published a resolution on the use of chrysotile asbestos. They deemed it necessary toRead More →
Nairobi — Women leaders allied with Orange Democratic Movement leader Raila Odinga have launched a strategic move aimed at mobilizing support for the Azimio La Umoja movement. Dubbed ‘Jeshi la Baba ni akina mama’, the movement was unveiled Thursday at an event attended by Kitui Governor Charity Ngilu, former CabinetRead More →
NAIROBI, Kenya February 10 – Women leaders allied with Orange Democratic Movement leader Raila Odinga have launched a strategic move aimed at mobilizing support for the Azimio La Umoja movement. Dubbed ‘Jeshi la Baba ni akina mama’, the movement was unveiled Thursday at an event attended by Kitui Governor CharityRead More →
A serious lack in the global women’s movement is the failure to include the environment as the most critical and pressing feminist concern, even though many of the world’s leading environmental activists are women. For Bangladesh, this is all the more true as climatic disasters hit the country more thanRead More →
Former Vice Presidential Candidate Sarah Palin accused Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, DN.Y., and Vice President Kamala Harris of using sexism as a shield against legitimate criticism on “Fox News” Primetime “Monday. Fox host Rachel Campos-Duffy said Harris failed to take responsibility for many of his failures and that the vice presidentRead More →
Dr. Glenda Simms KINGSTON, Jamaica — The People’s National Party (PNP) women’s movement mourns the passing of a dedicated feminist, Dr. Glenda Simms. Simms, who died on New Year’s Eve, rose to prominence in 1990 when she became the first black woman to be named chair of the Canadian AdvisoryRead More →
December 26, 2021, 1:09 PM IST ‘RESIST’ aims to bring together diverse women’s movements with a common goal and to be a greater force that will inspire many more new resistance movements. Governance Innovation Labs, a pioneer in ensuring good governance through civic engagement, recently announced its “Art for Democracy”Read More →
Governance Innovation Labs, a pioneer in ensuring good governance through civic engagement, recently announced its “Art for Democracy” scholarship for emerging and early career artists. The first project in the “RESIST” series is an artistic interpretation of five recent movements led by women in Kerala and is visualized by theirRead More →
I hope the commemoration of Mother’s Day serves as a reminder to all of us, both stakeholders and the public, that women hold a high position who contribute to the development of the nation we love. Sleman, Yogyakarta (ANTARA) – Women’s Empowerment and Child Welfare Minister Bintang Puspayoga stressed thatRead More →
Rajaa Al-Halabi, the leader of the Hamas women’s movement, said in a December 13, 2021 interview on Al-Aqsa TV (Hamas-Gaza) praised female suicide bomber Rim Al-Riyashi and the future suicide bomber Fatima Al-Najjar. She said that all women in Hamas and Gaza would become suicide bombers if asked. Furthermore, sheRead More →
Rajaa Al-Halabi, the head of the Hamas women’s movement, said in a December 13, 2021 interview on Al-Aqsa TV (Hamas-Gaza) praised female suicide bomber Rim Al-Riyashi and the future suicide bomber Fatima Al-Najjar. She said that all women in Hamas and Gaza would become suicide bombers if asked. Furthermore, sheRead More →
the American Heart Association, the world’s leading nonprofit dedicated to a healthier world for all, today announced that Kim Post, executive vice president and chief operating officer of HonorHealth, a valley-leading healthcare system serving 1.6 million people in the greater Phoenix area, will be the volunteer community chair of theRead More →
The Istanbul Women’s Library and Information Center Foundation is a testament to 150 years of women’s movement in Turkey, offering a new perspective to the country’s history. In a historic building near the Golden Horn, Turkey’s first and only library dedicated to women’s works has been shining a light onRead More →
FOUR years ago, Morgan May donned her Pussyhat to participate in the latest women’s rights march to crush patriarchy – stopping only to stock up on a vegan burger. But fast forward to 2021 and Morgan, 32, who lives in Playa Del Carmen, Mexico, couldn’t be further from herself. 4Read More →
FOUR years ago, Morgan May donned her Pussyhat to take part in the last march for women’s rights in a bid to smash the patriarchy – only stopping to fill up on a vegan burger. But fast forward to 2021 and Morgan, 32, who lives in Playa Del Carmen, Mexico,Read More →
Bandana Rana, who is the former vice-chair of the United Nations Association for the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) Committee and currently chair of the CEDAW Investigations Working Group , says she plans to talk about amplifying the voices and visibility of women through United Nations mechanisms during herRead More →
NORTH CAROLINA, NC – Texas’ controversial abortion law continues to grab the headlines as it now goes to the Supreme Court. The new law prohibits abortions after six weeks of pregnancy. Here in North Carolina, abortions are still legal, and that’s something the Charlotte Women’s Movement hope to stay put.Read More →
Women’s rights activists speaking during a discussion hosted by Nari Grontho Probortona and Unnayan Bikalper Nitinirdharoni Gobeshona (UBINIG) on Sunday October 31, 2021 Courtesy Women face many obstacles to be successful because of their gender, say activists To start a new movement for women’s rights, women’s rights activists should listenRead More →
The Young Urban Women’s Movement (YUWM), a program of ActionAid Ghana, has called on the government to take action to ratify the International Labor Organization (ILO) Convention 190 (C190) on Violence and Harassment in the world of work. ILO C190 is a comprehensive international regulation, which addresses all issues relatingRead More →
BADER ZAINAL WRITTEN – April 20 Farah Hamza Akbar was killed in broad daylight after rejecting the perpetrator’s marriage proposal. In another tragic murder, Fatima Al Ajmi was shot dead by her brother, who felt hatred and anger because she had married someone outside their tribe and he said embarrassedRead More →
The women’s movement has made steady progress over the years, but this is most evident in the more privileged classes, while women in middle and low income groups have not benefited much, the Commission said on Sunday. senior journalist Zubeida Mustafa. . She mentioned Kazim Saeed’s book “Dou Pakistan” andRead More →
When the Bolivian peasant movements took to the streets last year against the coup government, they maintained a centuries-old tradition. The road blockade campaign spanned the entire country, a strategy that recalled the rebellion of Túpac Katari and Bartolina Sisa against the Spaniards in 1781, and supported deep currents ofRead More →
It is remarkable how many lives Kamla Bhasin touched. Activists, friends, students and colleagues remember a woman who attracted them with her humor, wit, ideas and energy. People remember reading his books and poems, listening to and singing his songs. They note the organizations and networks that she helped foundRead More →
Kamla Bhasin has worked on development and gender issues. New Delhi: Women’s rights activist Kamla Bhasin, known to have been part of the “One Billion Rising” campaign in South Asia among other prominent movements, has died today. She was 75 years old. A renowned feminist and author, she had workedRead More →
Think of feminist activist Kamla Bhasin and you will immediately remember the energetic folk number ‘Kut kut bajra principal kothe utte paani haan, ‘ which was made popular by the musical sisters, Prakash Kaur and Surinder Kaur, and was a crowd favorite at ancient Punjabi weddings. The song, which isRead More →
Jamie Lee Curtis, who will receive the Lifetime Achievement Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival on Wednesday night ahead of the out-of-competition screening of “Halloween Kills,” responded to accusations that the franchise’s first film was “Anti-feminist” and “women bashing” at a press conference earlier today. Curtis said she thoughtRead More →
In early July, world leaders addressed the United Nations Generation Equality Forum in Paris, reaffirming the role of gender equality in prosperity and stability and commemorating the historic 1995 Beijing conference which enshrined women’s rights in international law. But two and a half decades later, little has changed for womenRead More →
Suddenly women and girls seem to be invisible. Women are no longer the top priority, even at the Women’s Sports Foundation, which advocates for the rights of biological men who identify as women or trans women to participate in women’s sports. This despite the science that clearly shows that transRead More →
Anyone white could blame themselves for whatever comes to their mind. Not just working, killing or mutilating you, but getting dirty. I got you so dirty that you couldn’t love yourself anymore. Some things disappear. Some things remain. I used to think it was my memory… What I remember isRead More →
In the end, the compromise came to nothing. When the law was passed on Monday, male MPs fought successfully to bring down the withdrawal of consent clause, while retaining anti-gay, anti-sex worker and victim-blaming provisions. Indeed, the new law strengthens the ban on homosexual relations. The existing ban did notRead More →
SShortly after her 21st birthday, new mother Jessica Royal (then Cothon) got her Concealed Transport License (CCW) in Nashville, Tenn. She prayed that she would never have to pull a trigger to defend her life. But after enduring years of abuse from her partner, including being beaten to death, strangledRead More →
YWCA Lower Cape Fear announces the locations of the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women’s Movement red dress exhibit. Organizations from New Hanover, Brunswick, Pender and Columbus counties will host the exhibit. The public will be able to visit the premises from Saturday April 24. The locations are: New County ofRead More →
I am not Machiavelli, but having spent most of my career in communication, I have developed some princely rules. One of them is to choose your allies wisely. The wrong ally will fail your cause more completely than the most vicious opponent. Zealots, ideologues and activists are exciting to haveRead More →
Bangladesh has started to rank well in official statistics on the advancement of women indicators. Over the past 50 years, women have emerged from their invisibility to feature in the development discourse in Bangladesh. Official reports recognize them as engines of the economy and peacekeepers. On the billboards, we areRead More →
Outreach groups were the foundation of second wave feminism, awakening women to their struggles and the sexism of the social structures in which they lived. An article from 1979 gives a fascinating insight into their purpose and structure. Bonnie Moore Randolph and Clydene Ross-Valliere, both nurses in the field ofRead More →
Tribal history is proud to have seen brave and courageous women from indigenous communities, who not only fought for their rights but also successfully led their communities and are credited in establishing the Republic of India . Rani Durgavati, a fierce ruler of the kingdom of Gondwana fought valiantly againstRead More →
Arab Spring January 27, 2021 The unlikely success of the Egyptian revolution of 2011: a revived women’s movement Through Sara khorshid There was a time when the cause of women was not a priority for many Egyptians concerned about the plight of the country. Before the uprising of 2011, itRead More →
Originally posted on Break the chains. In December 2020, a 12-year-old girl who had been sexually assaulted gave birth to twins after being denied the right to an abortion in Argentina. Although federal law has granted exceptions for rape, authorities have been accused of deliberately delaying action on the child’sRead More →
By Daina Beth Solomon, Cassandra Garrison MEXICO CITY / BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Several weeks pregnant and about to start a job away from home, Lupita Ruiz had no doubts that she wanted to terminate her pregnancy, knowing she faced jail time for having an abortion under a law inRead More →
Since the election of South Korean President Moon Jae-in in 2017, the global movement advocating for comfort women’s issues has proliferated around the world. These civic groups, which are dedicated to highlighting allegations of sexual abuse dating back to the Japanese occupation of Korea from 1910 to 1945, received strongRead More →
(PBS) Roxane Gay, Kimberlé Crenshaw, America Ferrera and Gloria Steinem, each an influential and fearless woman in their own way, but what else do they have in common? Among other agents of change, they are presented in a new documentary retracing the history of the American women’s movement, as toldRead More →
Another Holmes film has hit our living rooms. This time, however, it’s not Sherlock Holmes but his brilliant 16-year-old sister who solves a mystery. Directed by Harry Bradbeer and played by Millie Bobby Brown, Enola Holmes was released on Netflix last week. The film is based on author Nancy Springer’sRead More →
When Unjoo Moon visits Helen Reddy, they are still drawn to the record player Moon bought for the singer. Reddy, who was diagnosed with dementia, now lives in a Los Angeles nursing home for professional artists. Moon and Reddy play their favorite songs, as well as Reddy’s own albums. “AndRead More →
INDIANAPOLIS – “The suffrage is white.” This is the position of Susan L. Hall-Dotson, coordinator of African American history collections at the Indiana Historical Society in Indianapolis. “It is painful for whites – and white women in particular – to admit that they alienate themselves from other women on theRead More →
As the new coronavirus has swept through almost every country on the planet, it has hit some populations harder than others. In Rhode Island, Latinos make up 46% of the state’s case count. Nationally, blacks and Latinos are infected at disproportionate rates. And one group is serving massively on theRead More →
On that day 25 years ago, August 11, 1995, a devadasi woman, Yellamma, traveled from Raichur district in Karnataka to Delhi to participate in a historic event. In the presence of over a thousand Dalit women, Yellamma lit the inaugural lamp to establish a pan-Indian network, the National Federation ofRead More →
Again Saturday January 1, 2022 at 9:30 p.m. on KPBS TV + Sunday January 2 at 6:30 p.m. on KPBS 2 / On Demand —A celebration of the 100th anniversary of women’s suffrage reflected in popular music— “Rise Up: Songs from the Women’s Movement” celebrates the 100th anniversary of theRead More →
This story originally appeared on Alma. The women’s movement is led by Jews…or at least it was in the 1970s. Betty Fridan, Bella AbzugGloria Steinem – they were all Jewish, and they’re all characters from FX’s new show “Mrs. America,” now airing on Hulu. The series, created by Dahvi Waller,Read More →
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Tens of thousands of people took to the streets of Spain on Sunday evening to participate in walks across the country for International Women’s Day. The reasons for the protest were the same as those which inspired the mass protests of the past two years: gender-based violence, the gender payRead More →
In 1972, a black cultural center in Berkeley, Calif., is calling on artists to help create a black hero-themed exhibit. An African-American artist, Betye Saar, responded. She created an artwork out of a “mammy” doll and armed her with a gun. According to Angela Davis, a Black Panther activist, Saar’sRead More →
When Iran allowed a select group of women into Tehran’s Freedom Stadium to watch the men’s national football team play, some Iranian women abroad dismissed it as an inconsequential “trick”. But inside Iran, where women activists have fought for equal social rights for decades against a tradition of patriarchy, itRead More →
Jane Fonda in “Feminists: What Were They Thinking?” | netflix In a perfect world, the documentary Feminists: what were they thinking? would simply be a nostalgic film that walks back in time, when women in the 1970s were fighting for equal rights and a recognition that this fight is aRead More →
OULAD SEBATA, Morocco — For most of her life, Saida Soukat’s days were filled with farm routines, field work and herding livestock. On a recent Tuesday, she did something quite different, however, speaking to a group of women at their bi-weekly protests demanding an end to the state-sanctioned privatization ofRead More →
If you haven’t already seen Recent column by Cleta Mitchell in the New York Times, it is a must-read. Mitchell, a Washington lawyer who represents conservative causes, joined the women’s movement in the early 1970s. She campaigned for the Equal Rights Amendment and, as a lawmaker in Oklahoma, supported abortionRead More →
Statues of women’s suffrage pioneers Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony and Lucretia Mott in the rotunda of the United States Capitol. MICHAEL MATHES/AFP/Getty Images The Declaration of Independence, which prompted the birth of the United States, noted that all men are created equal. But in the 241 years since,Read More →
On January 21, my husband and I participated in the Women’s March in Reno, Nevada. As we did, I looked around and wondered how many of us weren’t women – or men, for that matter. The temperature was in the 40s, which wasn’t as cold as the winters in myRead More →
CL, TB In Latin America, the left and the resistance to the resurgence of the right have been embodied in the Vatican. The shadow cast by the pope, who strongly criticizes capitalism on the international scene, has made left-wing criticism tend to gravitate around his example. Meanwhile, feminism offers aRead More →
March 8 is celebrated annually as International Women’s Day, but this year it will also mark the second major demonstration of resistance by the growing women’s movement launched during the January Women’s March in Washington. Whether you are one of the women participating in Wednesday’s general strike or an allyRead More →
William Barnett, my paternal grandfather, came to America in 1910 and became a labor organizer with the International Cap Makers Union. Although William was enamored with his newfound freedoms in America and angered by the appalling working conditions of his fellow workers, my grandmother Lottie was not amused. With fourRead More →
When famous feminist activist Mona Eltahawy advanced her theory that women are hated and hated in the Middle East, she faced objections from men and women in various Arab countries. Yet, when you consider the Iraqi model and witness the decline and regression in the status of women and feministRead More →
Amid all the dissection of John F. Kennedy’s legacy this week, one achievement has gone largely unnoticed: her role in launching the modern women’s movement. To be sure, JFK’s record on women (especially in his personal life) was mixed, and his cabinet and political staff were overwhelmingly male. Nevertheless, inRead More →
As the Rana Plaza tragedy in Bangladesh is all too clear, factory jobs in our global supply chain carry significant risks for the millions of people who work in them – the majority of whom are women under the age of 30. Their working life consists of sitting and standingRead More →
Forty years ago, the board of directors of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) determined that women’s rights should be the organization’s highest priority. Then-executive director Aryeh Neier created the ACLU Women’s Rights Project and appointed Ruth Bader Ginsburg as its first director. Since then, Ginsburg has served as aRead More →
WACO, TX– Janet Guthrie has no doubts about her racing skills, but credits the activity of the national women’s movement with opening the doors for her to become the first woman to drive in the Indianapolis 500. “If it weren’t for the disruptive activity of the women’s movement a decadeRead More →