Europe Solidaire Sans Frontières
, by PODOROZHNAYA Nastia, POLOZKOVA Anastasia
What difficulties do Ukrainian refugees face in conservative Poland? How to cope with the consequences of sexualized violence in a country where abortion is banned and “facilitating” the procedure can result in criminal prosecution? Why do international organizations ignore the problem of (…)
, par KHREBTAN-HORHAGER Julia
A spate of recent high-profile murders has put focus on the role of patriarchy and misogyny in persistent rates of anti-woman violence in Italy.
Shoes dyed red have become an emblem in Italy’s protests against anti-woman violence. Salvatore Laporta/KONTROLAB/LightRocket via Getty Images (…)
, by MALINOWSKA Magda, TURENKO Kateryna
The union has a female face, and this idea is perfectly captured in the documentary by Magda Maria Malinowska, a Polish filmmaker, activist, and member of The Workers’ Initiative (Inicjatywa Pracownicza) trade union. Her film The Women’s Strike Continues, presented at this year’s Filma Festival, (…)
, by BUCUR Maria
Romania, today the largest Balkan country, has undergone profound changes in gender norms and relations since its founding as a state in 1864. Until 1932 most women were second-class citizens, and suffrage for the entire female population came with the communist takeover after 1944.
Gender (…)
, by GU Olenka, KAŠIĆ Biljana
Biljana Kašić is a feminist theorist as well as peace and civil activist from Croatia. She is one of the leaders of the Centre for Women’s Studies (Zagreb), the co-founder of many feminist initiatives since the eighties of the twentieth century and engaged feminist at the international level. (…)
, by Luis (NPA 33)
On Thursday 30 November, a feminist general strike took place in the Basque Country for “the collective right to care and support”, called by the Euskal Herria Feminist Movement and the coordination of dozens of associations, struggle groups, trade unions and political parties.
Crédit Photo. (…)
, by PRUVOT Ségolène
While feminist movements are transnational by nature and examples of positively changing societal attitudes abound, efforts to build more inclusive societies are increasingly in the crosshairs of well-funded anti-rights networks. Achieving a truly feminist Europe requires resources, support for (…)
, par AUTORE Marta
On 25 November, a massive wave of more than half a million people filled the streets of Rome, with many spontaneous gatherings in squares throughout the country - first and foremost in Messina, Sicily, to shout out all their anger and determination against patriarchal violence, against those who (…)
, by KULBACZEWSKA-FIGAT Małgorzata
Between 16 and 18 November, Warsaw was the capital of world social and Marxist feminism: hundreds of women from all around the world gathered to discuss political theory and praxis, exchange experiences, research results and free thoughts. Women of the North and the South, East and West, all (…)
, by DOMOTOR Balint
As the cheerful noise of little children slowly fills the Jatekvar Bolcsode nursery in Budapest’s city centre, Istvan Zsupan, a 35-year-old entrepreneur, drops off Anna, the youngest of his three children.
Zsupan’s family is one of many who benefit from an array of government support (…)
, by CORBETT Jessica
“By going after women and girls who need medical care—and doctors who provide it—Polish authorities are using their powers to terrorize people instead of to protect basic rights,” said a Human Rights Watch researcher.
As a leading human rights organization declared Thursday that the Polish (…)
, by KELLAWAY Dave
Dave Kellaway provides an in-depth analysis of the controversy surrounding Spanish Football Federation President Luis Rubiales and his inappropriate behaviour towards women’s national team player Jenni Hermoso, examining the machismo culture underlying Rubiales’ actions and the strong backlash (…)
Last week saw protests in 40 towns across Bulgaria, after courts failed to convict a man who attacked his 18-year-old former partner with a knife. The case pointed to authorities’ failure to confront domestic violence — and the wider misogyny of public life.
Last Monday, thousands of people (…)
, by GRANT Rebecca
The Polish activist became the first person in Europe to be convicted for helping another woman get an abortion—and galvanized a movement behind her.
WARSAW—On March 14, Justyna Wydrzyńska arrived for her final day of court dressed in a magenta pantsuit, an orange blouse, and a gold necklace (…)
, by KLUCZEWSKA Karolina, LUCIANI Laura
Five grassroots feminist initiatives in five different countries transcend mainstream narratives about women’s rights
Feminist groups in Europe and Eurasia are continuing to resist the far-right rollback of women’s rights. But the international media usually focuses on mass demonstrations for (…)
, by MARTIROSYAN Lucy
Equality Now is calling on Eurasian countries to amend sexual violence laws towards consent-based definitions
Sexual violence laws in Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan are outdated and still require survivors of rape and sexual assault to ‘prove’ that physical force was used to (…)
, by CAHERTY Therese
We’ve come a long way!
The fight for reproductive freedom in Ireland
Irish publisher Lilliput Press recently launched the photobook, Road to Repeal: 50 years of struggle in Ireland for contraception and abortion, in Dublin’s Mansion House. Social policy analyst Pauline Conroy, photographer (…)
, by TAYLER Letta
OPINION: The EU should insist that Poland uphold the right to sexual and reproductive health care
It’s two years since hundreds of thousands of people – mostly women – joined protests in Poland against a near-total ban on legal abortion. Police used violence to disperse rallies and detained (…)
, by SERGEEVA Anastasiia
A Russian anti-war activist and refugee in Poland reacts to feminist leader Marta Lempart, who has begun calling for Russian refugees to “get the fuck out” of Western Europe.
Dear Ms Marta.
While speaking at Monday’s rally in front of the Russian Embassy, you addressed Russians/Russian (…)
, by CIOBANU Claudia, WATSON Nicholas
In a Twitter space hosted by BIRN’s Reporting Democracy, experts warned civil society needs to organize against conservative-religious forces that are pushing through abortion restrictions with little public support.
Women’s rights activists condemned the moves by governments in Central (…)
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