Europe Solidaire Sans Frontières
, by SMITH Ashley
Russian feminists have been at the forefront of the opposition to Russian imperialism’s invasion of Ukraine. They issued a manifesto and launched Feminist Antiwar Resistance. At the start of the war, they helped organize protests. Faced with harsh repression, arrest, fines, and prison sentences, (...)
, by ZHEREBKINA Irina, ПОСЛЕ МЕДИА
An interview with a classic of post-Soviet feminism, Irina Zherebkina, from front-line Kharkiv
We spoke with Irina Zherebkina, editor-in-chief of the Gender Studies journal and Professor of Theory of Culture and Philosophy of Science at Kharkiv National University, who decided to stay in (...)
, by Résistance féministe anti-guerre (Russie)
The Russian government and its propaganda forces justify the war in Ukraine with claims of the “Nazism” of Ukrainian authorities and average Ukrainians. They claim that the destruction of the Russian language and persecution of Russian speakers living in Ukraine as an example of Nazism in (...)
, by SILINA Maria
After Russia attacked Ukraine on Feb. 24, 2022, President Vladimir Putin imposed drastic laws that impose prison sentences of up to 15 years for those who call out the war and Russia’s crimes. In so doing, Russia has dismantled a varied and rich mediascape.
I have been researching independent (...)
, by SERENKO Daria
The day after the start of the “special operation”, the Feminist Anti-War Resistance (FAS) appeared - a semi-partisan activist movement that launches anti-war actions and tries to break the information blockade in Russia. One of the founders of the FAS, Daria Serenko, continues the conversation (...)
, by KOKOREVA Viktorya, ROSSMAN Ella
In early March, Russian feminists joined forces and organised Feminist Anti-War Resistance (FAR), currently the most organised anti-war movement in Russia. Viktorya Kokoreva contacted a member of its coordination group, Russian feminist activist and historian Ella Rossman. They talked about the (...)
, by Feminist Anti-War Resistance (Russia)
The estimated number of civilian deaths in Mariupol is 5,000. Russia has been bombing residential areas in Mariupol since the first days of the war. At this moment the city is blocked by Russian troops: those who survived the bombings cannot receive food and medication, nor can they leave the (...)
, by The Moscow Times
More and more women in Russia are taking to the streets in protests.
On Feb. 23, Daria Serenko, a Moscow political activist, was finally released from a fifteen-day jail sentence.
Daria had been arrested for an Instagram post she had made in 2021 that featured “extremist” symbols associated (...)
, by SOLOGUB Nikita
A phone recording captured details of police brutality against Russian anti-war protesters
Record numbers of people have been detained at anti-war protests across Russia since the country’s invasion of Ukraine on 24 February.
Although mass coordinated protests have been hampered by the Russian (...)
, by Feminist Anti-War Resistance (Russia)
Here are two texts from the Feminist Anti-War Resistance telegram channel, addressed to opponents of the Russian war on Ukraine internationally
March 8: laying flowers, all-Russian campaign
Note to readers outside Russia about the context. First, legislation signed by president Putin (...)
, by Feminist Anti-War Resistance (Russia)
In today’s Russia, feminists form one of the most active social movements defying state repression. Now they’re uniting to resist Vladimir Putin’s war on Ukraine.
Presentation The below text is a manifesto by Russian feminists who have united against the occupation and war in Ukraine. Feminism is (...)
, by KOLTSOVA Maria
Four activists from the country’s regions explain how they’re trying to bring feminism to a wider audience
A new wave of feminist activism is spreading across Russia, breaking boundaries both online and off. These initiatives tackle all kinds of topics; some provide help for victims of domestic (...)
, by SPRING Marianna
Campaigners say sharp decline is due to new law deterring women from contacting police
Protester holds sign saying: “To beat means to love (145 countries have laws against domestic violence)”
Russian women suffering domestic violence are being deterred from going to the police since its (...)
, by GROVE Tilly
Amid all the fuss in the US about Team Trump’s suspected links with Russia, President Vladimir Putin’s government has just signed a bill into law that effectively decriminalises domestic violence. And this could well be part of a rising conservative tide in the world, seeking to roll back the (...)
, by WALKER Shaun
Critics say amendment sends wrong message in country where it is estimated domestic abuse kills a woman every 40 minutes
Vladimir Putin has signed into law a controversial amendment that decriminalises some forms of domestic violence .
The amendment, which sailed through both houses of (...)
, by GENTLEMAN Amelia
When Anna Zhavnerovich wrote about a beating she received from her boyfriend, it triggered a huge reaction. Now there are signs of a political shift in attitudes regarding the campaign to identify domestic violence as a crime.
Anna Zhavnerovich went to the police a week after she says her (...)
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