A selection of articles, talks, statements, interviews and points of view from around the world on activism, feminism, women’s rights and more.
Bintou Bojang, activist from the IWS, went to West Africa to continue her advocacy against Female Genital Mutilation (FGM). Bintou met with teenage girls as well as circumsicers during a workshop where she spoke about resistance and movements such as „Drop the Knife“. In Bintou’s own words: “some parents bring their daughters to the circumciser…
‘Solidarity is so important’ Saffiyah Khan meets woman she defended A few days ago a photograph showing a young woman smiling bemusedly at an incensed English Defence League protester has been widely shared as a symbol of Birmingham’s defiance in the face of the far right. Contine reading…
Arwa Mahdawi/The Guardian: The US Census Bureau plans to redefine ‘white’ to exclude people with Middle Eastern and North African origins. It’s a reminder that the identity has always been fluid Colour coded … a large number of US citizens will have to check a new box on the census form if plans to redefine…
english unten Wie alle Gruppen, die in Brandenburg mit Geflüchteten arbeiten, freuen wir uns über den neuen Erlass des Landes Brandenburg zu Personen, die Opfer von rassistische motivierten Gewalttaten wurden und abschiebebedroht sind.¹ Es ist ein erster Schritt, denen ein Bleiberecht zu geben, die von Nazis attackiert wurden und dies beweisen können; die schwer verletzt…
Sahar Speaks: The Afghan woman’s story is being told by Afghan men, foreign men and foreign women. As the situation for women in Afghanistan continues to deteriorate, the urgency of realising Sahar Speaks is greater than ever. It takes effort to recruit, train and encourage Afghan female journalists. It requires intentional investment. That is where Sahar Speaks steps…
The Truth lies in Rostock – Die Wahrheit liegt (lügt) in Rostock BRD, Großbritannien 1993, 78 min, deutsche Originalfassung, auch in englischer Fassung, 19.90 € AF012dt August 1992, Rostock – Lichtenhagen. Die Polizei schaut zu, als Faschisten die Zentrale Aufnahmestelle für Flüchtlinge (ZAST) und ein Wohnheim von vietnamesischen Vertragsarbeitern mit Molotowcocktails bombardieren. Eine Montage…
DEMO in Berlin, Montag, 9. 1. 2017, 16h U-Bhf Kleistpark Am 9. Januar 2013 ermordete der türkische Geheimdienst (MIT) drei kurdische Aktivistinnen in ihrem Pariser Büro – unter den Augen europäischer Geheimdienste. Sakine Cansız – Fidan Doğan – Leyla Şaylemez arbeiteten für den Friedensprozess im Mittleren Osten und kämpften GEGEN den Faschismus FÜR die Frauenbefreiung.…
Europäische Gelder machen die Grenzen innerhalb Afrikas dicht. Ein Rechercheprojekt von 24 Journalist*innen zeigt wie. Europa mauert seinen Nachbarkontinent faktisch ein. Flüchtlinge und Migranten werden zukünftig bereits in Afrika gestoppt. Europäische Gelder fließen an Afrikas Autokraten, damit sie ihre Grenzen dicht machen, ihre Bürger von uns fernhalten und ihre Flüchtlinge zurücknehmen. Fünf Monate lang haben…
”JINHA, the first women news agency in the world, began to the world of press on 8 March 2012 with the words from Virginia Woolf that ‘We are writing without considering what the men thinks’ and it has been broadcasting in Kurdish, Turkish and English via internet. Since then it has been attacked in different…
Organizers: Frauen * von Ezidischer FrauenRat Berlin, Frauenrat Dest Dan, International Women Space, Interkulturelle Frauenzentrum S.U.S.I, Frauen aus Rojhilat, Sozialistischer Frauenbund Berlin-SKB, Women in Exile & Friends, JXK – Studierende Frauen aus Kurdistan, FrauenRat der PYD Berlin (Rojava Frauen), Frauenrat der HDK Berlin, Lara e.V „From feminicide to selfdefence” along the motto of the current…
FREEDOM of MOVEMENT !!!!! A DECENT LIFE FOR EVERYONE!!!!!!! SOLIDARITY AROUND THE WORLD – WELCOME !!!!!! 7th of Nov. 2016 – 8 p.m. – “Soli vom Fass” Benefit – Evening at Möbel Olfe, in the NKZ at KOTTI In the passageway between Reichenberger Straße 177 / Adalbertstraße and Dresdener Straße Resp. pursuant to German…
We send solidarity greetings to our sisters and brothers on the protest march from munich to Nürnberg! It feels so good and inspiring to see the videos of this strong, angry and energetic protest! This is a clear reaction to the racist asylum laws which are passed here in Berlin and effect so many refugees…
read the full testimony here. 19.06.2016 at 11am, a friend sent me a whatsapp: “the police is here and wants us to go”… I answered and said “I’m coming”. I finished what I was doing, I stood up and went there. There were several police cars, blue lights on, some standing at the entrance, some in the…
INTERNATIONALE POLITIK Residenzpflicht Ein Open-Air-Gefängnis namens Residenzpflicht Seit über 20 Jahren kämpfen Geflüchtete in Deutschland gegen ihre systematische Isolation und Ausgrenzung mittels eines Gesetzes, das unter dem Namen «Residenzpflicht» ganz legal gegen sie angewendet wird. Der Film dokumentiert die Realität von Residenzpflicht, sowohl was es im Alltag der Geflüchteten bedeutet, als auch wie sie dagegen…
Press Statement of The VOICE Refugee Forum: More in the Facebook page In solidarity with the 14 days of protest march from Munich to Nuremberg 2016: Refugees from The VOICE Refugee Forum (network) join in Landshut on 11th October 2016 On 8th October 2016 the protest march of the group “Refugee Struggle for Freedom” has…
SEE BELOW THE BACKGROUNG HISTORY: On the 7th of September, around 4 o’clock in the morning, in a Heim in Hennigsdorf, a refugee woman was again compelled out of her room, violently pushed in to a police car and taken to the airport in one more forced deportation attempt. They didn’t succeed because the…
Since I came back from my trip to West Africa, I’ve been thinking and crying every night for the women I met. Their words and stories are echoing in my mind, stories of extreme suffering in the hands of their husbands, about their fear of the darkness of the night, when they will be forced…
We only still need that 40 people donate 30 Euro and that is it! Bintou goes and represents all of us who want a world without FGM! 40 x 30,00 € – still needing: 598,00 € CLICK HERE TO DONATE Bintou wants to go to Senegal to participate in an International Conference against Female Genital…
5.12.15: reading of “It is about Freedom of Movement” one testimonial of our book “In our own words”. The reading was part of “Stronger than Borders”, a three days event organized by Die Linke.SDS (Sozialistisch-Demokratischer Studierendenverband) in Leuchtturm, Neukölln, Berlin. Thank you Devika Ranjan for your sensitive reading of the story.
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