“Woman, Life, Freedom”: Syrian Women Are Rising Up Against Patriarchy
Syrian women are building on the legacy of Kurdish feminism to lead a political and cultural transformation.
Femicide and Mexico’s Feminist Movement – 2 Articles
On March 8, the feminist movement flooded the streets of Mexico as part of a global day of mobilization. Among these thousands of women and dissidents, the main demand was an end to femicide and sexist violence.
Why I Took My Teen Daughters to Lahore’s Aurat March This Year
Lahore teacher and writer Sara Arshad had never attended the Aurat March in Pakistan nor allowed her two daughters to do so, fearing the intense backlash that the feminist protest receives every year. But this Women’s Day, she took the leap of faith with her teens in tow.
Women’s Work Is Not Valued Properly
Indian development economist Jayati Ghosh talks about gender blindness of official policies, inequalities in society, the state of women empowerment and why women face multiple disadvantages in India.
What Happens When Abortion Is Banned? Lessons From Around the World
With the US Supreme Court overturning the landmark ‘Roe v. Wade’ ruling that legalised abortion nationwide, campaigners for abortion rights from Africa to Latin America are warning of the potentially devastating consequences.
In Striking Verse, How the Women Saints of Bhakti Movement Told Their Stories
While celebrating their devotional verses, it is important to acknowledge the inequities they battled too.
An Army of Women Is Building Venezuela’s Housing Revolution
In Caracas, an army of self-trained women are working to build their own homes while they transform the reality around them.
Every Right Defended Is the Rights Discourse Extended; Every Right Not Defended Is Allowing Tyranny to Spread
Amina S., a French entrepreneur and activist who had to leave France because of the discrimination she faced for wearing the hijab, discusses the intersection of secularism, democracy, cultural nationalism and individual liberty.
Clara Zetkin and the Socialist Origins of International Women’s Day
German socialist Clara Zetkin founded International Women’s Day to acknowledge working women’s contribution to the struggle against capitalism. It’s no wonder that Clara Zetkin’s legacy has been erased by the corporate sponsorship of #IWD.
Hasn’t Been Easy for These Women Who Dared the System and Worked Towards ‘Change’
It has not been easy for Savitribai and Fatima, for Nagarathna and Bilkis and for several other women who have dared the system and worked towards change! These are women who have risen against all odds, ploughed the lonely path and courageously decided to embrace equity.