TAG: feminisms

Call For Papers: Beyond Victims and Savages: the Complexities of Violence, Resistance, and Pleasure

We are pleased to invite submissions for the third issue of Kohl: a Journal for Body and Gender Research, slated for publication in June 2016. Young activists, independent researchers, graduate students and fresh graduates are particularly encouraged to apply. We also welcome submissions from seminal contributors in the field. Click here to submit a manuscript […]

DAWN Training Institute 2016

DAWN is excited to announce the forthcoming 5th DAWN Training Institute (DTI) for young feminists working for gender, economic, political and ecological justice. The DTI is meant for young women from the South. THE 5TH DAWN Training Institute is planned to be held in Havana, Cuba from 21 Nov to 7 Dec 2016. The DAWN […]

How Sex Workers’ Rights Made the Mainstream

When law enforcement targets sex workers and the websites they use, mainstream outlets and organizations tend to give them a pass. But with the raid on Rentboy.com, that script has flipped.

The UN Security Council debates gays and ISIS: Why this is a bad idea

By Scott Long I. Questions On August 18, the Islamic State (also known as ISIS or ISIL or by its Arabic acronym, Da’ish) assaulted history. They beheaded an 82 year-old archaeologist, the resident expert on the ruins in the occupied city of Palmyra. Two days earlier, on August 16, Syrian government warplanes assaulted daily life; Assad’s pilots bombed a crowded […]

FRIDA Young Feminist Fund Call For Proposals

The Young Feminist Fund is the only youth-led fund focused exclusively on supporting global young feminist activism to advance social justice movements and agendas. FRIDA was created to bring new resources and new opportunities to young women and trans* youth globally. DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS: 14th September 2015 Who can apply? Groups founded or led by […]

The sexual politics landscape in July 2015

In July the hottest topic to be reported on is, undoubtedly, the global controversy that emerged when Amnesty International made public a draft policy defining a new line of work aimed at the protection of the human rights of sex workers, to be approved by the forthcoming meeting of its International Council (beginning on August […]

Global feminisms and social justice movements have lost Gigi

With great sadness as SPW we mark the departure of Gigi Francisco – activist, scholar, teacher and for a long time a working partner and wonderful friend of many of us. Gigi’s departure is a major loss for global feminisms and social justice movements.

The challenges of a “progressive” Pope

by Juan Marco Vaggione Since his inauguration as the new pontiff, Bergoglio has generated new complexities for those of us who think that it is necessary to dismantle the religious imprints on the ethical and legal regulation of sexual order. The Catholic Church, under the pontificates of John Paul II and Benedict XVI, has remained […]

Caitlin Jenner and Rachel Dolezal: The conceptual and political challenges undergirding the contrast between transexuality and transraciality

In the first week of June 2015, two articles have reached us that spoke to the unabated tensions – and perhaps unresolvable – tensions between those streams of feminism that deny the validity and ‘authenticity’ of female transgender identities and experiences.

Women and Girls Rising – Progress and resistance around the world

Capturing voices and experiences from around the world, Women and Girls Rising – Progress and resistance around the world, edited by Ellen Chesler and Terry McGovern, documents the modern history of the global women’s movement – its many accomplishments and setbacks. Drawing together prominent pioneers and contemporary policymakers, activists, and scholars, the volume interrogates where and […]

GenderIT new website

The new design responds to what readers, writers and the team identified as necessary and desired changes in the look and feel. The primary objective was not only to give GenderIT.org a fresh new look but also to simplify its layout, so that it allows readers to better focus and reflect on your readings. Having […]

Kohl’s summer issue is out!

Check the English version of the very first issue of Kohl: a Journal for Body and Gender Research. Kohl serves as an alternative platform of knowledge production. It tackles feminisms, bodies, and sexualities, as they intersect with other identities and struggles in the Middle East, South West Asia, and North Africa region. Coming soon: Keep an eye out for the […]