UN CSW 61th session
LBT Women’s Economic Empowerment: Reflections on the Successes and Struggles from the CSW – ARC International CSW 61 marred by US travel bans – AWID
Chimananda Adichie comments on transwomen sparked a fiercedebate
The Nigerian feminist and writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie was plunged into a noisy row after remarks that distinguish experiences of transgender women from those who are
Günes Terkol: re-imagining the feminine
Turkish artist Güneş Terkol challenges feminine imaginaries. She departs from personal or collective histories shared by women at workshops organized in the context of her
The art of ‘dreaming”: Brief notes on an exhibition
by Sonia Corrêa Last week, in Rio, I visited an exhibition of drawings, painting, and sculptures produced by persons belonging to the ‘first nations’ of
Call for articles: Pambazuka News Special issue on activism in Africa
What is the state of activism in Africa today? How effective is activism in bringing about the transformations that are needed to improve the lives
In Plainspeak month issue: Marriage and Sexuality
Traditionally, marriage and sexuality have been bagged together and tinted with a bed-of-roses romance that has, over the last century or so, been unpacked and
Women’s Resistance in Kashmir
Text by Essar Batool [1] published at AWID, on Feb 22, 2017. Available here. In 2016, the Indian-occupied state of Kashmir once again erupted in
Reviews of the National Geographic’s special issue Gender Revolution
Originally posted at TGEU, on Feb 8, 2017. Available here. This is a review of some of the European editions of the National Geographic Special
Missing Frameworks in the Gender Equality Movement in Indonesia?
Originally published at Institute of Development Studies (IDS) by Priliantina Bebasari, on February 6, 2017. Available here. I attended an event by UN Women Indonesia
An European response to the National Geographic special issue ‘Gender Revolution’
Transgender Europe (TGEU) calls on the National Geographic to publish a response[1] to the European trans community who has been negatively affected by the translation,