The most recent articles
The most recent articles
You run like a girl
Out of the Rapport "Kick it Off : homophobia in Football 2006"
Friday 4 June 2010
by Tanja Walther, european gay and lesbian sport federation (eglsf)
As a mass phenomenon, football is not a reflection of society, but rather a place where cultural notions influential in society are being produced or reinforced. Football is also the last place where “true masculinity” may be lived and expressed both on and off the field. Here below are reproduced the introduction and the first part "you run like a girl: gender and homophobia" of a well-known report about homophobia in football, with kind authorization of the author and the EGLSF. A highly interesting reading in our current football-oriented period. > continue
Peace and love, but no sex
KENYA / SEX STRIKE BY WOMEN’S MOVEMENTS
Saturday 2 May 2009
by Topics & Roses
In Kenya, 11 women’s organizations have launched a sex strike to protest against the country’s political divisions that led to turmoil and around 1000 victims in the past months... What are the stakes? What is the impact? And, last but not least, what does it mean, at final end, to use a "sex (...) > continue
Women Mobilisations against War in Gaza
Monday 5 January 2009
by Topics & Roses
A quick overview of some eclectic material gathered here and there : A List of Gaza Women Organisations, A female testimony from Gaza in the UK press, A testimony by the feminist ecowarrior Starhawk, a Statement by Israeli Women’s Organizations (04/01/09), a youtube video about a protest in Canada by Jewish women. > continue
THE MOST READ ARTICLES
2009
by Topics & Roses
Here below you will find the most read articles on this website in the last period, coming from diverse geographical and activist spheres. Another way to enter the Topics&Roses project and share more with other visitors. Another way to discover or read again major or original documents and analyses concerning feminism and women’s initiatives in this unbelievable world we all live in and fight for. Update : 2009, September 14th. > continue
Ghaza / Massive Attack by Israel / Protest
Call for an immediate cessation of the aggression by the Israeli military forces in Gaza
Sunday 28 December 2008
by IWC - International Women’s Commission
The International Women’s Commission (IWC) for a Just and Sustainable Palestinian-Israeli Peace demands an immediate cessation of the aggression by the Israeli military forces in Gaza, which has already cost hundreds of lives.
This slaughter can only further fuel the conflict and quash any (...) > continue
Morocco / Unionizing Call Centers
Spotlight interview with Laïla Nassimi (Morocco - CDT)
Saturday 9 August 2008
by ITUC CSI
Brussels, 30 July 2008 (ITUC OnLine): The number of call centres in Morocco is constantly on the rise. The young, qualified workers they employ face high levels of stress and contempt for their cultural identity. Speaking out against the investors exploiting the flaws in Morocco’s labour legislation, Laïla Nassimi wants to see more contact between trade unions around the world and appeals for international solidarity in the fight for decent work in the globalised call centre industry. > continue
Sexualised Racism / Conference
Missing Women : Decolonization, Third Wave Feminisms and Indigenous People of Canada and Mexico
Friday 1 August 2008
From the northern border city of Juárez, Chihuahua to the west and east coasts of Canada, Indigenous girls and women are at far higher risk to be kidnapped, sexually abused or raped, and murdered. It is quite unusual for Topics&Roses to announce conferences. This one needs special focus and support. It will take place in Canada August 14-17 2008. > continue
Zimbabwe / analysis
Freedom in a fortnight. A view from the trenches.
Thursday 24 July 2008
by Women of Zimbabwe Arise (WOZA), Jenni Williams
This view represents a consulted way forward recommended by Women and Men of Zimbabwe Arise (WOZA/MOZA). We are an organisation owned by its 60,000 members who hold qualifications in daily survival and degrees in nonviolence despite the deeply polarised political environment in Zimbabwe since (...) > continue
Women in social movements in Egypt
Strikes in Egypt: Female Workers on the Frontline
Thursday 24 July 2008
by BabelMed, Eman S. Morsi
Factories in Egypt are now a battle front for the workers’ rights movement that began in December 2006 when the Mahallah Al Kobra textile workers held a demonstration that reached an unprecedented number of 10, 000 demonstrators and launched what experts labeled as the biggest wave of strikes in the country since the 1940s. > continue
Palestine / Portrait
A Profile of Palestinian Women’s Political Participation within the Hamas Party
Thursday 17 July 2008
by Cheryl Rettig
The 2006 Palestinian national elections in the West Bank and Gaza Strip resulted in the largest increase ever of women members of the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC). After the ballots were tallied, six women from Hamas, eight from Fatah, and three from democratic political parties were (...) > continue
