Topics & Roses

You run like a girl

european gay and lesbian sport federation (eglsf), Tanja Walther — 2010-06-04T13:39:58Z

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 (...) - GLOBAL / DISCRIMINATION, football

Peace and love, but no sex

Topics & Roses — 2009-05-02T08:13:38Z

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 strike" as a tactical weapon when you are a woman, and, moreover, an activist of women's rights?
Sources:
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/africa/2009/04/200943021555354595.html (...) - AFRICA / Strategies Strategie feminist, Africa Afrique Afrika, Sexuality Sexualities Sexualité Geschlechtlichkeit, Peace Initiatives - Frieden Intiativen - Initiatives de Paix - Iniciativas por la Paz, Kenya

Women Mobilisations against War in Gaza

Topics & Roses — 2009-01-05T15:11:00Z

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.
A List of Gaza Women Organisations
http://www.pwic.org.ps/english/organizations/org.html
A female testimony from Gaza in the UK press (...) - ISRAEL PALESTINE

THE MOST READ ARTICLES

Topics & Roses — 2008-11-30T21:31:00Z

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.
1. Call for an immediate cessation of the aggression by the (...) - TOPICS & ROSES

Call for an immediate cessation of the aggression by the Israeli military forces in Gaza

IWC - International Women's Commission — 2008-12-28T09:33:34Z

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 remaining hope for peace between the Israeli and Palestinian people.
The IWC calls on the international community, and specifically to the Quartet, to immediately deploy an international force to bring (...) - ISRAEL PALESTINE / War Krieg Guerre, Middle East Moyen-Orient Nahost Medio Oriente, Peace Initiatives - Frieden Intiativen - Initiatives de Paix - Iniciativas por la Paz, Israel Palestine, Press release Communiqué de Presse

Spotlight interview with Laïla Nassimi (Morocco - CDT)

ITUC CSI — 2008-08-09T16:19:30Z

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.
How did (...) - MOROCCO / Sexual Violence harrassment Violence Sexuelle harcèlement Sexuelle Gewalt Quälerei Acoso Violencia sexual , Syndicalism Trade-Unions Syndicats Syndikalismus Gewerkschaften Sindicatos Sindicalismo, Néoliberalism, Afrique du Nord Maghreb North Africa Magreb, Maroc Morocco Morokko, Interview

Missing Women : Decolonization, Third Wave Feminisms and Indigenous People of Canada and Mexico

2008-08-01T08:32:09Z

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.
Conference Background
From the northern border city of Juárez, Chihuahua to the west and east coasts of Canada, Indigenous girls and women are at (...) - AMERICA / Sexual Violence harrassment Violence Sexuelle harcèlement Sexuelle Gewalt Quälerei Acoso Violencia sexual , Indigenous. Indigene. Indigena., Racism. Racisme. Rassismus. , South & Central America América Latina Latin America Amérique Centrale et du Sud Latinamerika, North America, Mexico Mexique, Femicid féminicide feminicidio Feminizid, Canada, Press release Communiqué de Presse

Freedom in a fortnight. A view from the trenches.

Jenni Williams , Women of Zimbabwe Arise (WOZA) — 2008-07-24T14:41:38Z

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 2000. WOZA was born in the community and seeks to draw the attention of preoccupied politicians to people's needs, namely bread and butter issues; or as WOZA likes to put it, bread and roses issues - (...) - AFRICA / Repression Unterdrückung Represion, Poverty Pauvreté Armut Pobreza, Africa Afrique Afrika, Fight for Democracy Luttes démocratiques, Human Rights Droits humains Menschenrechte, Peace Initiatives - Frieden Intiativen - Initiatives de Paix - Iniciativas por la Paz, Zimbabwe, Analyse

Strikes in Egypt: Female Workers on the Frontline

BabelMed, Eman S. Morsi — 2008-07-24T14:05:00Z

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.
Source: Babelmed.net
The workers' anger that led to these demonstrations was fueled by the neo-liberal privatization policies carried out by the current prime-minister, (...) - EGYPT / Social Movement & Politics. Mouvement social et politique. Soziale Bewegungen & Politik, Poverty Pauvreté Armut Pobreza, Middle East Moyen-Orient Nahost Medio Oriente, Story, Egypt

A Profile of Palestinian Women's Political Participation within the Hamas Party

Cheryl Rettig — 2008-07-17T20:03:54Z

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 members of the PLC. Many have speculated on the reasons for the substantial increase in women candidates, especially in the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas).
It is important to realize that Hamas (...) - ISRAEL PALESTINE / War Krieg Guerre, Islam, Middle East Moyen-Orient Nahost Medio Oriente, Portrait