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You run like a girl
Out of the Rapport "Kick it Off : homophobia in Football 2006"
vendredi 4 juin 2010
par 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. > suite
Peace and love, but no sex
KENYA / SEX STRIKE BY WOMEN’S MOVEMENTS
samedi 2 mai 2009
par 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 (...) > suite
Women Mobilisations against War in Gaza
lundi 5 janvier 2009
par 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. > suite
Ghaza / Massive Attack by Israel / Protest
Call for an immediate cessation of the aggression by the Israeli military forces in Gaza
dimanche 28 décembre 2008
par 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 (...) > suite
Morocco / Unionizing Call Centers
Spotlight interview with Laïla Nassimi (Morocco - CDT)
samedi 9 août 2008
par 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. > suite
Sexualised Racism / Conference
Missing Women : Decolonization, Third Wave Feminisms and Indigenous People of Canada and Mexico
vendredi 1er août 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. > suite
Zimbabwe / analysis
Freedom in a fortnight. A view from the trenches.
jeudi 24 juillet 2008
par 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 (...) > suite
Women in social movements in Egypt
Strikes in Egypt : Female Workers on the Frontline
jeudi 24 juillet 2008
par 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. > suite
Palestine / Portrait
A Profile of Palestinian Women’s Political Participation within the Hamas Party
jeudi 17 juillet 2008
par 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 (...) > suite
India / Ecology, Politics & Development
From Eco-religion to Political Ecology in India : Feminist Interventions in Development
dimanche 13 juillet 2008
par Kiran Prasad, Isis International Manila
"How could the government make plans to bulldose a culture, a way of life steeped in history without consulting or rehabilitating the people who would be affected was her question. The question became the movement." This analysis has been published by Manilla’s Isis Women Movement in its review "Women In Action". > suite
