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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
BURMA / TRADE-UNION
Spotlight interview with Thwel Zin Toe and Khin San Htwe (Burmese Women’s Union)
vendredi 28 mars 2008
par ITUC CSI
« Exploitation, prostitution… they know the risks, but they can’t survive in Burma » The brutal crackdown by the Burmese military junta has forced millions of Burmese people to leave their country in a bid for survival. Exploited in Thailand’s clothing factories, imprisoned in China’s prostitution (...) > suite
BURMA / AWARD
Burmese Women Activists Receive the International Award HOMO HOMINI from Vaclav Havel in Prag
jeudi 6 mars 2008
Prague, March 5, 2008 – People in Need, a leading non-governmental organization in Central Europe, has presented the Homo Homini award today. This award for significant contribution in the field of human rights in 2007 was bestowed upon three Burmese women activists : Su Su Nway, Phyu Phyu Thin, and Nilar Thein. These women were heavily involved in the organization of last year’s pro-democracy protests in Burma. > suite
BURMA / REPORT ON 2007 PROTESTS
An analytic, gendered report on recent crackdowns
mardi 15 janvier 2008
par Women’s League of Burma
An analytic, gendered report by the Women’s League of Burma on Women Human Rights Defenders that have been repressed during and after the August-September 2007 crackdowns in Aung San Suu Kyi’s country, as students, monks, nuns and population protested on the streets. Also an appeal to activists. > suite
Pakistan / Feminist platform
Requiem for Benazir Bhutto
lundi 31 décembre 2007
par Women’s Action Forum (Pakistan)
Women’s Action Forum grieves.
It grieves with Bakhtawar, Bilawal and Asifa,
It grieves with Nusrat and Sanam Bhutto and Asif Ali Zardari,
It grieves with all members of the Bhutto family,
It grieves with the PPP and all PPP workers and supporters,
It grieves with the poor and the oppressed, (...) > suite
Aghanistan / Portrait
New threats against Malalai Joya
vendredi 1er juin 2007
Breaking News and Call for Support : Malalai Joya has just been suspended as an MP in Afghanistan...
Afghanistan : Reinstate MP Suspended for ’Insult’. Censure of Malalai Joya Sets Back Democracy and Rights. On May 21, 2007, the Lower House of the Afghan parliament voted to suspend Joya for (...) > suite
