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"Women, Life, Freedom": A German feminist foreign policy towards Iran
In Iran, feminist foreign policy demands both short-term interventions to alleviate the suffering of the civilian population and a long-term approach to deal with the state's structural violence against its own citizens.
More than a military tactic: sexual violence in wars and armed conflicts
War and armed conflict almost always go hand in hand with sexual violence – rape, sexual slavery, forced marriage. On occasions when it seems pertinent, such as in the context of the current war in Ukraine, politicians and the media talk about the issue and condemn the violence, but their rhetoric is short on substance.
What do intersectionality, feminist leadership and feminist foreign policy have to do with justice?
The elimination of violence against women is tied to the elimination of all forms of heteropatriarchal, homo- and transphobic, (neo-)colonial, racist, capitalist, ableist violence.
"Net Gain" is a lose-lose for rights, gender justice and social equity in biodiversity policy
A new policy paper by the Global Forest Coalition addresses offsets to biodiversity. It shows that offsets mostly do not contribute to biodiversity conservation and also have significant negative impacts on women and indigenous peoples.
Indigenous rangers expand footprint in Cambodian forest besieged by illegal logging
As environmental activists are silenced around them, a group of Kuy grandfathers have taken matters into their own hands and are reversing a global trend in a bid to keep their ancient culture alive.
Everyday feminism and the authoritarian right in Poland
Despite the authoritarian atmosphere, the contemporary feminist and queer movements in Poland are becoming more diverse, informal, intersectional, and focused on countering misogyny and homophobia in locally defined contexts.
"We won't make progress if we don't talk about differences in power"
Lou Herbst talks to Ed Greve about the opportunities and limitations of an anti-discriminatory identity politics, intersectionality and what ultimately leads to a divided society.
Youth Against Climate Change in South Africa: "There is a major lack of representation in the movement"
Most of food production in Africa is shouldered by small scale farmers and the majority of farmers are women. Alarmed by the effects of climate change on her family's farm Ayakha Melithafa from South Africa's Western Cape joined an environmental school club and engages now in a national and an international youth movements for climate justice.