Taking Feminist Battle to China’s Streets, and Landing in Jail
Originally published on The New York Times on 05/04/2015. Available at: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/06/world/asia/chinese-womens-rights-activists-fall-afoul-of-officials.html By ANDREW JACOBS APRIL 5, 2015 BEIJING — The young Chinese feminists shaved their
Battle over the unborn: “Anti-abortion protester showed me foetus doll”
Originally published on Belfast Telegraph on 14/03/2015. Available at: http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/sunday-life/battle-over-the-unborn-antiabortion-protester-showed-me-foetus-doll-31066577.html BY PATRICIA DEVLIN – 14 MARCH 2015 Followed down the street and told my unborn
SPW Activities – March 2015
On March 23rd and 24th a group of Brazilian feminists, including Sonia Corrêa have met with national authorities in Brasilia to present a petition protesting
CSW59 DECLARATION: A WEAK DOCUMENT TO ADDRESS THE WOMEN’ S AND GIRLS CHALLENGES
Women’s, Feminists and other civil society NGOs from Latin America and the Caribbean launched a statement criticizing the Political Declaration approved by Members States Monday
Take Action on April 12!
In response to An Urgent Calling for Global Action: Protest in Front of Chinese Embassies for Detained Chinese Feminists, we are going to launch a
Statement on the Political Declaration on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the Fourth World Conference on Women
Organizations of the International Sexual and Reproductive Rights Coalition (ISRRC) launched a statement highlighting that, despite progress achieved toward gender equality and the realization of
Signs Special Issue: Pleasure and Danger: Sexual Freedom and Feminism in the Twenty-First Century
Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society invites submissions for a special issue titled “Pleasure and Danger: Sexual Freedom and Feminism in the Twenty-First
Call for applications – Multi-country CEDAW Shadow Report Training (deadline 21 October 2014)
International Women’s Rights Action Watch (IWRAW) Asia Pacific with the support of Masimanyane Women’s Support Center (South Africa) will be hosting a multi-country CEDAW shadow
‘Yes Means Yes’ Is a Bad Coupling of Feminism and the State
By Laurie Essig California’s enacting on Sunday of the “yes means yes” law is a victory for some campus feminist activists but an ill-conceived detour
September 28th – Global Day of Action for Access to Safe and Legal Abortion
SPW joins forces with other networks and organizations engaged in the Global Day of Action for Access to Safe Abortion. We recall that the date