CREATING A CASCADE OF FEMINIST ACTIVISM ACROSS WEST ASIA AND NORTH AFRICA
In a region where free feminist expression is often tightly controlled, NO2TA The Feminist Lab has launched a virtual space that not only connects feminist activists but is cultivating feminist discussions and creating a cascade of ideas and much-needed solidarity across the countries of West Asia and North Africa. The online platform, which produces feminist […]
PUTTING A STOP TO FEMICIDE IN WEST ASIA AND NORTH AFRICA
The systematic targeting of women in West Asia and North Africa was made brutally clear last year by the broad daylight campus murders of two female students in Egypt and Jordan. Their deaths, which sparked widespread outrage and fear across the region, spurred feminist activists to call for a regionwide strike to condemn the violence […]
RED UMBRELLA FUND – OVER A DECADE OF SEX WORKER-LED PARTICIPATORY GRANTMAKING
Red Umbrella Fund (RUF) provides funding to sex worker-led organisations and networks around the world. Since its launch in 2012, it has increased its grantmaking budget by over 50 percent, propelled advocacy forward and contributed to a genuine shift in the understanding of sex workers’ rights among funders. Its ambition to fuel a strong, diverse […]
INDIGENOUS WOMEN FIGHTING TO SAVE LAND AND LIVELIHOODS IN INDONESIA
Indonesia’s plan to move its political capital from Jakarta to the sweeping green expanses of Borneo is expected to cost 32 billion USD. But the real price is the threat to the land and livelihoods of its population that could spell ecological disaster for the country and beyond. Indigenous women activists are working to build […]
FEMALE SEX WORKERS SPEAK OUT AGAINST POLICE HARASSMENT IN OYO STATE, NIGERIA
A courageous project to document the harassment of female sex workers in Nigeria’s Oyo State has given voice to the workers and forced political actors to confront abuses by the police department. The project has united sex workers in their quest to practice their profession with pride and dignity and paved the way for better […]
FEMINISTS CHALLENGING CORPORATE CO-OPTION OF THE UN
Feminists and social movements from around the world have mobilised together in a stunning show of collective action to challenge UN Women over its partnership with BlackRock Inc, an investment company known for driving climate injustice, blocking labour rights and impoverishing women and other marginalised groups through its support of the world’s big polluters. The […]
BRINGING VISIBILITY TO SEX WORKERS WITH DISABILITIES BY APPLYING INTERSECTIONAL LENS
When thinking about sex workers, disability rarely comes to mind, when in fact many sex workers live with disabilities. Too often, the needs of people and groups are addressed using only one lens, meaning that only part of the problem is addressed. The reality is that all systems of inequality intersect and reinforce each other […]
Malawi women empower themselves and others to expand access to HIV treatment
In Malawi, where an estimated 1 million people are living with HIV/AIDS, women living with HIV launched a campaign to build women’s leadership and organising capacity to advocate for access to safe and effective medicines and tackle stigma and discrimination, among other issues. The Our Bodies, Our Lives (OBOL) campaign – an 8,000 women-strong initiative […]
Movements for sex workers’ rights unite to halt an Anti-trafficking Bill in India
As a result of persistent and skilled advocacy by self-led sex worker networks supported by CMI!, an Anti-Trafficking Bill in India was halted in 2018. This bill conflated trafficking with sex work, which would have increased stigma, discrimination and violence against sex workers, reduced their autonomy and agency, and threatened their human rights. The attempt […]
Formerly incarcerated women advocating for economic rights in Kenya
Women, trans people, and sex workers are often unjustly criminalised for who they are and their work. And even after they are out of prison, the stigma and exclusion persist. An organisation established by two women ex-detainees is working to improve the lives of formerly incarcerated women in Kenya. Like many countries in the world, […]
