Jürgen Rudloff’s chain of ‘wellness spas’ sold sex as a health service for men. But his business model was fatally flawed – as his trial for aiding and abetting trafficking revealed
Until his dramatic fall from grace, Jürgen Rudloff was the self-proclaimed “brothel king” of Germany. Owner of a chain (...)
On Friday, the 14th of June 2019, hundreds of thousands of women went on strike throughout Switzerland for the second time after 1991. Women of all ages, from all regions and with different employment situations participated in hundreds of protest activities, ranging from putting up banners to (...)
Hundreds of thousands protest against ‘culture of sexism in everday life’
Hundreds of thousands of women across Switzerland have taken to the streets to demand higher pay, greater equality and more respect, protesting that one of the world’s wealthiest countries continues to treat half its (...)
The feminist women’s strike on 14 June in Switzerland was a real success. Here is the story of how and why it was organized from one of the leading activists.
A feminist strike of an unprecedented scale is being prepared in Switzerland. On the eve of the event, it may be useful to retrace some (...)
“We are not here to parade one day a year, to be one more quota in the spaces of power or to be applauded while we march, while the system that reproduces our oppression remains intact. This is why we resort to the strike: because it is the most powerful tool we have to stop and change (...)
EL PAÍS gender correspondent Pilar Álvarez analyzes Monday night’s pre-election debate, during which the all-male candidates discussed sexual consent, surrogacy and the so-called “tampon tax”
The first women to appear at the pre-election debate on Monday night – in particular on social networks – (...)
The ‘wolf pack’ case inspired widespread anger and protests against sexual assault laws in Spain. But the anti-feminist backlash that followed has helped propel the far right to its biggest gains since Franco.
In the early hours of 7 July 2016, surrounded by throngs of revellers dancing and (...)
Globally connected groups are working together to threaten women’s rights – and they’ve landed in Spain for International Women’s Day.
An international anti-feminist network is organising a rally in Spain on Sunday (10 March) just days after a bus was driven across the country condemning (...)
In 2016 Polish feminists went on a feminist strike to defend the decriminalization of abortion and in defense of reproductive rights; months later the Argentines stopped the country in protest against femicides and went on to call months later for the first international women’s strike. The (...)
The party claims it has seen complaints that some government employees are unqualified to shape decisions on child custody and abuse
Vox, a Spanish far-right party that gained parliamentary representation at regional elections in Andalusia last December, wants to know the names of government (...)
Italy’s ‘parental alienation’ proposal could be exploited by men if it becomes law, say women
Women’s associations fear legal changes by Italy’s populist government could have severe consequences for victims of domestic abuse.
The overriding worry is a proposal in the joint contract of the (...)
The Emma Social Center is organizing a feminist gathering in Kaunas, Lithuania between 24-26 of August 2018. Their call for participants and activity proposals can be found here: https://feminismineasterneurope.wordpress.com/. LeftEast Femineast editor Alexandra Ghit talked to them briefly (...)
On 24 March 2018, over 5000 people from all over Croatia assembled in the capital city of Zagreb to march against Croatia’s forthcoming ratification of the Istanbul Convention. As the world’s first binding treaty to address violence against women, this Council of Europe document has generally (...)
On an International Women’s Day (IWD) in which demonstrations took place in an unprecedented 177 countries, the Spanish state stood out as the place where the mobilisation for women’s equality was biggest — at least five million, the greatest mobilisation for women’s rights in history. Why?
There (...)
The fact that this March 8th was going to surpass all our expectations was clear when we looked back on the weeks that preceded it. No one, however, seemed capable of anticipating the scale of the mobilization that we finally witnessed. Fortunately, the wave swept over us all.
Beginning on (...)
This week millions of women will take to the streets around the world with the same goal: to end patriarchy. Millions of women with the same color, purple. If we coordinate and organize, the 8M will be a springboard from which to jump with more force. Radical, supportive, rebellious, diverse, (...)
This extraordinary election has seen one horrible irony for women traded for another. At the start of the campaign, when Theresa May looked to turn her high personal ratings (lol) into an even higher Conservative majority (lololol), it seemed that the UK’s second female prime minister was going (...)
Specialist black and minority ethnic domestic violence services are already under strain. Without ringfenced funding, they will be forced to close.
Women have, without any shadow of a doubt, been among the hardest hit casualties of austerity. So no one will be shocked that they will be hit (...)
“We are likely witnessing the birth of a new feminist movement on an international level. Of course, this doesn’t mean that we have a feminist movement everywhere. The International Women’s Strike was joined by fifty countries, but participation in the strike was uneven among the various (...)
Ahead of a crucial report, we report on the battle faced by Britain’s most excluded demographic.
As gender politics go, it was unquestionably a modest step, but in Bradford’s Carlisle business centre the development felt seismic.
For five years Haniya had been striving to secure a job in (...)
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