Europe Solidaire Sans Frontières
, by KOVAČEVIĆ Sanja, LOKAR Sonja
Sonja Lokar, feminist, sociologist and politician looks back on 50 years of socialist feminist struggle in South East Europe. We have managed to put issues on the agenda that cost capital nothing, but we are still not strong enough to change important things. At this moment, the important issues (…)
, by PINTO Paula Cosme
The representative of Bloco de Esquerda (Left Bloc) for Sunday’s legislative elections discusses the challenges feminism faces in the current Portuguese context, but also how a feminist agenda improves lives and can build bridges on the left.
Paula Cosme Pinto. Photograph by Rafael Medeiros. (…)
, by Karmina (SK)
In an era of increasing global uncertainty, Slovakia’s political landscape has been reshaped by a rightward shift that offers working-class men a poisoned chalice: the promise of superiority in exchange for political loyalty. This analysis examines how the social democratic ruling Smer party has (…)
, by UHLOVÁ Saša, VRABEC Petr Zewlakk
A march advocating for restrictions on abortion access, organised by the Pro-Life Movement, was scheduled to pass through Prague on Saturday afternoon. Supporters of women’s right to choose blocked the march.
[Don’t surrender] even one metre to the patriarchy! | Photo by Petr Zewlakk Vrabec (…)
, by DUŠKOVÁ Magdalena
In a troubling development that highlights the growing influence of conservative ideology in corporate decision-making, BigBoard—the Czech Republic’s largest outdoor advertising provider—has rejected a campaign about abortion access from reproductive justice organisation A.S.A.P. (Abortion (…)
, by Féministes Anticapitalistes
This year’s feminist demonstration in Brussels, Belgium on 8 March 2025 was once again a great success. Although the press only reported the police estimate (10,000 people), the reality must have been closer to the turnout for the trade union demonstration on 13 January (30,000 people), as the (…)
, by Esquerda.net (PT)
The 8 March demonstration for the liberation of all women brought together feminist, anti-racist, migrant, internationalist and housing collectives from accross Portugal - for gender equality and with “feminist pride”.
It was a journey marked by the advances and retreats of the rain. The march (…)
, by FARGAS PEÑARROCHA Mariela
Post-Medieval Europe (from the 16th to the 18th century), was when the patriarchal family became the entrenched norm. In this context, arranging marriages for women was a very important social strategy for sustaining family, lineage, and the community. The last word on the subject was, like (…)
, by Radnička prava
For the eleventh year in a row, Croatia’s BRID (Base for Workers’ Initiative and Democratisation) has been organising a women’s trade union school, addressing a wide range of feminist issues and problems faced by female workers that remain somewhat overlooked through the prism of trade union (…)
, by BARCA Francesca, KOROLCZUK Elżbieta
A conversation with Polish sociologist and activist Elżbieta Korolczuk on how the far-right is weaponising sexual and reproductive freedom, feminism and LGBTQIA+ rights to exclude and discriminate minorities in Europe.
Elżbieta Korolczuk is a sociologist, commentator and an activist. She works (…)
, by TARAN Aleksandra
In a Poland where abortion access depends on your bank balance, the struggle for reproductive rights reveals a stark class divide. This isn’t merely about personal freedom—it’s about economic justice. When working women carry the double burden of paid employment and unpaid domestic labor while (…)
, by PODOROZHNAYA Nastia, POLOZKOVA Anastasia
What difficulties do Ukrainian refugees face in conservative Poland? How to cope with the consequences of sexualized violence in a country where abortion is banned and “facilitating” the procedure can result in criminal prosecution? Why do international organizations ignore the problem of (…)
, par KHREBTAN-HORHAGER Julia
A spate of recent high-profile murders has put focus on the role of patriarchy and misogyny in persistent rates of anti-woman violence in Italy.
Shoes dyed red have become an emblem in Italy’s protests against anti-woman violence. Salvatore Laporta/KONTROLAB/LightRocket via Getty Images (…)
, by MALINOWSKA Magda, TURENKO Kateryna
The union has a female face, and this idea is perfectly captured in the documentary by Magda Maria Malinowska, a Polish filmmaker, activist, and member of The Workers’ Initiative (Inicjatywa Pracownicza) trade union. Her film The Women’s Strike Continues, presented at this year’s Filma Festival, (…)
, by MALINOWSKA Magda, TURENKO Kateryna
The union has a female face, and this idea is perfectly captured in the documentary by Magda Maria Malinowska, a Polish filmmaker, activist, and member of The Workers’ Initiative (Inicjatywa Pracownicza) trade union. Her film The Women’s Strike Continues, presented at this year’s Filma Festival, (…)
, by BUCUR Maria
Romania, today the largest Balkan country, has undergone profound changes in gender norms and relations since its founding as a state in 1864. Until 1932 most women were second-class citizens, and suffrage for the entire female population came with the communist takeover after 1944.
Gender (…)
, by GU Olenka, KAŠIĆ Biljana
Biljana Kašić is a feminist theorist as well as peace and civil activist from Croatia. She is one of the leaders of the Centre for Women’s Studies (Zagreb), the co-founder of many feminist initiatives since the eighties of the twentieth century and engaged feminist at the international level. (…)
, by Luis (NPA 33)
On Thursday 30 November, a feminist general strike took place in the Basque Country for “the collective right to care and support”, called by the Euskal Herria Feminist Movement and the coordination of dozens of associations, struggle groups, trade unions and political parties.
Crédit Photo. (…)
, by PRUVOT Ségolène
While feminist movements are transnational by nature and examples of positively changing societal attitudes abound, efforts to build more inclusive societies are increasingly in the crosshairs of well-funded anti-rights networks. Achieving a truly feminist Europe requires resources, support for (…)
, par AUTORE Marta
On 25 November, a massive wave of more than half a million people filled the streets of Rome, with many spontaneous gatherings in squares throughout the country - first and foremost in Messina, Sicily, to shout out all their anger and determination against patriarchal violence, against those who (…)
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