Europe Solidaire Sans Frontières
, by Collective / Multiple signers
WOMEN ON THE MOVE:
Towards an ’Initiative to set up a Feminist Network Against Debt and Austerity Measures’ in Europe
While we have to face the worst social backlashes since World War II, feminists have no space nor place to address the new historical challenges our movement is confronted (…)
, by GUPTA Rahila
Secularism, as a concept, appears to be in danger from both the left and the right. Among feminists, it tends to be only some minority women scrambling for the soul of secularism. It is time for all feminists to muck in, says Rahila Gupta
Marieme Hélie-Lucas, founder of Women Living Under (…)
, by EZQUERRA Sandra
OVER THE PAST three years there have been numerous debates within the Spanish political and social left about the impact of the current economic crisis on working people, and the (in)efficacy of the measures the government adopted to ameliorate them. There has not been much talk, however, about (…)
, by TAYLOR Jerome
British women who want to terminate a pregnancy are being confronted by Christian protesters picketing abortion clinics, in a copy of tactics used by hardcore anti-abortionists in the US.
A Texas-based religious group, which has support and funding from hundreds of American churches, has been (…)
, by KAZI Tehmina
Monday 25 October 2010 by siawi2
The website of the Madani Girls School in Tower Hamlets is replete with slogans about “educating for an Islamic life.” Amidst all the glittering reports of a 100% pass rate at GCSE, and a recent OFSTED inspection where inspectors praised the school for the (…)
, by Collective / Multiple signers
We are again facing the death of a woman, and the severe wounding of another, at the hands of a relative.
We are again facing femicide and violence in the name and on behalf of the sense of male ownership of female lives.
We are again facing the criminal link between submission to the (…)
, by BARRETT David
Hundreds of girls are bring forced by British schools to wear the Islamic veil in a move which has been heavily criticised by mainstream Muslims.
Islamic schools have introduced uniform policies which force girls to wear the burka or a full headscarf and veil known as the niqab.
Moderate (…)
, by ROUSSET Pierre
The meaning of burka is very clear. It makes women disappear from public sphere. We oppose ban because government will drive women off the public places. This is what fundamentalist also say ’go out only when you disappear from public view’
’Belgium is a country that cannot agree on any thing (…)
, by POLLITT Katha
By the time you read this, plucky little Belgium may have beaten France to become the first European country to ban women from wearing the burqa or niqab in public. On April 29, the Lower House of Parliament voted unanimously (with two abstentions) in favor of the ban, and the Senate is expected (…)
, by FAROOQ Adnan, SAMARY Catherine
Headscarf ban in 2004 transformed the political climate in France into a French version of the “preventive war” against fundamentalism in the ideological context of the so-called ’clash of civilizations’. Ban on burka means women can wear it at home!
“Any woman regardless of her dress, her (…)
, by WLUML
On Tuesday 12 January 2010, the feminist playwright and actress of Algerian origin, Rayhana, was doused with petrol and narrowly escaped being burned alive when the lit cigarette thrown at her by two assailants failed to ignite. This completely unprovoked attack took place in the eleventh (…)
, by European Feminist Initiative
Poland vetoed the UN Declaration on access to “reproductive health, including access to family planning methods”, that means also rights and access to abortion.
Last session of United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), held a week ago in Geneva, was a key UN meeting on public health (…)
, by WIKSTROM Katarina
Abortion is a sensitive issue, and is still prohibited in some parts of the European Union. Conservative groups are fighting hard for stricter abortion legislation. However, the groups defending women’s right to choose are also strong. The EU itself prefers to steer clear of the issue. (…)
, by HUNDAL Sunny
This conspiracy of silence over immigrant brides must end Sunny Hundal.
Last week a young bride was living in fear of her life after managing to escape from a violent husband and his family in Manchester. She had suffered six months of domestic violence and verbal abuse. She said that (…)
, by SOUSA Alda
Sunday the 11th of February will remain an unforgettable day in Portugal. It was definitely the most important day for Portuguese political and social life in the last 30 years. A second nationwide referendum on the abortion issue took place, with 44% of electors going to vote: 59.25% voted YES. (…)
, by SOUSA Alda
February 11th will be a major day in Portuguese political and social life. A second national referendum will take place around the issue of abortion.
Portugal still has a restrictive law concerning abortion. Up to 1984, abortion was considered a criminal offence and women who had had an (…)
, by Polish Federation for Women and Family Planning
To: President of the Republic of Poland The Sejm of the Republic of Poland The Senate of the Republic of Poland We strongly oppose the initiative of the League of Polish Families (LPR) political party to totally ban the termination of pregnancy by the amendment of the article 38 of the (…)
, by GAWLICZ Katarzyna
“The greatest crime of the criminal law” - that is how one German scientist described a law that penalizes the termination of pregnancy. ... Unfortunately ... such a law, incapable of bringing any help, has a great power to cause harm.
“Perhaps those who draft such laws in their quiet offices (…)
, by Feminist Movements
This appeal is signed by all polish feminist groups, one national trade union and a new left party. It call for a demonstration November 4th. It is important to explain our solidarity with this appeal espacially because polish parliament is discussing now the reactionary project of (…)
On October 24 1975, 90% of Iceland’s women refused to work, cook or look after children. The effect was incredible, recalls Annadis Rudolfsdottir.
Gudrun Jonsdottir still remembers what she was wearing on October 24 1975. She was 21, just married with a young child, and was not going to cook, (…)
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