Source: Open Democracy
by: Jenny Allsopp, 21 April 2012
From the student protests in Chile, to the protests of the ‘Arab spring’ in the MENA region, the debate among young feminists about how to reclaim public space reveals tensions …
Source: American Jewish World Service
By Naboni Etansa
From April 19-22, AJWS staff and 25 grantees attended the AWID International Forum on Women’s Rights in Development in Istanbul, Turkey. Seventeen-year-old Naboni Etansa from Ethiopia traveled to the …
Source: www.el-karama.org
A delegation of six youth leaders and women activists from Lebanon, Libya, Egypt, Iraq, and Syria participated at the 2012 International Forum of the Association for Women’s Rights in Development, held in …
Source: International Planned Parenthood Federation/ Western Hemisphere Region
International Planned Parenthood Federation/Western Hemisphere Region (IPPF/WHR) is a recognized leader in the international movement to ensure access to sexual and reproductive health care as a …
Source: Women Deliver
Late Friday, 27 April 2012, at the 45th Session of the United Nations Commission on Population and Development (CPD), member states issued a bold resolution in support of young …
By: Bridget Burns, Women’s Environment and Development Organization (WEDO)
For the past few days, WEDO team members have been actively (and eagerly!) participating in the 12th Forum of the Association for Women’s Rights in Development (AWID) in …
By: Paola Daher
It’s now official, I tweet so much, I feel like I’m about to start talking in hashtags.
First of all, let me share with you a very concrete example on how to use social …
Source: Open Democracy
by: Jenny Allsopp, 21 April 2012
From the student protests in Chile, to the protests of the ‘Arab spring’ in the MENA region, the debate among young feminists about how to reclaim public space reveals tensions …
Nawara Belal from Egypt’s Nazra for Feminist Studies spray paints and explains the Graffiti 7arimi campaign and the idea of reclaiming women’s space in the public sphere in Egypt.
By: Paola Daher
As human beings, in this day and age of technology, we are constantly bombarded by information, data, facts and figures. This is why it is important to sometimes stop, and take the time …
Lily Womble is a college student from Mississippi who is very passionate about gender justice and girls and women’s empowerment. She blogs and shares stories of the smart girls changing our world. She hope her …
By: Paola Daher
Looking at the AWID Forum programme, I felt like a little girl in a sweet shop: i want to go to this session! No, this one! Finally, I sadly had to pick several …
Source: AWID friday file
Kurds living in Turkey mainly inhabit the East and South-East of Turkey. They are the largest ethnic minority in the country and since the establishment of modern Turkey they have been marginalized …
Source: Rio+20 education
‘Sustainability’ and ‘development’. What do these two often used terms actually mean?
There’s no single answer that everyone will agree on, and these books try to cover the many different aspects of such …
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