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A (More) Feminist Approach to Principled Humanitarian Aid

31/03/2025

1 documents

33 pages long

Languages: English, French

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Historically there has been very little discussion of feminism within the international humanitarian system. In recent years, some donor governments – including Canada, Mexico, and Germany – have adopted overtly feminist foreign policies and applied these to their strategies and guidance for humanitarian assistance. At the same time, aid actors have started to reconfigure their […]

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Journal article

Barefoot nisswiyya in practice and theory: the case of grassroots feminists in Jordan

23/05/2023

18 pages long

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Barefoot nisswiyya in practice and theory: the case of grassroots feminists in Jordan

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This paper attempts to connect my personal experiences as an academic activist, along with my first-hand experience in rural areas in Jordan, to ‘barefoot nisswiyya’ [barefoot feminism], a concept I coined in 2002 and have been developing through praxis since then. These experiences have helped me connect with nature in the countryside as a ‘Fourth Space’, […]

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Decolonize! What does it mean?

15/12/2022

3 documents

9 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

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This document introduces the key concepts of decolonial theory that inform many current calls to decolonize. It provides examples from Latin America, Africa, and North America of how activists have envisioned or realized decolonial futures. These movements led by Indigenous Peoples, people of color, women, and queer people articulate and define the possibilities of decolonial […]

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The story of the Doria Feminist Fund: de-colonising the funding narrative in the MENA region

07/12/2021

11 pages long

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The story of the Doria Feminist Fund: de-colonising the funding narrative in the MENA region

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International funding has played an important role in the struggles of women in the Middle East and Northern Africa (MENA) region, directly and indirectly. In this article, we reflect on the narratives and processes that influence and oftentimes determine the funding accessible to the MENA region, which have often excluded those emanating from local feminists. […]

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‘The seas are rising and so are we!’ – a conversation between two women in Extinction Rebellion

10/12/2020

18 pages long

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‘The seas are rising and so are we!’ – a conversation between two women in Extinction Rebellion

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Extinction Rebellion (XR) is an international, non-violent movement against the climate and ecological crises that threaten our planet. This article is based on reflections and joint discussions on what it is to be women ‘rebels’ at the grassroots of this movement, utilising the feminist practice of ‘active listening’ to counter women’s experiences of being silenced […]

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Gender in the modernisation of waste management: key lessons from fieldwork in Bhutan, Mongolia, and Nepal

10/12/2020

18 pages long

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Gender in the modernisation of waste management: key lessons from fieldwork in Bhutan, Mongolia, and Nepal

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The waste sector is a significant and growing source of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Most developing countries are minor contributors to global GHG, and produce limited emissions from municipal solid waste. However, as poor countries become integrated into global circuits of production and consumption, their contributions to global GHG emissions are likely to increase […]

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Intersectionality and collective action: visioning a Feminist Green New Deal in the US

10/12/2020

18 pages long

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Intersectionality and collective action: visioning a Feminist Green New Deal in the US

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In the wake of the introduction of the Resolution for a Green New Deal to the US House of Representatives in 2019, feminist climate justice activists and organisers initiated and cultivated the Feminist Coalition for a Green New Deal. The Coalition advances an intersectional feminist analysis as part of the national conversation about the Green […]

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Strengthening climate resilience and women’s networks: Brazilian inspiration from agroecology

10/12/2020

19 pages long

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Strengthening climate resilience and women’s networks: Brazilian inspiration from agroecology

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Women can face higher risks and more significant burdens from the impacts of climate change in situations of poverty than men, exacerbating existing disparities in gender roles, responsibilities, perceptions, and skewed power relations that tend to disadvantage women. Mitigation and adaptation measures are essential not only to increase community resilience to climate change but also […]

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Journal article

Feminist activism 25 years after Beijing

24/06/2020

21 pages long

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Feminist activism 25 years after Beijing

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Young women have taken the lead in a new wave of feminist and democratic protests that have erupted across a wide range of countries, North and South. These movements raise a range of political and analytic questions: To what extent is it useful to identify the recent wave of activism in terms of a new […]

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The Feminist and Women’s Movement Action Plan (fwMAP): mobilising globally for Beijing +25

24/06/2020

14 pages long

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The Feminist and Women’s Movement Action Plan (fwMAP): mobilising globally for Beijing +25

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In 2020, the United Nations will celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Fourth World Conference on Women when 189 countries signed on to the Beijing Platform for Action. This must be a game-changing year, an opportunity for the feminist and women’s movement to produce a transformative framework and new alliances. Soon-Young Yoon and Melissa Upreti, […]

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