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‘If You Want Peace, Create Peace’: women’s rights organisations as operatives of hybrid peace in the former Yugoslavia

23/05/2023

18 pages long

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‘If You Want Peace, Create Peace’: women’s rights organisations as operatives of hybrid peace in the former Yugoslavia

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Gender-based harms experienced in conflict constitute a threat to the right of women and girls to live with dignity. However, transitional justice processes to manage the delicate nexus between peace and justice often do not consider these harms, resulting in adverse outcomes for women and girls in post-conflict societies. At the frontlines of the fight […]

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Strategies of discrediting: attacks on feminist activists in Turkey

23/05/2023

19 pages long

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Strategies of discrediting: attacks on feminist activists in Turkey

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The Istanbul Feminist Night March has been organised since 2003, and it has the distinction of being the most participatory feminist protest organised in Turkey. As the space for civil society in Turkey shrinks, feminists are the only dissident group that continue to take to the streets. However, the Feminist Night March has been banned […]

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Collectivising within the maternal framework: Prayer Warriors Forum of Rumuekpe

23/05/2023

14 pages long

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Collectivising within the maternal framework: Prayer Warriors Forum of Rumuekpe

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The aim of this paper is to demonstrate how the Prayer Warriors of Rumuekpe, Rivers State, Nigeria, a women human rights defenders group demonstrated their ability to contribute to the peace process despite the patriarchal structures that impede them and conditions of extreme violence. The women saw the need to adopt methods that were in […]

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Indigenous land rights in Brazil and the women defending them: an encounter with activist Valdelice Veron

23/05/2023

4 pages long

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Indigenous land rights in Brazil and the women defending them: an encounter with activist Valdelice Veron

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This is short piece situates an interaction with Valdelice Veron within the larger context of indigenous land rights in Brazil. Valdelice, who belongs to the Indigenous Guarani-Kaiowá community, spoke about the persecution of her community and their struggle for land rights. The authors bring Valdelice's experiences to the reader and call on the feminist academic practitioners "to act […]

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A revolution of the mind: a tribute to Rula Quawas (1960–2017)

23/05/2023

3 pages long

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A revolution of the mind: a tribute to Rula Quawas (1960–2017)

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This is a tribute to Rula Quawas, a Jordanian scholar, activist, and feminist, who passed away in 2017. The author shares how Rula touched the lives of so many of her students by encouraging them to dare in their lives and scholarship. Her feminist mentorship transformed the lives of many. This tribute calls on readers to dare and […]

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Questioning harmful traditions

23/05/2023

2 pages long

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This is a short piece by activist Masooma Ranalvi; she shares the experience of female genital mutilation (FGM) /cutting and the culture of silence surrounding it. In collaboration with other survivors, Masooma has created the collective WeSpeakOut, where women speak and question this violence from their childhood. WeSpeakOut aims to end the practice of FGM.

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Ekla Chalo Re: a tribute to Ms. Mary Roy

23/05/2023

2 pages long

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Ekla Chalo Re: a tribute to Ms. Mary Roy

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women human rights defenders

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This is a tribute to activist Mary Roy, who passed away in 2022. The author traces the life of Mary Roy, highlighting the ways in which she challenged gendered norms and expectations. She was the applicant in a landmark case which brought equal property rights for Syrian Christian women in India. The author reminds readers […]

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Engendering injustice: gendered lawfare in Guatemala

23/05/2023

3 pages long

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Engendering injustice: gendered lawfare in Guatemala

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women human rights defenders

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The author presents the case of Virginia Laparra, a former prosecutor from Guatemala, who is now in prison. In this short piece the author argues that Laparra's imprisonment is an example of gender-based political violence and criminalisation of those challenging impunity. This in turn contributes to the erosion of democracy in Guatemala.

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Confronting feminicidio in Mexico: pioneering anthropologist and activist Marcela Lagarde y de los Ríos

23/05/2023

3 pages long

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Confronting feminicidio in Mexico: pioneering anthropologist and activist Marcela Lagarde y de los Ríos

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This is a short piece on academic and activist Marcela Lagarde y de Los Ríos' contribution to the issue of homicides of women in Mexico. She coined the term feminicidio, which squarely placed these murders as acts of misogyny and a product of patriarchal society. Lagarde became a public servant and supported research on feminicidio. She played a […]

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Accidental women human rights activists, unintentional advocacy by NGOs and a displeased government

23/05/2023

3 pages long

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Accidental women human rights activists, unintentional advocacy by NGOs and a displeased government

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This is a short piece by activist Rita Manchanda on how consciousness raising and capacity building for Federation leadership led to gains that the government did not anticipate. Although the NGOs were to be collaborative partners, they unintentionally took on a confrontational course as conscious raising and capacity building also meant that the women were […]

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