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The women saw the need to adopt methods that were in […] View resource Journal article Indigenous land rights in Brazil and the women defending them: an encounter with activist Valdelice Veron 23/05/2023 4 pages long Free access through journal website Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Land rights women human rights defenders Overview 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 […] View resource Journal article A revolution of the mind: a tribute to Rula Quawas (1960–2017) 23/05/2023 3 pages long Free access through journal website Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Feminist activists women human rights defenders Overview 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 […] View resource Journal article Questioning harmful traditions 23/05/2023 2 pages long Free access through journal website Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Female genital mutilation Feminist activists women human rights defenders Overview 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. View resource Journal article Ekla Chalo Re: a tribute to Ms. Mary Roy 23/05/2023 2 pages long Free access through journal website Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords women human rights defenders Overview 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 […] View resource Journal article Engendering injustice: gendered lawfare in Guatemala 23/05/2023 3 pages long Free access through journal website Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords women human rights defenders Overview 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. View resource Journal article Confronting feminicidio in Mexico: pioneering anthropologist and activist Marcela Lagarde y de los Ríos 23/05/2023 3 pages long Free access through journal website Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords feminicidio Feminist activists women human rights defenders Overview 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 […] View resource Journal article Accidental women human rights activists, unintentional advocacy by NGOs and a displeased government 23/05/2023 3 pages long Free access through journal website Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Self-help groups women human rights defenders Overview 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 […] View resource Journal article Kiruba Munuswamy: progenitor of shockwaves in a casteist-pratriarchal society 23/05/2023 4 pages long Free access through journal website Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Caste women human rights defenders Overview This is a short piece on advocate and activist Kiruba Munusamy, who practices in the Supreme Court of India and is a dalit rights activist. Some of the cases that Kiruba has fought against gross human rights violations and Kiruba's own experiences are discussed in the piece. The author focuses on Munusamy's resilience and resistence in the […] View resource Journal article Edilia Mendoza Roa, una mujer que lucha por el derecho a la tierra, Colombia / Edilia Mendoza Roa, a woman who fights for land rights, Colombia 23/05/2023 4 pages long Free access through journal website Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords environmental rights Land rights women human rights defenders Overview This is a tribute to Edilia Mendoza Roa, an activist and one of Colombia's best known agrarian experts, who passed away in February, 2023. The authors discuss her contributions to the struggle for land and environmental rights and her involvement in formulation of laws and resolutations leading to agrarian reform and rural development for farmers and […] View resource Posts navigation Prev page Page 1 … Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 … Page 10 Next page Spotted an error? Let us know