Feminism & Gender

Feminist approaches to global health policy have the potential to create more equal health systems. Considering and addressing power dynamics paves the way to tackle discrimination. More responsive health policies are expected to improve health for all.

As one of the primary tools for narrative shaping, the panel of this online seminar explored how reclaiming language can prove empowering for the feminist movement.

Feminist leadership has become standard practice in the social impact sector over the years. This article emphasizes how its application can improve the way structures without a political or humanitarian orientation in Africa deal with staff and organizational issues and aid Africa’s development.

This online seminar explored the positioning of feminist academics in academia in the context of a rising Global anti-feminist discourse. It explores the complexity of the plurality of feminism, the interrelatedness with other forms of discrimination, and how feminism can be taught to collectively build a more feminist world.

The third webinar in this series delved into the adaptation of research into the feminist movement for developing alternate intersectional feminist research methodologies. Existing research methodologies were also analysed from a queer feminist lens given that research and academia are important pathways for narrative shaping. Participant engagement was invited through the Padlet, Zoom polls and Mentimeter.

The second webinar in this series delved into the normalisation of the violation of bodily autonomy and self determination. It also explored the intersections and possible overlaps between feminism and intersex activism and the possibilities of building bridges between both these human rights movements. Through the discussion, the participants were engaged through a Zoom poll, Mentimeter and Padlet.

Within feminist thought, fragmentations are born out of the variance of lived experiences of individuals and the webinar series- ‘Power of Feminist Narratives: from Fragmentation to Solidarity’, organised by the Heinrich Boll Foundation in collaboration with One Future Collective, aimed at strengthening existing solidarities and creating new approaches for solidarity between feminists globally. This emerged in the context of populist anti-feminist narratives that sought to dilute feminist efforts.

The Global Feminist Pitch is back to support feminists from Latin America, the Caribbean, Asia, Africa, Middle East and (South) Eastern Europe. This year we are looking for six feminists who will tell stories of feminists, feminist moments, and movements from their region in the form of short graphic novels. Apply now!

In the Syrian case the international community failed to prove that human rights are also for the Syrian people, that everyone has the right to be protected. Twelve years of this ongoing war – and the international community did not do anything for the democratization of the country, they only offered humanitarian help. Interview with the winner of the Anne Klein Women's Award 2023, Joumana Seif.