Gender Policy / LGBTIQ+

Can digital activism replace the power of in-person protests? In North Macedonia, dwindling protest numbers and rising anti-gender movements challenge the fight for gender equality. Activist Sara Milenkovska's insights on the urgent need for solidarity.

In 2023, Germany’s Federal Foreign Office and its Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development published guidelines for a feminist foreign and development policy. Political headwinds, however, are jeopardising the implementation of the concepts.

The current humanitarian system is failing. This system excludes, overlooks, and underfunds those on the frontlines — local feminist and Women’s Rights Organizations. It’s time to shift power and invest in a feminist humanitarian system.

The Global Feminist Pitch is back to support aspiring, feminist documentary filmmakers from Latin America, the Caribbean, Asia, Africa, the Middle East and (South) Eastern Europe. Apply now!

The 68th session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) has shown, how interlinked economic and gender justice are. At the same time, the linkage between feminist grassroots and UN institutions has drastically weakened, benefiting anti-gender actors.

The Global Feminist Pitch 2021 presents eleven feminists from Malawi, Brazil, Lebanon, Somalia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Nepal, Morocco and India who have realised nine projects on feminist resistance and resilience in social media in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. 

The Global Feminist Pitch has been back to support feminists from Latin America, Asia, Africa, the Middle East and (Southern) Eastern Europe. We have selected twelve feminists this year who write on the topic of feminist mobilisation in their region. 

Which role does feminist development and foreign policy play as a tool of state-funded resources for feminist movements and organisations? A discussion with the activists Amina Doherty and Michelle Reddy.

A lack of climate protection in Germany violates the rights of women and vulnerable groups worldwide. This has been criticised by the CEDAW Review Committee.

The most common factors that increase inequality, violence and lack of opportunity for trans people in the region include barriers to accessing the health system and a lack of laws that recognise their identity in official documents, as well as police and military violence and an increase in hate speech and misinformation.