Everyday feminism and the authoritarian right in Poland Published: 1 December 2021 Despite the authoritarian atmosphere, the contemporary feminist and queer movements in Poland are becoming more diverse, informal, intersectional, and focused on countering misogyny and homophobia in locally defined contexts. By Magdalena Grabowska and Marta Rawłuszko
Civil society voices on the fight against gender based violence in Cambodia Published: 15 October 2021 Interview Gender-based violence, participation in political and social processes and shrinking spaces: How do women's rights activists work under increasingly constrained circumstances in Cambodia? By Kann Vicheika
Zimbabwe: “You are the ones we have been waiting for” Published: 21 September 2021 Interview In the face of political oppression and persecution, the digital space offers many people in Zimbabwe the only lasting opportunity to exchange ideas and organise. We spoke with Fungai Machirori about the potentials and shortcomings of the internet, feminist digital activism in Zimbabwe, and the hopes placed in each new generation. By Maria Kind
Youth Against Climate Change in South Africa: “There is a major lack of representation in the movement” Published: 26 February 2021 Interview Most of food production in Africa is shouldered by small scale farmers and the majority of farmers are women. Alarmed by the effects of climate change on her family’s farm Ayakha Melithafa from South Africa’s Western Cape joined an environmental school club and engages now in a national and an international youth movements for climate justice. By Imeh Ituen
"This culture of impunity makes it easier for killings to take place" Published: 18 October 2016 The NGO Global Witness documents 185 known deaths of environmental activists worldwide in 2015 - the highest annual death toll on record. Claudia Rolf spoke to one of the authors of the report, Billy Kyte. By Claudia Rolf
Authoritarian repression under the pretext of sovereignty Published: 13 September 2016 The repression of civil societies activites in countries like Egypt and Russia are justified with the "protection of the states sovereignity" and the "principle of non-intervention". When unwelcomed critique is silenced, activists need all our solidarity and support. By Wolfgang Kaleck and Simon Rau
Maina Kiai: "Our Ideas keep living on" Published: 13 September 2016 United Nations Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association, Maina Kiai, explains in this interview with Christine Meissler why he will never give up fighting for democracy and human rights. By Christine Meissler
"We will always have Taiga, we will always have coal" Published: 24 November 2015 For his documentary a finnish filmmaker followed the coaltravel from Kuzbass to Helsinki. His plan: talking to people in the train about climate change. But they didn't want to talk with him. By Anastasia Laukkanen