Feminism in Asia against free trade and violence
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What's new this week | Feminism in Asia against free trade and violence
::: The People of Asia Against Free Trade: “Society Endures the Trauma of Debt”
Capire talked to Geum-Soon Yoon, of the Korean Women Peasants Association, about free trade policies in the region | Interview
::: Filipino Women’s Strategies Against Violence, Killings, and Eviction
Read and listen to Jean Enriquez speech during the “Feminist struggles to bring down authoritarianism” webinar | Analysis
...And while you are here, check out our content from previous weeks:
::: Bartolina Sisa: An Aymara Fighter Against the Spanish Empire
On International Indigenous Women’s Day, meet the story of Bartolina Sisa, an Indigenous Bolivian fighter from the 18th century | Experience
::: Turkey under authoritarianism: wildfires, antifeminism, privatizations and support to Taliban
Read and listen to Yıldız Temürtürkan speech during the “Feminist struggles to bring down authoritarianism” webinar. "We, women living under authoritarian regimes, need to exchange experiences of struggle. We urgently need to update our knowledge and analysis in a world where we encounter rapid and unpredictable changes" | Analysis
::: Patricia McFadden: Contemporarity And The Possibilities Of Building Alternative Societies
The feminist researcher Patricia McFadden talks about new feminist paradigms to refuse subalternity and focus on women’s potentialities. "Contemporarity is about situating yourself in the new possibilities and opportunities that our world is offering us, based on the many struggles that women have engaged in since the dawn of patriarchal time. We cannot be told by the UN or by those who occupy the state, who we are and what our feminism is" | Interview
::: The Taliban and the Occupation Affect the Entire Region: Pakistani Women Against Authoritarianism
Read and listen to Bushra Khaliq’s contribution during the “Feminist Struggles To Bring Down Authoritarianism” webinar | Analysis
::: The Traps of the Palm Oil Industry Against Women’s Lives
Read an excerpt from the publication “Nine Reasons to Say NO to Contract Farming with Palm Oil Companies.” | Analysis
::: Interview: What’s At Stake For Women’s Lives In Afghanistan?
Read the interview with a women's rights activist from Afghanistan on the consequences of of 20 years of US occupation and the Taliban returning to power | Interview
::: Read the poem “Stevia,” by Helena Zelic
Poem voices criticism against Coca-Cola’s land expropriation and production model | Culture
::: Energy system and climate justice: if it’s not feminist, it’s not just
Read and listen to Karin Nansen’s contribution about the feminist contributions to change economy and the energy system | Analysis
::: Feminism Facing Witch Hunting, Land Grabbing, and Patriarchal Control In India
We remember the words and struggles of the activist Shashi Sail about her experience fighting for women’s autonomy. By rekindling her voice and her words, we want to contribute to keeping alive the memory and the struggle of Shashi Sail for women’s freedom | Experience
::: Colombia, a Sparkle Rejecting the Neoliberal Model in Latin America and the Caribbean
Mobilization, change, and unity are fundamental tasks for social movements and political forces in the region | Analysis
::: South African Feminism Fighting Poverty and Subordination
Wilhelmina Trout points to historical challenges in South African women's struggle for political participation to dismantle patriarchal capitalism | Analysis
::: Patricia McFadden: “Through 500 years of colonialism, African women have fought for freedom”
Read and listen to this interview with the feminist activist and researcher Patricia McFadden on gendered nationalism and the power of feminism for women’s liberation | Interview
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