Feminist Attempts and Re-Attempts
We Can Do It! (Lebanese style)
In the spirit of the Creative Commons Salon in Beirut that took place on Friday (and which I sadly missed), I’ve played around with Lara Zankoul‘s amazing photography (original photos here) and made it into a “We Can Do It!” poster.
Don’t you just love the expression on her face?
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Odd Advertising for Bic in Toronto
about 5 days ago - 2 comments
Isn’t it weird that the illustration of the woman is used in a serious manner to advertise for the Bic shavers? “For legs that beckon?” I thought we were over these stereotypical depictions of women, Canada? Photo taken on the subway in Toronto and posted via my new iPhone app!
UN Women is Born!
about 2 months ago - 2 comments
Civil Society Celebrates Creation of Gender Equality Entity After Four Years of Advocacy Press Release from the GEAR Campaign, 30 June 2010. Contact: Charlotte Bunch, 732-642-5271 or cbunch@ig.org, Bani Dugal, 646-404-4210 or bdugal@bic.org, Rachel Harris, 301-535-9702 or rachel@wedo.org The Gender Equality Architecture Reform (GEAR) Campaign celebrates the United Nations General Assembly resolution, agreed to on
To Unlearn Sexism…
about 2 months ago - 2 comments
Pay close attention to gender stereotyping around you. To unlearn sexism, you have to notice it first.
Vote for a Young Lebanese Woman in Photography Contest
about 4 months ago - 2 comments
Remember Lara Zankoul from the We Can Do It! (Lebanese style) post? She’s in a photography contest and needs your votes! Visit her page here: http://www.artistswanted.org/LaraZankoul and select the 5 stars at the bottom of the page. You can vote once every day. Please help spread the word! Let’s take Lara all the way to
This is What a Feminist Meeting Looks Like
about 4 months ago - 4 comments
Today, a bunch of us arrived in Cairo, Egypt in preparation for our meeting to design and launch a network of peer support for young feminists in the Arab world. Exciting! I have big hopes set for this meeting (organized and led by women under 30) and for a new wave of young feminism that
On the Emergence of Feminist Organizing in the MENA
about 5 months ago - 1 comment
The radical feminist organizing in the MENA region emerged 20, 30, 40 years after the similar movements in the West. In Turkey, for example, it didn’t start until the late 1980s. This is not because the women in our region were stupid or were not politically engaged or did not have demands. It is rather
Feminisms in the Middle East and North Africa: Theory, Practice, and Realities
about 5 months ago - 2 comments
I will be speaking at this conference tomorrow – just realized it will be open to the public, so come along if you’re interested! The Global Fund for Women invites you to attend the conference “Feminism in the Middle East and North Africa: Theory, Practice, and Realities” of its Advisory Council Members of the Middle
Pictures from some CSW NGO sessions
about 6 months ago - 1 comment
Most of the 54th CSW sessions were packed, and I mean PACKED. They were filling up 30 minutes before the sessions started. So I couldn’t blog much from inside the sessions (believe it or not, I couldn’t take my laptop out because the rooms were so packed). I will sum up my notes later tonight.
Supporting Women for ArabNet 2010
about 7 months ago - 5 comments
Soon to take place on March 25 & 26, ArabNet 2010 is the “first international conference for the Arab web industry, bringing together leaders from across the MENA, Europe and Silicon Valley to discuss cutting-edge trends and emerging opportunities. Through pitch sessions, the conference will feature the region’s brightest ideas and most promising Internet start-ups,
about 4 months ago
Oh this is awesome!
about 4 months ago
super! great job nadzi,as usual
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