Feminist Attempts
Posts tagged Feminism
Pictures from some CSW NGO sessions
Mar 2nd
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 More >
Supporting Women for ArabNet 2010
Feb 8th
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 More >
The Problem with Lebanese Women Politicians
Feb 1st
Nayla Mouawad & Solange Gemayel. I don’t know what to comment, whether to laugh of to cry, but this video is a fine example of why it is more important to have feminists in parliament than it is to have women. But I want to still say that we need More >
النسوية والذئب
Dec 29th
خرجت النسويّة يوماً إلى الغابة العملاقة التي هي المجتمع العربي وإذا بها تلتقي بذئب الإعلام العربي اللئيم.
سأل الذئب بإبتسامة عريضة الأنياب: “إلى أين تذهبين يا نسويّة؟”
جاوبت النسويّة: “أذهب إلى جدتي! أحمل لها سلةً مليئةً بأفكارٍ جديدة رائعة، أفكار ثورة وعدالة ومساواة حقيقية لنساء غابتنا. زرعتها وسقيتها بقراءاتٍ و نقاشات More >
Collective Work on Women’s Rights
Dec 7th
I’m currently at a conference in Cairo entitled “Collective Work on Women’s Rights” organized by GTZ and NWRO. There’s around 120 participants here – mostly Egyptian – from women’s rights organizations. Check out their cool conference graphic on the rights. I’m here representing AWID <3 and will be speaking tomorrow afternoon More >
Why Friendships – Not Networks – Are Important for Feminism
May 21st
Because, in a nut-shell, we’re in the trickiest line of work there is, and what we need by our sides are friends – not colleagues.
I never liked the term “professional” – even less so when I moved to social justice work. What does it mean when an activist is “professional”? More >
