Feminism

Inappropriate emails with a sexual subtext, unprofessional behaviour, and abuses of power. That is the story at one of the most expensive private universities in the Czech Republic

STEPHANIE WILLIAMSON Almost a month has passed since Ireland’s historic abortion referendum was won by a groundswell of grassroots feminist activism. A large majority (66.4%) voted to repeal the country’s eighth constitutional amendment, opening the door to proposed legislation to allow abortions up to 12 weeks. Huge numbers of repeal campaigners and voters were young […]

*The following is an edited transcript of an interview conducted for European Alternatives’ forthcoming documentary, Demos: Solidarity in Europe.  While activists, unions and political parties are looking for strategies to build alliances to contest the rise of far right and xenophobia across the globe, the feminist movement has proved in the past decade that there are […]

Ewa Majewska and Katarzyna Rakowska talk on Black protests, abortions and reproductive rights.

„Sex work is a job. End of story.”

At one o’clock in the afternoon expectations were at breaking point. For days you could feel a kind of countdown, the prelude to one those events that break through inertia and change the course of things. It had been clear for weeks that this wasn’t going to leave anyone indifferent. ‘Alert’ was the word on […]

Abortion has long been criminalised in Brazil. It is an issue that many have all but given up on – except for feminist movements.

Praktyka Teoretyczna started a call for papers on the current stuggles and fights of feminism in Central and Eastern Europe. Call for Abstracts: 15 May 2018 Deadline for papers: 15 September 2018 Since 2016 Central Eastern Europe has been witnessing an unprecedented wave of feminist protests. Attacks on reproductive rights have galvanised public opinion and […]

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A convention on preventing domestic violence is triggering a backlash in Bulgaria.