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Call for Tenders: Report/Study on “The effects of the dismantling of the Swedish welfare state on women”

The romanticisation of the Swedish welfare system and its positive effects on gender equality persists, notwithstanding the substantial dismantling of the welfare state in recent decades and Sweden’s drop in gender equality rankings. Unlike elsewhere in Europe, this development reflects an impact not so much of the last economic crisis when the government did not pursue the politics of austerity seen across much of the continent ...

Climate Justice and Gender Justice

The fight for climate justice must be feminist, anti-racist and anti-capitalist What does a feminist perspective mean? Feminism is constituted by a wide range of political movements, ideologies, and social movements across the globe that share the common goal to define, establish, and achieve the political, economic, social and personal equality of the sexes ...

Impact of Austerity Measures on Women in Croatia

When we first started to look at various data, we found that both men and women in Croatia suffered grave consequences of the recent economic crisis. Only when we turned our eye to the devastation that happened during the 1990s and in the early 2000s did it became possible to see the different effects of cuts to social services and privatisation processes on women as a group ...

"Without women the world would stop."

Millions second the feminist strike in Spain: and now what? 13 March 2018: It is almost impossible not to hold your breath when you see the images of the streets of Spain full of women and men on 8 March 2018. The newspapers and TV chains at global level have these images in their openings and front pages ...

Transforming our lives. Transforming the world.

The Third International Marxist-Feminist Conference will take place at Lund University (Lund, Sweden), October 6-7, 2018. The format of the Conference In March 2015 over 500 scholars and activists participated in the first international Marxist-Feminist conference in Berlin exploring topics such as neoliberalism, intersectionality and social reproduction ...

Consciousness-raising and Prevention in the Struggle Against Violence and War

In November 2011, the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation Brussels invited women peace activists, peace researchers and policy makers to the conference “Consciousness-Raising and prevention in the struggle against violence and war”. The conference aimed to facilitate the exchange of experiences of women in resisting and struggling against violence and war ...

Consciousness-raising and Prevention in the Struggle Against Violence and War

In November 2011, the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation Brussels invited women peace activists, peace researchers and policy makers to the conference “Consciousness-Raising and prevention in the struggle against violence and war”. The conference aimed to facilitate the exchange of experiences of women in resisting and struggling against violence and war ...

The Contribution of Women to Peace and Reconciliation

Report on the cooperation project with women peace activists from Somalia, Rwanda, Ex-Yugoslavia, Israel and Palestine, by Birgit Daiber, November 2011 "I am convinced that this war need not have been; that wars need not to beat all. There were alternatives, as there are in every conflict, even though much of history remains alive in the present ...

Three Palestinian Women from Gaza in Brussels

Last week in Brussels, I received three women from Gaza, who are working in different sectors of UNRWA, the UN Agency for Palestinian Refugees. It was made possible with the support of the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation. Rada is a medical doctor, Siham works with the operations covering all the UNRWA programmes and Siam is a teacher ...

Conflict Transformation and Peace Building in Israel and Palestine: Gender Dimensions

20 Years "Give Peace a Chance - Women Speak Out" - Über zwanzig Jahre nach einem ersten Treffen zwischen Palästinenserinnen und Israelinnen in Brüssel (damals unter dem Titel „Give Peace a Chance – Women Speak Out“) fand im März 2010 ein dreitägiges Seminar statt, an dem Friedensaktivistinnen aus Israel und Palästina sowie Friedensforscherinnen aus europäischen Projekten, VertreterInnen der EU-Kommission und EU-PolitikerInnen teilnahmen ...

Conflict Experiences: the Many Faces of Violence and Resilience

Recounting Physicians for Human Rights-Israel (PHRI) history is much more than just listing its actions, failures and achievement. Its foundation 22 years ago marked a dramatic turning point in Israel’s civil society. PHRI actually introduced the term and concept of human rights where it was not present before ...

Conflict Transformation and Peace Building in Israel and Palestine: Gender Dimensions

20 Years "Give Peace a Chance - Women Speak Out" - Über zwanzig Jahre nach einem ersten Treffen zwischen Palästinenserinnen und Israelinnen in Brüssel (damals unter dem Titel „Give Peace a Chance – Women Speak Out“) fand im März 2010 ein dreitägiges Seminar statt, an dem Friedensaktivistinnen aus Israel und Palästina sowie Friedensforscherinnen aus europäischen Projekten, VertreterInnen der EU-Kommission und EU-PolitikerInnen teilnahmen ...

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Call for Tenders: Report/Study on “The effects of the dismantling of the Swedish welfare state on women”

Climate Justice and Gender Justice

Impact of Austerity Measures on Women in Croatia

"Without women the world would stop."

Transforming our lives. Transforming the world.

Consciousness-raising and Prevention in the Struggle Against Violence and War

Consciousness-raising and Prevention in the Struggle Against Violence and War

The Contribution of Women to Peace and Reconciliation

Three Palestinian Women from Gaza in Brussels

Conflict Transformation and Peace Building in Israel and Palestine: Gender Dimensions

Conflict Experiences: the Many Faces of Violence and Resilience

Conflict Transformation and Peace Building in Israel and Palestine: Gender Dimensions

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