World March of Women, Newsletter

It was almost a year ago that we came together in São Paulo, Brazil, surrounded by feminist solidarity, light, colour, diversity and inspiration. Together we celebrated our victories and carved out a new path for our movement: the transfer of the International Secretariat (IS) to Africa and Mozambique, and the construction of the World March …

Holocaust Survivor Hedy Epstein, Arrested in Ferguson Protest, Says Racism Is Alive in America

Hedy Epstein turned 90 on August 15, and she spent much of last week celebrating. Friends and family traveled to her home in St. Louis, Missouri, to join in the festivities—so many of them, in fact, that it wasn’t until yesterday that she finally had a day to herself. Epstein left her home in the …

Jenny Holzer: creating concepts

Radical statements in large fonts projected on buildings all over the world. This is Jenny Holzer’s work. And it just can’t go unnoticed.  New York, 1982 American artist Jenny Holzer is one of the most well known contemporary artists of our time. Her work has appeared in public spaces all around the world. She experiments …

Amnesty International: My Body, My Rights

A woman is refused contraception because she doesn’t have her husband’s permission. A man is harassed by police because he’s gay. A teenager is denied a life-saving termination because abortion is illegal in her country. Whoever you are, wherever you live, you have the right to live without fear, violence or discrimination. It’s your body. …