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Taiwan’s last known ‘comfort woman’ dies aged 92

Posted by Sissy Vovou Campaigners vow to continue fighting in memory of the ‘grandmas’ – an estimated 2,000 Taiwanese women sexually enslaved by Japan’s military Taiwan’s last known survivor of Japan’s wartime sexual slavery has died at the age of 92, according to the island’s foreign ministry, which called the issue a “wound in human …

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Feminist Anti-War Resistance – abortion rights petition

Post by Sissy Vovou Tuesday 28 February 2023, by Collective “Russians are dying out”, officials and parliamentarians tragically tell us from the rostrum. It would seem, indeed, that the birth rate is not rising, and that in April 2022 Russia recorded its lowest birth rate since 1943-1944. In January 2023, Russian President Vladimir V. Putin …

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WILPF on Iranian Women’s uprising

Women International League for Peace and Freedom ON IRANIAN WOMEN Statement to Support the Iranian People’s Uprising against Tyranny – A Message from Jamila Afghani, WILPF Vice President We at WILPF stand in solidarity with the wide-scale uprising of the Iranian people against the hegemonic, violent and oppressive regime. Our radical feminist tradition taught us …

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Five essential facts to know about femicide

Proposed by Sissy Vovou Gender related killings (femicide/feminicide) are the most brutal and extreme manifestation of a continuum of violence against women and girls that takes many interconnected and overlapping forms. Defined as an intentional killing with a gender-related motivation, femicide may be driven by stereotyped gender roles, discrimination towards women and girls, unequal power relations between …

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Laila Shawa—a revolutionary Palestinian artist who found international fame—has died, aged 82

Proposed for publication by Sissy Vovou The passing of renowned Palestinian artist Laila Shawa at her home in London on Monday 24 October, at the age of 82, has elicited international tributes and condolences. One of Palestine’s most accomplished and revolutionary artists, Shawa forged elements of her country’s nature, folklore and architecture into compelling contemporary …

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