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On March 8 we don’t celebrate -we fight. Still, in 2017, like all the years before it

ATHENS International woman’s day is not a day for sales and discounts on beauty products for women. Nor is it a day to gift flower bouquets to the “fair sex”. International woman’s day –which was established in 1911 in honour and memory of female workers’ activism in the clothing and textile industry in the USA …

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8th of March – World March of Women

Dear sisters, friends, activists and fellow fighters We women from the World March of Women unite our voices to honor the historic and vivid struggles of women and feminist movements around the world. We denounce the global political context marked by the increasing governments’ takeover by rightists parties manifesting hate, racism, misogyny, intolerance and all …

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The Organized Struggle of Indian Women Farmers [Photo report]

Photo credit: Esti Redondo / Resumen Latinoamericano Our comrade Esti Redondo, Basque journalist and rural worker, is in India, participating in several activities organized by the international organization Vía Campesina (Peasant Way). There, she took part in several activities of recollection, cleaning and selection of seeds, a workshop on biology, oven building, and women’s workshops. …

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Egypt court ruling upholds decision to freeze assets of women’s rights activists

The Egyptian women’s group Nazra for Feminist Studies, headed by Mozn Hassan, is among those affected by a government crackdown on civil society. Photo: Courtesy Mozn Hassan Clampdown on civil rights groups continues as government pursues case against campaigners accused of using overseas funds to destabilise Egypt An Egyptian court has upheld an earlier ruling …

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A Few Things You Won’t Learn from Stephen Colbert’s Interview with the Guerrilla Girls

Carey DunneJanuary 20, 2016 Screen Shot 2016-01-19 at 5.01.56 PM Three members of the Guerrilla Girls on ‘The Late Show with Stephen Colbert’ (screenshot via YouTube) Gender inequality in the art world is still a thing, and it still needs to go away: that’s the gist of the Guerrilla Girls’ recent interview on The Late …

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