Category: Past Events
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Women of Afghanistan: My Voice to My Home, Pt. 2
This webinar tackles the life and work of Afghan women’s rights activist Adela Mohseni. Adela has worked in different areas regarding the prevention of child marriage, the passage of CEDAW, the passage of laws to protect women from violence, and women’s political participation in addition to her extensive work with women in the provinces. This webinar brings a judicial…
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Women of Afghanistan: My Voice to My Home, Pt. 1
Women of Afghanistan have passed through a long history of struggles and oppression. After August 2021 and the return of the Taliban to rule the country de facto, danger and fear circulate about the future of the women and girls of Afghanistan. Those women have demands to voice and fight for, nationally and internationally. In…
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‘Glocal’ Voices: Discussing Feminist Blogging as Political Practice
As we have reached the ten-year anniversary of the so called ‘Arab Spring’, we reflect on the tremendous socio-political role of women activists blogging during waves of protests, as well as the social, economic, and political crises that followed in the years after the 2011 Arab uprisings and revolutions.
