The Voice of Non-Militants: the Experience of Women from Eastern Ukraine In times of war, when only the voice of arms is heard, the voice of the unarmed is lost; however it is essential to listen to the latter because sooner or later the arms will go silent and it will be necessary to start learning to live in peace. By Nina Potarska
Moving an elephant: Working on women's rights in Lebanon For feminist and women's rights activist Lina Abou Habib, the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action can be considered a milestone in fighting for women's rights in Lebanon. An interview by Noor Baalbaki By Lina Abou-Habib and Noor Baalbaki
Video: Beijing+20 in South Africa The Heinrich Böll Stiftung Southern Africa office spoke to five leading women’s rights activists on their perceptions of the challenges that women in South Africa face today and whether the Beijing Declaration, and South Africa’s commitment to it, remains relevant to addressing those challenges.
Reproductive rights in Brazil from Beijing to present day: are we going forward or backward? In Brazil, despite symbolic political actions, commitment still has not moved beyond words concerning women's reporductive rights. HBS interviews Guacira de Oliveira, from CFEMEA – Feminist Center for Studies and Counseling, a Brazilian feminist organization By Naiara Azevedo
Fake choice: legal gender recognition at the expense of irreversible sterilization Twenty years have passed since the adoption of Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action. The countries that signed this document are summarizing the achieved progress and discuss the need for systemic changes, which will make these processes irreversible. At the same time, even today integration of specific groups into the general context of gender equality remains problematic. Transgender persons represent one of such groups, which require innovative approach and different attitudes due to the complete invisibility and specific needs that they have. By Eka Aghdgomelashvili
We shall be justice! "We shall be justice!" said Charlotte Bunch, at the opening of the Women’s Court in Sarajevo which represents an alternative model of transitional justice which introduces a gender perspective into existing mechanisms of attainment of justice, this time based on feminist foundations. By Paula Petričević
The girl dances...and spins and twirls... The “Women Who Get Around Group” show how to denounce sexism with humor and satire. By Anna-Lena Weigel
DR Congo: aiding and abetting violence. Criminal charges against manager of the German-Swiss Danzer Group The Danzer case is an example of European businesses working in conflict regions and profiting greatly from the brutal actions by the police, the army or paramilitary groups. Anna von Gall analyzes the international legal framework and urges Germany to pursue legislative clarification relating to due diligence requirements for foreign subsidiaries of European companies By Anna von Gall
Economic Violence – diagnosis of the problem and a discussion on countermeasures Gert Röhrborn, Programme Coordinator Democracy and Human Rights in Poland, informs about the Seminar on Economic Violence, that takes place on April 15th 2015 in Warszawa. By Gerd Röhrborn
The Regulation of Online-harassment Violent communication has relevant effects on queer feminist internet activism. This article focuses on options and necessities of regulating such forms of violent anti-feminist and racist communication. How to prevent or to stop violent online-communication? By Gitti Hentschel and Francesca Schmidt