Feminist Voices Connected

Feminism is a global movement that embraces both difference and commonalities. Let’s stop the discussion about origins.

German courts seem to be more concerned with how credible the complainant is than with why the perpetrator committed an act of violence, says criminal lawyer Christina Clemm. Here, she explains how persistent misogynistic assumptions have led to a culture of impunity in Germany.

The magnitude of this movement has been underestimated in Germany, making it all the more imperative to gather robust data.

Russian Imperialism has created many myths about Ukrainians and cannot be understood without a gender lense. Ukrainians are today persistently striving to uphold their national identity and advance gender emancipation, drawing parallels with the women’s movement in Ukraine a century ago.

Says writer Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah in a conversation with Dr. Serawit Bekele Debele about African feminist movements and about how the concept of feminism gained traction on the continent.

A movement that got off to a bold start is now waning. Here’s a survey of the internal and external factors that brought this about.

Conservative and far-right forces are increasingly aligning themselves with Western right-wing extremists in order to combat the growing feminist movements in the Arabic-speaking world.

El Cerrejón is Latin America's largest open-cast coal mine. It supplies the coal so that Europe doesn't have to freeze. Our earth has never been a woman - only in the eyes of Europe, which knows nothing but penetration.