LGBT Rights Under Siege in Indonesia Dédé Oetomo stressed that the focus on LGBT issues in Indonesia is due to an increased level of intolerance and homo- and transphobia in recent months. In spite of these worrisome trends, Dédé Oetomo remains optimistic that Indonesian society has come a long way in terms of organizing around LGBT issues.
"One Cube" Three, yet one! "One Cube" Three, yet one! - is a documentary film by Pramod Dev. Depicting three women who work in export-oriented sectors of India's economy. By Shalini Yog Shah
The UN Secretary General remains an exclusively male position The new Secretary General of the United Nations will be called António Guterres. On the 1st of January 2017 he will succeed the current head of the UN, Ban Ki-moon. In spite of Ki-moon's encouragment to elect a female candidate, and a campaign supported by more than 50 states, another man will hold the prestigious position.
UN calls for global decriminalisation of homosexuality The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights has presented a Report at the 29th Session of the Human Rights Council, which calls for the global decriminalisation of homosexuality.
The unloved compromise. Black umbrellas, white coats and abortion in Poland In recent weeks Poland has witnessed an unprecedented mobilisation of women against the tightening of the already very strict abortion law. To the likely surprise of many observers, the government, dominated by the nationalist right-wing Law and Justice party, decided to revoke its initial backing for the draft law, having bowed to pressure following angry protests of one hundred thousand women bearing black umbrellas. Gert Röhrborn from the Warsaw office of the Heinrich Böll Foundation sheds light on the background of these recent events. By Gert Röhrborn
UN Women Training Centre offers online-courses concerning international gender equality Training Centre offers various online-courses concerning international gender equality
Glossary providing appropiate terminology for LGBT-Individuals published ORAM (Organization for Refuge, Asylum & Migration) published a glossary this month, which provides humanitarian workers with appropriate terminology for individuals with diverse sexual orientations and gender identities and expressions.
Intergenerational Dialogue on Feminist Activism Intergenerational Dialogue on Feminist Activism - Hbs Nairobi Watch on YouTube This external content requires your consent. Please note our privacy policy. We hosted a conversation with three women, Julia Ojiambo, Daisy Amdany and Njoki Ngumi, representing different generations of activists. The coffee table dialogue seeks to find out the extent to which global plans and strategies have informed activists at different moments and how feminist action develops across generations.
Why Don’t Women Vote For Other Women? Reconsidering Automatic Privilege and Tokenism in Political Processes As Zanzibar gearsup for a rerun of Presidential, Legislative and Local Councils Elections annulled in October 2015, the Regional Commissioner (RC) of Mwanza, Magessa Mulongo on March 8th while commemorating International Women’s Day made some remarks worthy of a response. Mr. Mulongo used a familiar trope to try to explain women’s low numbers in representative structures-elected or nominated: he chastised women for being each other’s worst enemy. By Salma Maoulidi
US Supreme Court's female justices cross-question restrictive Texas' abortion law The three female justices of the US Supreme Court - Elana Kagan, Ruth Bader Ginsburg und Sonia Sotomayor - carry out adamant questionings while hearing the case Whole Woman's Health vs. Hellerstedt - and thus show the inconsistent argumentation for the Texas law HB2, that caused 23 out of 41 so-called abortion clinics in Texas to close between 1992 and today.
