The Seeds of Abolition Published: 13 August 2020 Analysis While millions protested the murder of George Floyd and racist police brutality all over the world, there has been a lack of acknowledgement of the injustices towards Black women, and of their leading roles in social movements. Edna Bonhomme analyses the significance of Black women within social movements throughout history until today. By Edna Bonhomme
Woman and Politics in the United States: A Complex Panorama Published: 31 July 2020 Essay The diverse involvement of women at local, regional and federal level has long been central to the political development of the US. Nevertheless, women are still significantly underrepresented in political office. Can this change now? By Lara Putnam
Crisis is gendered. Women in the times of pandemic Published: 4 May 2020 Analysis The crisis associated with the Covid19 pandemic has a gender, and clearly shows social inequalities of all kinds. It particularly affects women, as well as disadvantaged and variously marginalised groups. There are also attempts to exploit the pandemic for short-term political goals directly targeting women's rights. By Elżbieta Korolczuk
Gender in Scholarship Papers Published: 16 May 2012 Presented material is a collection of works on gender issues prepared by scholars of the South Caucasus Regional Office the Heinrich Boell Foundation's Scholarship Program. The presented studies belong to the young scientists involved in the social sciences in the South Caucasus region, who were at different times the scholars of the Foundation.
Great Success - Minor Impact: Women’s Soccer in Canada Published: 29 April 2011 Just a few weeks ago it was quite doubtful if the Canadian team would participate in the upcoming World Cup tournament in Germany. What had happened? A look at recent events and developments.
Canada Women Soccer Facts Published: 29 April 2011 Background information. Gender and women's rights in Canada.
“We are just as good“ - American Girls love Soccer Published: 29 April 2011 Journalist Petra Krimphove analyses the stituation of women's soccer in the US. And presents interesting facts.
Video: Statements on 8th of March Published: 9 March 2011 On the occasion of the jubilee of international women's day, women's rights activists in Serbia were asked for their statements and their attitudes by the NGO "Reconstructionwomen's Found" (RWF).
Offices of the Heinrich Böll Foundation in Europe and North America Published: 1 March 2011 In Europe the Heinrich Böll Foundation has offices in Istanbul (Turkey), Belgrade (Serbia), Sarajevo (Bosnia and Herzegovina), Zagreb (Croatia), Warsaw (Poland), Prague (Czech Republic), Kiev (Ukraine), Moscow (Russia), Tbilisi (Georgia) and Brussels (Belgium). Its office in North America is located in Washington D.C.
Gender Awareness at the Universities in Tbilisi: Gender Essay Contest Published: 28 February 2011 In order to strenghen the awareness of young people, to support the developement in the context of gender equality, the South Caucasus Office of the Heinrich-Boell-Foundation started an essay contest at several centres of university education. By Khatuna Samnidze