Mary Merkenich takes a critical look at journalist Virginia Haussegger’s new book, which reflects on the 1970’s women’s liberation movement and the struggle today.
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Blues and folk musician Candice Alisha joins Green Left Radio to talk about working on a song about Gaza.
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The Kurdish community called a snap action to demand freedom for imprisoned leader Abdullah Öcalan. Coral Wynter reports.
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Amira Mohammed, one of the commanders of the Women’s Protection Units in North East Syria (Rojava), spoke to Firat News Agency’s Cûdî Îbrahîm about the role of women in Syria and the protection of all women living in the country.
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Women and the LGBTIQ community have become the faces of resistance against the far-right Salvadoran government, writes Suchit Chávez.
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Despite severe repression, Argentines are defiantly resisting far-right President Javier Milei’s attacks on women, LGBTIQ people and pensioners, writes Camila Parodi.
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Iran’s monarchist opposition’s support for “liberation” by invasion proved to be a nightmare for ordinary people, says Iranian American socialist feminist Frieda Afary in an interview with Alternative Viewpoint’s Farooq Sulehria.
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The Feminism in the Time of Gaza forum, organised by Australian Palestine Advocacy Network, was packed to capacity, writes Mary Merkenich.
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Women in Peru face high levels of gender-based violence and structural barriers to accessing abortion and contraception, reports Ben Radford.
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A national day of action to demand an end to violence against women and femicide was organised by Australian Femicide Watch and the Red Heart Campaign. Isaac Nellist reports.
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Activists in Aotearoa New Zealand marked International Women’s Day and the start of Ramadan with solidarity rallies across the country, calling for justice and peace for Palestinian women and the territories occupied illegally by Israel, reports APR.
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Many thousands took to the streets across Latin America as part of International Women’s Day, amid a concerning rise in gender-based violence and government attacks on women’s rights, reports Ben Radford.