Female employment in Algeria: burial in the informal market
“Ahyini Liyoum waktolni ghedwa” (Make me live today and kill me tomorrow)—this popular saying is what S.D. sent us as a response to our asking her about retirement…
Forced deportation exhausts Syrian refugee women in Lebanon – even if they are not deported themselves
Shortly after the Army deported Laila’s husband to Syria, a specific person found out and started knocking at the door of her tent every night, claiming to want to help...
Heated battles over the hijab in Algerian universities
In Algeria, hijab ceremonies are occurring more and more frequently in universities. These campaigns promise hell to “wanton women who excite men.”
Who’s afraid of Morgan Large?
Morgan Large is a field journalist in Brittany, France, who works at Radio Kreiz Breizh (Côtes-d'Armor). In her daily flagship show, she tackles environmental topics, and her investigations—particularly those on...
What is fear? What is hope? On the meaning of “public space” in women’s lives
I’m an Egyptian researcher in my thirties working with “The Sex Talk- بالعربي” (The Sex Talk-in Arabic) initiative. I’m passionate about architecture and feminism, and I practice resistance as an...
Feminist solidarity networks in earthquake zones to ‘regenerate the cities and hope’
Feminists volunteering in the areas affected by the earthquakes in Turkey denounce the fact that women’s basic needs like sanitary pads are being treated like secondary issues, as usually seen...
Period poverty in France (1)
In France, 2 million women face difficulties in accessing period hygiene products, for lack of financial means. 7% of students suffer menstrual precariousness, and 1 in 10 will have to...
Period poverty in Morocco
It is estimated that only 30% of Moroccan women have access to sanitary products. This period poverty mainly affects women in rural areas.
Women’s coalition forms new ‘Disaster Coordination Network’
Underlining that women, children, LGBTIQ+ and other marginalized groups are most affected by natural disasters and wars, the network aims to build a bridge between aid organizations and those in...
Earthquakes in Turkey: Leader maximo=Culpa maxima
While the tremors may not have been avoided, the same cannot be said of the destruction of thousands of buildings, and the deaths of tens of thousands of people. What...
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