A history of ecofeminism: At the origin were the witches
The fight to save the planet, linked to women’s rights, began to shake the world in the 1970s. Yet a number of books and publications, both old and recent, show...
Ecofeminism, an alternative to reenchant the world?
While terms like war, rearmament, and nuclear umbrella have been dominating the headlines since Donald Trump’s inauguration for his second term as president of the United States on January 20,...
Nabila Hamza: “The Tunisian feminist movement is not a long, quiet river!”
Nabila Hamza is a sociologist, gender expert, and feminist activist. She is the co-founder of the Tunisian Association of Democratic Women (ATFD) and a member of the advisory board of...
Syria liberated: Time for joy
Our WhatsApp group, MedFem News, woke up on Sunday, December 8 to the incredible news: “Bashar al-Assad has fled Syria! Damascus has been liberated!” The euphoria was contagious, but the...
Israeli bombs over Lebanon: A country set ablaze once again
1975, 1982, 2006, 2024… dates that resonate like the sound of a shrill war alarm in the minds and memories of the people living in the tiny country that is...
Women living from and on the streets: Harassment and resistance
The Mediterranean basin is vast. Its scenes of everyday life, with women busy in the streets, are numerous. Despite the rights and freedoms that women have won in recent decades...
Women, bodies and freedom
On both shores of the Mediterranean, one constant emerges: women's bodies are a social, political, aesthetic, ethical, and economic issue. Caught between social control, submission, and emancipation, how do women...
Women and Sports: Faster, higher, stronger
In one day’s time, from July 26 to August 11, the Paris Olympic Games open. For the first time in history, the Games are welcoming an equal number of male...
Film festivals: The revolution of the female gaze has begun
It’s the second consecutive season in which the Cannes Film Festival has honored women and their struggles. This high mass of world cinema also seems to be intent on highlighting...
Emna Mrabet: “New Tunisian female directors represent women as fighters”
Emna Mrabet is a lecturer in the cinema department of Paris 8 University, where her teaching focuses on the aesthetics of cinema, documentary production, and film analysis. The emphasis of...
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