Editor's picks

For us in Gaza there’s no difference between morning and night. Death is continuous, 24 hours a day, in all five governorates. The genocide has been ongoing for 210 days.

We are journalists and feminists, and we find the crimes committed against civilians intolerable wherever they occur. That's why we vehemently condemn Israel's vengeful and indiscriminate response in the aftermath of the Hamas attack. MedFemiNiswiya is committed to breaking one-sided narratives that obscure the reality on the ground.

From 8 to 13 November 2022, the journalists of the Medfeminiswiya network will meet to review their editorial activities and the major issues facing feminists in the Mediterranean region today.

Many feminists insist on the importance of choosing our words to better take people’s feelings into account – and there is no harm in doing that. But what they fail to realize is that feminists who are against the hijab in all its forms – not just the compulsory – are themselves hijabi, or used to be. They fought their battles and received their share of patriarchal hatred.

“If we have such a present and frequent femicide and if the perpetrators are not sanctioned in time or prevented - who cares about 'one less whore who deserved to be tortured, raped, killed and crucified on a pillar of shame and disgrace.” Read more about human trafficking in Montenegro in our interview with activist Aida Petrović.