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Speaking of technologies and gendered experiences, I can’t help but think of the vaginal speculum, the medical instrument commonly used by gynecologists to examine women. Usually, if not always, these techniques cause uncomfortable feelings, and at times traumatic experiences… But the question is, are there other alternative testing methods?

When Palestinian women and men first heard the news of the smuggled sperm, they had a lot of questions. It seemed too miraculous to be true. But then they saw the face of the first baby born thanks to the “liberated” smuggled sperm, Muhannad, and were made privy to the details of the whole operation. This encouraged more prisoners to follow the example set by Ammar, the prisoner, and to seek such a method of conception which, clearly, the occupiers did not appreciate… More in this article which includes an interview with Amna, a mother who conceived with sperm that was smuggled out of prison.

Many women’s crimes are simply the result of the general state of violence in laws and communities that are used against them and the stereotypical distribution of gender roles. This all leads to even more torture in terms of the lack of services, delayed trials, and indefinitely denying women access to their most basic rights, as if they are just another unimportant issue on a long list of unimportant issues.

In order to preserve their reproductive rights, future Palestinian mothers use their husbands’ sperm hidden in makeshift test tubes. The Italian photographer Antonio Faccilongo told their stories in the “Habibi” project, winner of the World Press Photo of The Year 2021 and other important international awards.

The consequences of selective abortions are already reflected in the demographics of the entire Montenegrin society, so today Montenegro lacks thousands of women of reproductive age.

To better understand the nature of cooperatives, the reasons behind their establishment and their vital role in building an independent and resilient economy, we must familiarize ourselves with how cooperatives work in different contexts in Palestine, and how to develop this type of production.

Rayan’s mother is another victim of illiteracy and exploitation. In the absence of integration programs, she found herself torn between work in the fields and household tasks, without having any stable income. So, how could a few blame this mother who does not even find the time to feel alive herself?

In recent years, initiatives led by feminist groups have strived to demonstrate the value of the work of women in rural settings from the processing of agricultural products to weaving…

Medfeminiswiya devotes this series of articles to the great forgotten of the rural world, to these women and girls that are too often deprived of fundamental rights and security, to all those who live in the countryside – sometimes in the most remote areas – and cultivate the vast nourishing gardens of the Mediterranean all alone and with their curved backs.

In Lebanon, in the tobacco farming community, female workers are often exposed to sexual violence. These women and girls – many of whom are minors – are doubly abused: the first time when the abuser rapes them, and the second when their families sentence them to death to wash away the “source of shame”.