On the move

Human trafficking remains one of the world’s gravest human rights violations. Despite growing awareness and stronger regulations, it continues to expand and adapt, including in Spain. The Spanish Commission for Refugees (Comisión Española de Ayuda al Refugiado, CEAR) recently warned on Instagram about a rise in trafficking victims. To learn more, we spoke with CEAR spokesperson Elena Muñoz about how the organization detects and supports victims through asylum and international protection. An interview.

Amid the bombing and rubble, Palestinian journalists in Gaza continue to do their job: document. But in Gaza, holding up a camera means becoming a target, and reporting the facts can cost journalists their lives.

Moroccan activist Ibtissam Lachgar was sentenced to two and a half years in prison and a fine of nearly 50,000 dirhams (approximately 5,000 euros) by the Rabat Primary Court, because of a photo in which she was wearing a t-shirt that reads “Allah is lesbian.”

In 2023, women constituted 16.8% of the agricultural labor force in Egypt. And although Labor Law No. 14 of 2025 grants them legal protection, most of these women workers still do not have formal contracts and receive low wages.

Flaminia Saccà teaches political sociology at La Sapienza University in Rome. For years, she has been studying how violence against women is treated in the legal and media spheres in Italy, analyzing the many prejudices that distort the way this phenomenon is understood and the consequences it entails. She also heads the Independent Media Observatory Against Violent Language Towards Women (STEP. Recherche et Information) (1) . Below, she is interviewed by Medfeminiswiya.

As Italy grapples with questions of national identity, two recent developments have reignited debate over who gets to belong. Through the voices of Vanessa and Ruth, two women with migrant backgrounds, this article explores the emotional, legal, and social dimensions of Italian citizenship.

Amid the political and social crisis in Greece following the anniversary of the tragic Tempi train crash of February 28, 2023—in which a passenger train and a freight train collided head-on in Tempi, Thessaly, due to the criminal negligence (1) of the Greek political system—two prominent female figures have emerged in the public sphere, demanding justice for the numerous victims of a country suffering from a chronic lack of law enforcement, safety regulations, and accountability. Maria Karystianou and Zoe Konstantopoulou are their names. But who are these women?

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 that the first ecofeminists were probably witches, those women of unconquered power (1) despite the inquisition they endured.

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, 2025, Medfeminiswiya has chosen to take a step in the opposite direction and talk about ecofeminism this March 8, for International Women’s Day.

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 the international organization Equality Now. She is the winner of the 2019 North-South Prize of the Council of Europe for her defense of migrant rights and the protection of women’s rights in Tunisia. Hamza has published a wide range of articles relating to issues of feminism, public policy, and social development. In this interview, she discusses the plurality of Tunisian feminism.