On the move

She was 19 years old when she was thrown into one of Assad’s prisons. Now out of prison, she is 34 and has four children. She does not know who the father is. This is the story of one of the female prisoners who have just been released from Syria’s dungeons.

Week after week, Gisèle P. faces her rapists: the odious denial of most, the abject suspicion of the defense lawyers. Meanwhile, the number of people who again took to the streets on Saturday, October 19, to show their support, is growing.

After the Israeli war broke out across various parts of Lebanon, forcing large parts of the population to be displaced in search of safer areas, many women launched initiatives to support displaced women and provide them with the necessary solutions and supplies to help them overcome this crisis.

Tens of thousands have been displaced from their homes in the south of the country, the Bekaa, and the southern suburbs of Beirut, areas targeted by bombings and attacks for months. Yet, 23 September marked the most violent day, with Israel launching approximately 1,300 strikes, according to the National News Agency, as diplomatic solutions remain elusive for Gaza and Lebanon.

Washington, D.C. – Formerly incarcerated women from across the United States, together with their families and allies, marched on Wednesday, April 24 in the nation’s capital a few weeks ahead of Mother’s Day in the US, with an urgent message for President Joe Biden: bring moms home for Mother’s Day, and stop building new federal prisons for women and girls. Invest the money in communities instead, so they can thrive and heal.

These women are demonstrating against patriarchy, going on feminist strikes, meeting, debating, expressing themselves through the arts, paying tribute to Palestinian women… In many Mediterranean countries, women are mobilizing for International Women’s Day (IWD) on March 8, 2024. Below is an overview of the activities, marches, and mobilizations planned for this day. Go ahead and join them where you are! Above all, be many to join this profound movement that is women’s struggle for more rights and freedoms.

This year, French women are living through a historic moment: the freedom to resort to abortion is engraved in stone in the Constitution.

For the first time in France, an international conference bringing together defenders of laïcité took place on December 8 and 9, 2023 in the auditorium of Paris City Hall. A look back at these two intense days, which were attended by a hundred diligent participants, exiles from all over the world.

On Saturday October 28 in Rome, civil society mobilized to demand an immediate ceasefire and an end to the bombing of Gaza.

The women of Syria would like to address this message of solidarity to the women of Gaza and Palestine. We are exhausted by the repeated deception of major powers. The words we utter convey this exhaustion and are laced with decisions to remain and try again, despite everything. This heartfelt message emerges from a single, shared wound, from continuous pain that has been passed on over many, many years of suffering, from the wound inflicted on victims the world over.