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“Butterflies continue flying”
#NiUnaMenos – Feminist organizing against violence
The month of November is an opportunity for the feminist movement to restore the struggles against patriarchal violence. November 25 is a date with international weight to denounce all forms of systematic violence against women and LGTBIQ+ people and any subject and group that does not follow the heteronorm.
The date commemorates the murder of the Mirabal sisters in the Dominican Republic in 1960. Patria, Minerva and María Teresa, known by their fighting nickname, “Las Mariposas" (engl. The Butterflies), were combatants against the Trujillo dictatorship, and were assassinated after successive torture and violations by the dictator’s hitmen. Thanks to the subsequent struggles, the date is recognized as the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women.
The date is especially valid in the context of the global pandemic where fundamentalisms, state violence and increased disciplinary mechanisms are advancing.
In this newsletter, we want to highlight organizational experiences in different parts of the world against and despite the violence, which invite us to exclaim in our struggles that the “Butterflies continue flying”.
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Community feminism in the city
Interview with Casa Fem, Paraguay
The feminist organization “Casa Fem” (engl. Feminist house), which gets its name from the community space it is building in the center of the capital Asunción, talks about the campaign "Eran Niñas" (engl. They were girls), denouncing the murder of two girls carried out by Paraguayan soldiers within the framework of an military operation against civil land defenders.
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Travas and the pandemic
Dialogue between Claudia Korol and Alma Fernández
Alma Fernández is a feminist and Trava activist in the “villas” (informal settlements) in Buenos Aires, Argentina. “Trava” or also “travesti” refer to a gender identity with a strong political connotation. Feminist activist Claudia Korol (“Pañuelos en Rebeldía”) talks with her about life in the social, political and economic context of the pandemic.
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What is reproductive racism?
Netpick
Sophia Siddiqui from the UK analyzes the relationship between the organization of reproductive work and new forms of racism in Europe. This process is linked to anti-migration initiatives, conservative discourses focusing on family values and the imposition of an obligation to reproduce for white native women.
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Tradition, change, controversies
Women in Saudi Arabia
Aliki Kosyfologou seeks answers: What are the current social practices that reflect the role of women in society? And, most importantly, is emancipation possible for women who live under an authoritarian regime that systematically persecutes and abuses human rights advocates, journalists, and feminist activists?
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Economic violence |
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Livestream,
11.11. - 13.11.2021 | Reading/Talk
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International Marxism-feminism Conference |
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Something for all time zones |
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On November 11-13 academics and activists come together for the 4th international Marxist-feminist conference organized out the Basque country. The online format facilitates the effort to include more voices, theories and proposals from the Global South and from the stateless nations of the Global North.
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Online-Meeting,
16.11.2021
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What Care to Confront Global Corporate Power? |
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2 pm Brazil-Argentina / 5 pm UK / 6 pm Spanish State-Germany |
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Care… That word that not so long ago hardly anyone used and that is now on so many mouths. But, what do we each mean by “care”? In this conversation we will share how feminisms in different territories are approaching “care”. We will ask ourselves to what extent this approach confronts the capital-life conflict, and to what extent it is committed to the sustainability of life, to the sovereignty of the body-time-territory, and to the construction of community. Registration necessary!
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Livestream,
17.11.2021
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"If our lives don´t matter, produce without us" |
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7:30-9:00 p.m. Sri Lanka-India / 3:00-4:30 p.m. Germany / 11-12:30 hs. Argentina-Chile. |
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In the run up to the International Day of Struggle for the Elimination of Sexist Violence, we invite you to a book presentation and debate on the connection between economics and violence from the perspective of feminist movements and theory from the Global South. As the different forms of violence are not isolated events, but rather a global phenomenon, thinking about feminist alternatives should have this international dimension as well.
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Feminise politics now!
The publication offers insights into what the movement has learnt and presents a set of tried-and-tested tools based on its political experience, a toolkit that can be adopted, adjusted and implemented by like-minded organizations, movements and activists.
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Interview
Interview with the authors of the publication "Feminise politics now!"
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Women feed the world
Women’s knowledge is vital for any sustainable food system. A video produced by Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa (AFSA) and A Growing Culture with support from the RLS.
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Image credits:
Credits:
Header: Kuster & Wildhaber Photography, via flickr, CC BY-ND 2.0, https://www.flickr.com/photos/wildhaber/5812527129/
Casa Fem: Casa Fem
“Trava”: RLS ConoSur
Reproductive Racism: Stephen Melkisethian, via flickr, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 - https://www.flickr.com/photos/stephenmelkisethian/12394651115/
Saudi Arabia: Mohammed Tawsif Salam, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Economic Violence: Che Alejandra, RLS ConoSur
Feminise politics: RLS Brussels
Feed the world: RLS
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