A Global Feminist Resistance: The evolution & revolution — adapting to thrive! from Nobel Women's Initiative on Vimeo. ...read more
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2017 International Conference: Evolve the Mvmt!
openDemocracy Feature — Fight fundamentalism in all its guises: a call to action from Yemen to Germany
Exclusive conference coverage from openDemocracy 50.50: Jennifer Allsopp reports from the 2017 Nobel Women’s Initiative conference.
“Be close to people’s dreams, their aspirations and their suffering...fight for a society of equal citizenship” - Nobel Peace laureate Tawakkol Karman. Jennifer ...read more
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Preparations, arrivals, and inspiring opening address by 5 Nobel laureates: Storify
The powerful words of our laureates in one place as they kick off the conference talking feminist resistance and women's role in making history!
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openDemocracy Feature—Lessons from farmers and indigenous women: cultivate democracy
Exclusive conference coverage from openDemocracy 50.50: Jennifer Allsopp reports from the 2017 Nobel Women’s Initiative conference.
"we have stood in defense of lands, of waters,
for our sons,
for our daughters
for something bigger than ourselves
– Beginning of the poem ‘For the ...read more
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openDemocracy Feature: What would a world without barriers to feminist solidarity look like?
Exclusive conference coverage from openDemocracy 50.50: Jennifer Allsopp reports from the first day of of the 2017 Nobel Women's Initiative conference. .
"“We want all the barriers down,” declared Nobel peace prize winner Mairead Maguire yesterday, opening the 10th anniversary of the Nobel ...read more
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openDemocracy Feature: Sarah Clements—How to fight gun violence in Trump’s America
Exclusive conference coverage from openDemocracy 50.50: Georgetown student and activist Sarah Clements writes about How to fight gun violence in Trump's America ahead of our Evolve the Mvmt conference.
Somewhere at the intersection of gender and violence in the United States falls gun violence. ...read more
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openDemocracy Feature: Bridget Burns—A feminist revolution demands climate justice
Exclusive conference coverage from openDemocracy 50.50: Women's Environment and Development Organization co-director Bridget Burns writes about A feminist revolution demands climate justice ahead of our Evolve the Mvmt conference.
“There is no thing as a single-issue struggle because we do not live ...read more
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Meet Yanar Mohammed, Iraq
Yanar will be joining us in Germany for our 2017 international conference: A GLOBAL FEMINIST RESISTANCE: the evolution and revolution—adapting to survive thrive! Read her profile, and learn about her work supporting women fleeing dangerous living situations in Iraq.
Yanar is the co-founder and ...read more
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