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Young Feminist Activism

Organizing creatively, facing an increasing threat

Young feminist activists play a critical role in women’s rights organizations and movements worldwide by bringing up new issues that feminists face today. Their strength, creativity and adaptability are vital to the sustainability of feminist organizing.

At the same time, they face specific impediments to their activism such as limited access to funding and support, lack of capacity-building opportunities, and a significant increase of attacks on young women human rights defenders. This creates a lack of visibility that makes more difficult their inclusion and effective participation within women’s rights movements.

A multigenerational approach

AWID’s young feminist activism program was created to make sure the voices of young women are heard and reflected in feminist discourse. We want to ensure that young feminists have better access to funding, capacity-building opportunities and international processes. In addition to supporting young feminists directly, we are also working with women’s rights activists of all ages on practical models and strategies for effective multigenerational organizing.

Our Actions

We want young feminist activists to play a role in decision-making affecting their rights by:

  • Fostering community and sharing information through the Young Feminist Wire. Recognizing the importance of online media for the work of young feminists, our team launched the Young Feminist Wire in May 2010 to share information, build capacity through online webinars and e-discussions, and encourage community building.

  • Researching and building knowledge on young feminist activism, to increase the visibility and impact of young feminist activism within and across women’s rights movements and other key actors such as donors.

  • Promoting more effective multigenerational organizing, exploring better ways to work together.

  • Supporting young feminists to engage in global development processes such as those within the United Nations

  • Collaboration across all of AWID’s priority areas, including the Forum, to ensure young feminists’ key contributions, perspectives, needs and activism are reflected in debates, policies and programs affecting them.

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Laurie Carlos

Category
Derechos económicos, sociales y culturales
Region
Norte América
Date of birth
Date of death / disappearance
Cause of death / disappearance

Enfermedad

Laurie Carlos fue una actriz, directora, bailarina, dramaturga y poeta estadounidense, una artista y visionaria extraordinaria que tenía un poderoso don para hacer surgir el arte en otras personas.

«Laurie entraba en una habitación (cualquier habitación/todas las habitaciones ) con  clarividencia arremolinada, con genio artístico, rigor corporizado, con un realismo feroz— y con la determinación de ser libre... y de liberar a otrxs. Una hacedora de magia. Una vidente. Alguien que cambiaba de formas. Laurie me dijo una vez que entraba en los cuerpos de las personas para descubrir qué necesitaban.» - Sharon Bridgforth

Combinaba estilos de actuación tales como gestos rítmicos y texto. Laurie era mentora de nuevxs actorxs, performers y escritorxs, y ayudaba a difundir su trabajo a través de «Naked Stages», una beca para artistas emergentes. Integraba el Penumbra Theater, con el que colaboraba mediante guiones que produjeran identificaciones, a fin de «traer más voces femeninas al teatro». Laurie integraba también Urban Bush Women, una compañía de danza contemporánea prestigiosa que relata historias sobre mujeres de la diáspora africana.

En 1976, como Lady in Blue, hizo su debut en Broadway, en la producción original galardonada del drama poético de Ntozake Shange For colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf. La obra de Laurie incluye White Chocolate, The Cooking Show y Organdy Falsetto.

«Cuento las historias en el movimiento (las danzas internas que surgen espontáneamente, como en la vida), la música y el texto. Si escribo una línea, no necesariamente tiene que ser una línea que es hablada; puede ser una línea que es movida. Una línea a partir de la cual se crea música. El gesto se convierte en la oración. Gran parte de quienes somos como mujeres, como personas, tiene que ver con los gestos que hacemos entre nosotrxs todo el tiempo, y en particular, durante momentos emotivos. El gesto se convierte en una oración o una declaración de hechos. Si pongo en un guión “cuatro gestos”, eso no quiere decir que no estoy diciendo nada; significa que lo he abierto para que algo sea dicho físicamente.» - Laurie Carlos

Laurie nació y creció en la ciudad de Nueva York, trabajó y vivió en Twin Cities. Falleció el 29 de diciembre de 2016 a la edad de 67 años, luego de una batalla contra el cáncer de colon.

Tributos:

 «Creo que esa era exactamente la intención de Laurie. Salvarnos. De la mediocridad. Del ego. De la pereza. De la producción de arte a medias. De estar paralizadxs por el miedo. Laurie quería ayudarnos a Brillar plenamente. En nuestra producción artística. En nuestras Vidas.» - Sharon Bridgforth para Pillsbury House Theatre

«Nadie que conociera a Laurie dejaría de definirla como una persona original. Era su propia persona. Era su propia persona, su propia artista; ponía en escena el mundo tal como lo conocía, con verdadero estilo y comprensión, y vivía su arte.» - Lou Bellamy, fundador de Penumbra Theater Company, para Star Tribune

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The 2023 Feminist Calendar

Image of a calendar on a flat surface. The images decorating each month change every second: first there is a naked person sitting enjoying a hot drink in relaxation, then we see two pink hands over a blue background and finally a couple riding a motorcycle. This looks indefinitely.

AWID is a part of an incredible ecosystem of feminist movements working to achieve gender justice and social justice worldwide. With our 40th anniversary, we are celebrating all that we’ve built over these last 40 years. As a global feminist movement support organization we know that working with fierce feminisms is our way forward, acknowledging both the multiplicity of feminisms and the value of fierce and unapologetic drive for justice. The state of the world and of feminist movements calls for brave conversations and action. We look forward to working together with our members, partners and funders in creating the worlds we believe in, celebrating the wins and speaking truth to power in service of feminist movements globally.

The 2023 Feminist Calendar is our gift to movements. It features the artwork of some of our amazing AWID members.

This is the cover for the 2023 Feminist Calendar. It shows a diverse group of people of all ages embracing and holding hands.

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Capítulo 5

Tácticas, estrategias e impactos anti-derechos

Los actores anti-derechos adoptan una estrategia doble. Además de atacar abiertamente al sistema multilateral, los actores anti-derechos también socavan los derechos humanos desde adentro. Se involucran con el fin de cooptar procesos, consolidar normativas regresivas, y erosionar responsabilidades.

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Fadila M.

Category
Droits économiques, sociaux et culturels
Region
Afrique
Afrique du Nord
Date of death / disappearance
Cause of death / disappearance

Assassinat probable

Fadila M. était une activiste “tribale” Soulaliyate d’Azrou, dans la province marocaine d’Ifrane. Elle s'est battue contre une forme spécifique de discrimination à l'égard des femmes “tribales” liée à la propriété foncière.

Dans le cadre du Mouvement en faveur des droits fonciers des femmes Soulaliyates, elle a travaillé pour la révision de la législation-cadre relative à la gestion des biens communautaires, avec l'adoption en 2019 de trois projets de lois garantissant l'égalité des femmes et des hommes. 

Selon le droit coutumier en vigueur, les femmes n'avaient pas le droit de bénéficier de la terre, surtout celles qui étaient célibataires, veuves ou divorcées. Au Maroc, les droits à la terre collective se transmettaient traditionnellement entre les membres masculins de plus de 16 ans issus d’une même famille. Depuis 2007, Fadila M. faisait partie du mouvement des femmes, à savoir la première mobilisation populaire nationale de revendication de leurs droits fonciers. Parmi leurs victoires, citons le fait qu'en 2012, les femmes Soulaliyates ont pu, pour la première fois, s'inscrire sur les listes de bénéficiaires et disposer d'une indemnisation liée à la cession des terres. Le mouvement a également réussi à faire modifier le dahir de 1919 (décret du roi du Maroc) de façon à garantir aux femmes le droit à l'égalité.

Fadila M. s’est éteinte le 27 septembre 2018. Les circonstances de sa mort, survenue alors qu’elle participait à une marche de protestation sur la question des terres collectives, ne sont pas claires. Si les autorités déclarent que sa mort est accidentelle et qu'elle a fait un arrêt cardiaque sur le chemin de l'hôpital, la section locale de l'Association marocaine des droits de l'homme (AMDH), affirme quant à elle que Fadila a été étouffée par un membre des forces policières arborant un drapeau marocain. Sa famille a demandé qu’une enquête soit menée mais les résultats de l'autopsie n'ont pas été communiqués.

Apprenez-en davantage sur le Mouvement en faveur des droits fonciers des femmes Soulaliyates 

Veuillez noter: Nous n'avons pu trouver aucune photo de Fadima M. C'est pourquoi cette illustration (au lieu d'un portrait) représente ce pour quoi elle s'est battue et a travaillé : la terre et le droit d'y vivre et d'avoir accès à cette terre et ce qui y pousse.

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BD: La super-héroïne féministe qui déboulonne les mythes antidroits

BD: La super-héroïne féministe qui déboulonne les mythes antidroits

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Dorothy Masuka

Category
Civil & Political Rights
Region
Africa
Sub Sahara Africa
Date of birth
Date of death / disappearance
Cause of death / disappearance

Natural

“I didn’t plan to be a singer, singing planned to be in me.” - Dorothy Masuka (interview with Mail & Guardian)

Dorothy Masuka, born 1935 in Bulawayo (then Southern Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe), grew up in South Africa to become a well-known songwriter, composer, jazz singer and activist, a fervent advocate of the struggle against apartheid. Called “an architect of the discourse of popular African liberation music”, Dorothy often sang about politics in indigenous African languages and throughout her work she confronted the racist policies of the South African government.

One such song titled “Dr. Malan” (named after the pro-apartheid politician D.F. Malan) was banned. She went on to record “Lumumba” (1961), a song about the assassination of the anti-colonial leader Patrice Lumumba. Dorothy’s work and activism attracted the attention of the Special Branch of the South African police and she was forced into a political exile that would span over three decades. Throughout this time, she worked with pro-independence groups including the African National Congress. In 1992, as apartheid started to crumble and Nelson Mandela was released from prison, she returned to South Africa. 

Some of her other work includes the first song she recorded in 1953 entitled “Hamba Notsokolo”, a hit in the 1950s and a valued classic. She also wrote “El Yow Phata Phata”, a song that was adapted by Miriam Makeba, making “Pata, Pata” popular internationally.

Rooted in resistance, Dorothy’s music and activism were intertwined, leaving a magnificent and inspiring legacy. She was also widely known as “Auntie Dot”. 

On 23 February 2019 at the age of 83, Dorothy passed away in Johannesburg due to ill health. 

Watch Dorothy Masuka in an interview with Mail & Guardian

Listen to some of her music:

Hamba Nontsokolo
El Yow Phata Phata
 

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Los idiomas de trabajo de AWID son inglés, francés y español. El tailandés se agregará como idioma local, al igual que el lenguaje de señas y otras medidas de accesibilidad. Es posible que se añadan otras lenguas si la financiación lo permite, así que mantente atentx a las actualizaciones. Nos importa la justicia lingüística y trataremos de incluir tantos idiomas como sea posible y según nuestros recursos lo permitan. Esperamos crear múltiples oportunidades para que muchxs de nosotrxs podamos participar en nuestras lenguas y comunicarnos entre nosotrxs.

فقدان الكلام | كلمة العدد

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فقدان الكلام

بدأنا التخطيط لعدد المجلّة هذا مع نانا داركوا قُبيل مهرجان «ابدعي، قاومي، غيٍّري: مهرجان للحراكات النسوية» لجمعية «حقوق المرأة في التنمية» AWID، وانطلقنا وقتها من سؤالٍ هو بالأحرى ملاحظة حول حالة العالم، ورغبة في تغيير الاعتقادات السائدة: لماذا لا تزال جنسانيّاتنا وملذّاتنا تخضع للترويض والتجريم مع أنّه يتمّ تذكيرنا مراراً وتكراراً بأنّها لا تأتي بأيّ قيمة أو تطوّر؟ واستنتجنا أنّ جنسانيّاتنا، لمّا تتجسّد، فيها ما يتعارض مع النظام العالمي الذي ما زال يتجلّى من خلال ضوابط الحدود، والتمييز العنصري في توزيع اللقاح، والاستعمار الاستيطاني، والتطهير العرقي، والرأسمالية المُستشرية. هل يمكننا إذاً القول إنّ لجنسانيّاتنا قدرةٌ تعطيليّة؟ وهل يصحّ هذا القول عندما ننظر إلى واقع حركاتنا التي يتمّ الاستيلاء عليها ومأسستها في سعيها للتزوّد بالموارد؟

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Derechos y recursos: Nos preparamos para los próximos 30 años

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📅 Miércoles 12 de marzo de 2025
🕒 De 12:00 a 01:30 pm, EST
🏢 PNUD, 304 E 45th St. Doha Room, 11th Floor (FF Building)

Organizan: PNUD, Femena, SRI y AWID