Secularism is a Women’s IssueEst-ce qu’on adjoint systématiquement le qualificatif de ‘’musulmanes’’ à ce groupe de femmes voilées afin de stigmatiser toutes celles qui, musulmanes, ne portent pas le voile ? Ce voile dit islamique, mais qui n’a aucune existence dans le Coran. Mes amies, restées en Algérie, m’ont rappelé avec tristesse et émotion qu’il fut un temps où le mot courage définissait unanimement la résistance au quotidien des femmes algériennes face à l’intégrisme islamiste qui sévissait durant la décennie noire des années 90.
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Quebec-Algérie : Le courage vu d’ici et d’ailleurs.
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Dans les prisons de Mauritanie, le calvaire d’un apostat
1er octobre, par siawi3« Il fallait que je garde un bon état psychologique pour ne pas perdre de vue mon objectif. Combattre l’injustice sociale et l’esclavage en Mauritanie, c’est mon projet de vie »
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UK: Criticise religion, no to state bans
30 September, by siawi3Iranian writer Chadhortt Djavan, who does support state bans on hijab for young girls, wrote in her pamphlet ‘Bas les Voiles’ (Down with Veils): “What does veiling do to a girl child? It turns her into a sexual object [...] it defines her essentially by and for men’s eyes.”
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India: September 27, 2019 Protest Against Modi outside the UN Press Releases by Coalition Against Fascism in India (CAFI)
29 September, by siawi3Indian Americans To Protest As Narendra Modi Speaks at U.N.
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Abortion legalized in all Australian states
29 September, by siawi3The bill legalizing abortion was passed by state legislature in New South Wales, the last remaining Australian state where it was criminalized
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Palestinian Women to March Against Gender-based Violence
29 September, by siawi3The process of NGO-ization framed our struggle as one solely against patriarchy, without taking into account our specific context of being a colonized people, living the adverse consequences of Israel’s over 7 decade-long settler-colonial regime. We struggle to put an end to all kinds of physical, psychological, sexual and economic violence that women face on a daily basis. We are struggling as Palestinians based on our understanding of our reality within a colonial system. As such, we are trying to create solidarity that breaks the geographic, social and political fragmentation imposed on us by this system. We refuse for the struggle of Palestinian women for freedom to be postponed until after national liberation and with this in mind, this movement aims to redefine national liberation as comprehensive, holistic liberation for all.
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India: CJP in Assam: The evolution of our campaign to avert a humanitarian crisis An account of our various initiatives to help Indians in Assam
27 September, by siawi3In a shocking revelation before the Lok Sabha, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) admitted that over sixty thousand people have been declared foreigners ex parte i.e without them ever appearing before a Foreigners’ Tribunal. Even the family of the first Deputy Speaker of Assam’s Legislative Assembly was not spared… they were dubbed ‘foreigners’!
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Indonesia: Thousands protest against new criminal code
26 September, by siawi3Big Protests in Indonesia: At least 40 injured in student protests over plans that include outlawing extramarital sex. Indonesian women are saying laws say
women can’t have an abortion even for a medical case or for rape, that
the Indonesian Gov. is trying to make women do virginity tests and
that women are being banned from going out after midnight. Human Rights Watch has described the draft code as “disastrous not only for women and religious and gender minorities, but for all Indonesians”. -
India: Women’s Voice: Fact Finding Report on Kashmir (September 17th - 21st 2019)
25 September, by siawi3We wanted to see with our own eyes how this 43 day lockdown had affected the people, particularly women and children.
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Algérie : Quel compromis politique historique pour l’Algérie ?
25 septembre, par siawi3L’essentiel des débats actuels porte sur les procédures juridiques et sont d’ordre technique. Rares sont les débats unitaires sur : Quelle sera la substance politique des institutions d’une nouvelle République ?
