OPINION COLUMN: WE MUST SUPPORT AFRICAN FEMINIST ORGANIZATIONS
The fight for women’s rights is grinding to a halt. Worse still, we are losing ground in some countries. The most basic human rights are being undermined before us every single day: women who are assaulted do not get any support, while their attackers get no sanctions, and young girls are deprived of their access […]
FEMICIDES IN THE MENA – A MUTE CRISIS
Let’s look back at the meeting of October 11, 2022. The Mediterranean Women’s Fund hosted Wiame Awres, co-founder of “Feminicides Algeria“, and Aliaa Awada, co-founder of the Lebanese feminist media “No2ta“, to discuss the state of femicides in the MENA region (patriarchy, non-enforcement of laws, women’s status, taboos, etc.) and explain how the strike of […]