Category: Feminist Solidarities

WIDE+ condemns the move of the Turkish government to withdraw from the Istanbul Convention against Gender Based Violence

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Having been the first country to sign the Istanbul convention in 2011, Turkey withdrew from the convention in the middle of the night on March 20. In full, the Council of Europe Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence Against Women…

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Video and slides available of Webinar: “authoritarian regimes using COVID19 to curb civic rights, labour standards and women’s rights”, 10 March, 2021

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https://youtu.be/Nzvur7f_t8M Biographies of the speakers. Jennifer Ramme spoke on the Polish state’s attack on and curtailing of women’s sexual and reproductive rights, its anti-feminism and re-traditionalisation of gender roles in the framework of familism. Roxana Calderon covered the further militarisation…

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Webinar: “authoritarian regimes using COVID19 to curb civic rights, labour standards and women’s rights”, 10 March, 2021, 5.00-6.30 PM CET

Posted by on in Feminist Solidarities, Meetings and Workshops

In the context of the WIDE+ series: “COVID19 and care: feminist reflections on a new normal”, this online webinar reflects on how authoritarian regimes and elites are using the insecure and uncertain situation during the pandemic to advance the state's…

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