In the video below, Amina Doherty, founding coordinator of FRIDA, and Zainah Anwar, Director of Musawah speak on feminism, religious interpretation of texts, and challenges facing young feminist funds in this interview with France 24 held on the sidelines of the recent 2014 Women’s Forum in Deauville, France. THE INTERVIEW - Zainah Anwar, director of… […]
Month: October 2013
Uganda Women’s Network update on Youth Minister’s utterance on Rape
In the Daily Monitor of 24th September 2013, Youth Affairs Minister Ronald Kibuule went on record with the notion that women dressed indecently have asked to be raped and suspects who have raped such women should be released. To quote the newspaper he said “If she is dressed poorly and is raped, no one should […]
London: Jessica Horn to speak at New Internationalist event - What does it mean to be an ‘internationalist’ today?
Jessica Horn, a founding member of the African Feminist Forum working group, and co-editor of ‘Voice, Power and Soul: Portraits of African Feminists‘ will be speaking on the subject, ‘What does it mean to be an internationalist today?’ at a symposium organised by the New Internationalist. The symposium will be co-chaired by Hannah Pool (journalist/author) […]