Author: freedomnotfrontex
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The texture of patriarchy in Kosovo
“Girls are the devil’s dinner and the dog’s meat,” says the Albanian vernacular. It is thanks to my relatives – all of them are Kosovars – that I know this sentence. These misogynistic words voice a sad reality: there is no justice between men and women in Kosovar society. The Albanian wife is too often…
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Building cultural citizenship with women seeking refuge and asylum
SONY DSC “Women’s rights are not privileges to be earned or awarded to a few. To have meaning they must be afforded to all women, wherever they are born”. ..There is still a dearth of research on women seeking asylum, the asylum system is still gender-biased, pregnant women, women survivors of sexual violence and children…
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‘No Human Considered Illegal’ Under Ecuador’s New Migration Law
ECUADORCHILDREN PLAYING OUTSIDE THE QUECHUA SCHOOL,PIMBAROPhoto © Julio Etchart The Ecuadorean government is proposing a law to give all migrants in the country legal status. Ecuador is an important migrant destination and has Latin America’s largest refugee population, largely fueled by the conflict in neighboring Colombia. In his weekly address, President Rafael Correa said, “The…
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Kommt zum NICHTfest für das Berliner Schloss!
english version further below! Einladung zum NICHTfest für das Berliner Schloß/Humboldt-Forum am 11./12. Juni 2015 Während Menschen zu Tausenden im Mittelmeer ertrinken oder mit Gewalt abgeschoben werden, wird sich Deutschlands politisches und kulturelles Establishment am Freitag 12.6. um 12 Uhr im engen Kreis der Geladenen als weltoffen, human und liberal feiern. Während Tausende von Gebeinen…
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Demonstration against the worsening of right of residence —- Right to stay for everyone!
**français en bas** ** English below ** —- Demo gegen die Aufenthaltsgesetzverschärfung —- Bleiberecht für alle! Samstag, 13.6.2015 14 Uhr Hermannplatz Route siehe: corasol.blogsport.de
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Sex discrimination in nationality laws around the world
Despite repeated commitments by governments around the world to ensure women’s equality by repealing discriminatory laws, sex discrimination persists, including in citizenship and nationality1 laws. This is damaging to the lives of women and their families. Although there has been some progress, with a number of countries recently amending their laws on citizenship in order…
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For women, there are no ‘just wars’
By Soraya L. Chemaly No one wants to go to war. Before we commit soldiers and societies to inevitable sacrifice and atrocities, we try to balance the inevitable harm against the potential good. We seek to make the wars we undertake “just” by applying defined criteria to a scale of moral weights and principled measures. Men…
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VIDEO: Meet the Spanish Occupy Activist Who Became Mayor of Barcelona
https://www.youtube.com/embed/X0N-tNu6FlQ?version=3&rel=1&fs=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&wmode=transparent Democracy Now!: Longtime anti-eviction activist Ada Colau recently became the first female mayor of Barcelona, Spain. She has vowed to fine banks, stop evictions, expand public housing, improve wages, force utility companies to lower their prices and slash the mayoral salary. She has called bankers “criminals” and garnered support from the leftist Podemos party,…
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Roma-Aktivistin Radmilla Anic fragt: „Wer will uns zuhören?“
Die Dienstkarte hat sie mitgenommen. Sie ist ein wenig abgegriffen nach den Jahren. Darauf ist ihr Foto zu sehen, unter ihrem Namen steht „Vorsitzende“. Einen Stempel der Organisation gibt es auch, alles wie es sein muss.„Majcina Kolevka“ steht auf der Karte, das heißt „Kinderwiege“ und ist eine Organisation, die sich um alleinstehende Roma-Mütter in Novi…