Feminists Leading Change: Renata Avila
Meet Renata Avila, a feminist reimagining Artificial Intelligence to include us all. Expert in digital rights, she studies the politics of data, the evolution of transparency, and their implications on trade, democracy and society, alerting about a phenomenon she describes as digital colonialism. ...
Feminists Leading Change: Nitika Pant
Meet Nitika Pant. A woman challenging gender norms and leading those in her community with her, in her revolution. Nitika Pant is a co-founder of SAKAR, India, which was established in 2005. Nitika and her organisation promote gender equality and minority rights. She is especially...
Feminists Leading Change: Kelsie Joseph
Meet Kelsie Joseph, a young feminist activist leading the change in addressing gender-based violence (GBV) in Trinidad and Tobago. GBV is at its heights in Trinidad and Tobago and young women are demanding their government to prioritize their safety. Kelsie is on the front lines...
Feminists Leading Change: Lina Abou-Habib
Meet Lina Abou-Habib. A woman blazing trails for all in Lebanon, the MENA region and beyond. Lina is currently a Senior Policy Fellow at the Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs (American University of Beirut). She also serves as the Chair of...
Reimagining Capacity Building Programmes in a Virtual World
The same day in March that the World Health Organisation (WHO) declared the COVID-19 outbreak as a global pandemic, my Gender at Work colleagues and I were in a meeting room in Hyderabad. Oblivious to this fact, we were diligently planning for what promised to...
How Transnational Feminist Organizing Offers a Model for the Future
The relegation of all matters related to women and what is referred to as “families” to religious institutions and religious laws has proven to be at the detriment of women and children. In fact, family laws have proven to be hazardous to women and to...
After COVID: Feminist Policies Save Lives and Uphold Rights
The relegation of all matters related to women and what is referred to as “families” to religious institutions and religious laws has proven to be at the detriment of women and children. In fact, family laws have proven to be hazardous to women and to...
The view from your window……..
Confronted with the stress of living and working through an endlessly prolonged state of emergency, we are letting go of our anxieties around the private/public divide...
centering care and connectivity in organizations
That previously hidden but ever-present violence within our social and economic structures reinforced by state power was exposed and challenged in many places even before COVID and with it, the resurgent demand for freedom and a new kind of wellbeing. ...
Claiming spaces under lockdown
This blog series titled, ‘One Day in the Life of’ is one of our ways to reflect and to bring to you and to us, voices and experiences of people, from different parts of the world....