Gender and LGBTQ Archives

Opinion | Lockdown: the golden opportunity for abusers, by Sirine Bougacha, Tunisia

Author: By Sirine Bougacha, Tunisia
Published: June 25, 2020
Categories: in Current Events, English, Gender and LGBTQ, Tunisia
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Tags: corona virus, lockdown, violence against women, women rights

Lockdown: the golden opportunity for abusers. Friday, 20 March 2020, the Tunisian government announced a nationwide lockdown starting from Sunday the 22nd until April the 4th. This lockdown was declared to fight the novel coronavirus outbreak but things did not turn as planned. As everyone had to stay at home with their loved ones, others […]

Opinion | Penal Code 1943, Article 534, at the heart of the uprising, by Ibrahim A, Lebanon

Author: By Ibrahim A, Lebanon
Published: June 23, 2020
Categories: in Civil Activism, Democracy, English, Gender and LGBTQ, Identity, Lebanon, Opinion and Analysis, Politics, Religion, Tolerance
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Tags: beirut, justice, LGBTQ, LGBTQrights, Penal Code, uprising

In 1943, Lebanon gained its independence from the French. Originally enacted by French colonizers, article 534 was put while drafting the new Lebanese constitution, stating that any ‘sexual intercourse against nature’ is a crime under the sovereignty of the Lebanese government, with a penalty of up to one-year imprisonment. Such a vague law with no […]

سارة حجازي – Sarah Hegazi. Her life, her death, her legacy

Author: By Sarah Hegazi's friends, from Egypt, Syria Lebanon
Published: June 17, 2020
Categories: in Arabic, Civil Activism, Current Events, Egypt, English, French, Gender and LGBTQ, Hebrew, Human Rights, Identity, Lebanon, Syria, Tolerance
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Tags: activism, LGBTQ, LGBTQrights, Queer, Sarah Hegazi

(English, Hebrew & French translations follows) سارة حجازي، ناشطة مثلية نسوية ثورية مصرية، دافعت سارة وناضلت من أجل حقوق الإنسان كلها وعن كل مضطهد في مختلف العالم أعلنت سارة عن ميولها المثلية 2016 بكل جرأة في مجتمع يكره التعددية ويخاف من الإختلاف. وفي عام 2017 صممت وأدرات وشاركت سارة بحملة ” بعنوان “ادعم الحب” دعماً […]

Opinion| The Shadow Pandemic alongside Covid-19: the case of Morocco, by Rima Ahsissene, Morocco

Author: By Rim Ahsissene, Morocco
Published: May 14, 2020
Categories: in Current Events, English, Gender and LGBTQ, Morocco, Opinion and Analysis
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Tags: corona, Covid-19, domestic violence, feminicide, pandemic, violence against women

The United Nations calls the ongoing increase in domestic violence a “shadow pandemic” adjacent to COVID-19. The UNFPA which stands for the U.N Sexual and Reproductive Health agency conducted a research and recently disclosed that every three months of lockdown can lead to 15 million more cases of domestic violence than the average that would […]

What’s the name on your jersey? By Dalya Arussy, Israel

Author: By Dalya Arussy
Published: March 9, 2020
Categories: in English, Gender and LGBTQ, Identity, Israel
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Tags: football, sport, Women and football, women rights, Women World cup, women's day, women's wolrd cup 2019, Worldcup

They say you play for the name on the front of the jersey, not the one on the back. This is especially true during the World Cup when the world’s greatest players exchange their club symbols for the crest of their home countries. The streets of Lyon, France last summer were coloured in these crests and their […]

Opinion | We need more Women in Health and Science, by Amira, Palestine

Author: Amira Sublaban
Published: February 19, 2020
Categories: in Civil Activism, Current Events, Development, Education, English, Gender and LGBTQ, Human Rights, Israel, Opinion and Analysis, Palestine
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Tags: education, emancipation, Science, women

When I first applied for my Bachelor’s degree in Medical Imaging at Al Quds University, I was honestly taken aback by the number of females majoring in the scientific field. I was under the impression that the field was over filled with the male community given the fact that some females are encouraged to take […]

Opinion | The Isolation of West Bank Palestinian Women by Aida Zsófia, Palestine

Author: Aida Zsófia, Palestine
Published: December 22, 2019
Categories: in Civil Activism, Conflict & Peacebuilding, Culture and Heritage, English, Gender and LGBTQ, Human Rights, Israel, Israel-Palestine, Opinion and Analysis, Palestine, Politics, Religion, Tolerance
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Recently, the murder of Israa Ghrayeb, a 21-year-old Palestinian girl from Bethlehem turned the spotlight on the situation of Palestinian women, the spatial isolation of them in the West Bank and the phenomena standing behind it. Generally, with regards to the situation of the Palestinian women there are two determining arguments. Some people might say […]

Opinion | SHE FOR SHE: Together Stronger to Achieve Gender Equality by Iness, Algeria

Author: Iness, Algeria
Published: December 22, 2019
Categories: in Algeria, Civil Activism, Culture and Heritage, English, Gender and LGBTQ, Human Rights, Identity, Opinion and Analysis, Tolerance
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Gender equality is not only a fundamental human right, but also a necessary foundation for a peaceful and sustainable world. It consists of equal access to opportunities, regardless of gender. Nowadays and despite all the developments the world is witnessing, all the feminist movements, human rights campaigns and the massive changes that have been realized […]

Opinion | Morocco, Who’s Trying to Suffocate Free Media? by Driss, Morocco

Author: Driss, Morocco
Published: December 9, 2019
Categories: in Civil Activism, Current Events, Democracy, English, Gender and LGBTQ, Human Rights, Morocco, Opinion and Analysis
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Moroccans theses days have forgotten about the new government reshuffle. People have lost faith in the actual El Othmani’s cabinet, which is considered as the worst in the history of the kingdom. Now, they are focusing on the arrest of Hajar Rissouni sentenced to a year in prison having an “illegal abortion” and “sex outside […]

Opinion | Women in Libya: Caught between Hope and the Civil War by Eman, Libya

Author: Eman, Libya
Published: December 9, 2019
Categories: in Civil Activism, Culture and Heritage, Current Events, Development, English, Gender and LGBTQ, Human Rights, Libya, Opinion and Analysis, כללי
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Women in Libya who are trying to find a job are facing multiple challenges, and the civil war is just one of them. Staying safe, working far off from the places of the conflict, finding a job near the home way, and many other conditions women workers in Tripoli finding themselves set as a must […]

Her Pright by James S Namalira, Nigeria

Author: James S Namalira, Nigeria
Published: December 9, 2019
Categories: in Civil Activism, Culture and Heritage, Current Events, English, Gender and LGBTQ, Human Rights, Nigeria, Tolerance
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A true life experience of Kozito Eze I was in Lagos for a weekend for a couple of meetings and other personal arrangements sometime in May. I had to make the quick trip totally unplanned because of how important personally, securing bags is to me. But, I had to make a quick return to my […]

Opinion | Muslim Women and the Hijab : To Save or not to Save by Rim ahsissene, Morocco

Author: By Rim ahsissene, Morocco
Published: October 31, 2019
Categories: in Culture and Heritage, Current Events, English, Gender and LGBTQ, Identity, Life Style, Morocco, Opinion and Analysis, Politics, Religion, Tolerance
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Muslim Women and the Hijab : To save or not to save Hijab: the headscarf worn by Muslim women Last week, in France a mother accompanying her son on a field trip in Dijon was publicly and loudly asked to remove her Hijab by a far right politician of the local assembly[i]. And last month, […]

I Will Stay by Trezer Oguda, Kenya

Author: Trezer Oguda, Kenya
Published: October 28, 2019
Categories: in Current Events, Development, English, Gender and LGBTQ, Human Rights, Identity
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The first time I saw a ‘real’ grown woman in her underwear was under very distressing circumstances. I say real because the only ones I had ever caught a glimpse of in that state were from the cast of the American soap opera- ‘The Bold and Beautiful.’ Although it was forbidden to watch this show […]

Semaine de la santé mentale: Depression Post Partum; Quand le bonheur se fait attendre by Morgane, Israel

Author: Morgane, Israel
Published: October 14, 2019
Categories: in Current Events, Education, French, Gender and LGBTQ, Identity, Israel, Life Style, Tolerance
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Tags: Femmes mere feministes, Post Parthum, Sante mentale

Aujourd’hui c’est la journée de la santé mentale, et a cette occasion, je voudrais vous parler de mes premiers mois de maman. Ma première grossesse a été si facile, parfaite. Après presque 3 ans d’infertilité, de traitements, de pauses et de doutes, j’ai vécu une grossesse finalement spontanée avec joie, avec un sentiment de […]

Kayayai by Day, Prostitute by Night by Theodora Aido, Ghana

Author: Theodora Aido, Ghana
Published: October 1, 2019
Categories: in Civil Activism, Conflict & Peacebuilding, Education, English, Gender and LGBTQ, Ghana, Politics, כללי
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Abena, a fourteen (14) year old teenage girl, is the fifth child of eight (8) children born to her parents in Bolgatanga in the Upper East Region of Ghana. She travelled to Kumasi in April 2015 with the hope of a better standard of living. She narrated how she was inspired by other very young […]

Opinion | Tunisian Elections: Between the Devil and Deep Blue Sea by Nourjahen Jemaa Gara-Ali, Tunisia

Author: Nourjahen Jemaa Gara-Ali, Tunisia
Published: September 17, 2019
Categories: in Civil Activism, Current Events, English, Gender and LGBTQ, Human Rights, Opinion and Analysis, Politics, Tunisia
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On the International Day of Democracy, September 15th, Tunisia had its Presidential Elections. Voters went to their polling locations to give their voices to the person they trust most. However, voter turnout reached only 45,02% despite 1 million people registering to vote in the months leading to the elections, according to the Independent High Authority […]

YaLa Poetry | We are all Israa by J.M, Palestine

Author: J.M, Palestine
Published: September 8, 2019
Categories: in Art, Civil Activism, Current Events, Gender and LGBTQ, Human Rights, Palestine, Religion, Tolerance, YaLa Poetry
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Let my body give you an overdose My aura moves the dominos They said I have demons, Ha? Even the demons loved me, Ra! Tell them Ana Hurra Ana Hurra To be strong, don’t ask me to I am strong already, I can make a crew I was just not ready I was 21 about […]

YaLa Poetry | She Lays Down Her Sword by Abigail Levitt, Israel

Author: Abigail Levitt, Israel
Published: September 1, 2019
Categories: in Art, Civil Activism, English, Gender and LGBTQ, Identity, Israel, YaLa Poetry
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The Knight in shining armor Takes her helmet off To reveal her golden hair Her powerful pelvis Her life-bearing womb She lays down her sword And washes away her sins She looks up at the stars At the tower At the rope Made of women’s hair All the women who came before her Feels their […]

Martyr of Love by Rita B, Israel

Author: Rita B, Israel
Published: August 22, 2019
Categories: in Civil Activism, Gender and LGBTQ, Human Rights, Identity, Israel, Religion, Tolerance, כללי
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It was July 30th, 2015. My memories of that day and the event itself are still kind of blurry. I remember, I cleaned my messy room and yearned to go to the Big City, there was a big event over there which I longed to attend! My mother wanted me to finish my […]

Beginning right now, Shout to the Universe by Doaa, Iraq

Author: Doaa, Iraq
Published: August 12, 2019
Categories: in Education, English, Gender and LGBTQ, Human Rights, Identity, Iraq
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I used to be an active girl and a clever student, especially in English. I am not bragging, but if I had to say, I was the best among my classmates in English. I still remember the words of my classmate Hiba, who said: “Doaa I want to speak English as good as you do, […]