Political participation (55)

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Gaia was an Albanian magazine published from 2006 until 2009 (9 issues) by the GADC - Gender Alliance for Development Center in Tirana. Emphasis on women's rights, gender equality, gender mainstreaming, violence, but also poetry, arts etc.

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Croatian information portal with an emphasis on gender equality, women's rights, violence against women, lgbtiq, homophobia, discrimination, family, democracy and civil society, human rights, etc.

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Konsola is a women's association based in Poznan (founded 1999) and aims to promote equality and feminist thinking, to combate discrimination and violence against women, to disseminate information about women's rights and to work for the empowerment of women. Since the relaunch of the website in April 2010 it works like a news portal, distributing information about feminist/lgbtq events in Poznan and Wielkopolska, campaigns, activities of Konsola but also of other organisations etc. Emphasis on feminist news, equality, violence, lgbtq, culture etc.

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Lezbično-feministična univerza / Lesbian Feminist University (LFU) is an initiative set up in March 2010 as an autonomous space of educational, theoretic and artistic practices and actions for lesbians and women interested in lesbian feminism, antifascism and anticapitalism. The name “University” is meant to be ironic, as study methods are based on the principles of self-organization, autonomy, active participation and democratic decision-making of all the participants.

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blog of the Italian feminist collective Mujeres Libres based in Bologna and founded by students and precarious workers; emphasis on reproductive rights (contraception, abortion) and body politics, violence, activism and political participation, LGBTIQ, sexuality, (precarious) work, sexism/stereotypes and representation of women, etc.

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MFLA is a loose collective and a spazio radiofonico which gets broadcasted by the free Radio Onda Rossa 87,9 (Rome) since 1995 every Tuesday from 17:00 to 23:00; the programm consists of various feminist and lesbian radio shows produced by different people and groups within the collective; MFLA wants to be a political space where feminist and lesbian/queer ideas are discussed and disseminated; the programm also has a strong emphasis on anti-racism/anti-fascism/migration and postcolonial theory besides topics ranging from arts/ (popular) culture / music/ literature by women and lesbians to feminist news, feminist ideas, theory and activism, lgbtiq, violence etc.