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Tanzania Gender Festival (Dar es Salaam, September 3rd - 6th 2013)

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GENDER FESTIVAL 2013 WILL BE CONDUCTED FROM SEPTEMBER 3rd -6th 2013

OVERALL THEME: Gender Democracy and Development: Twenty Years of Transformative Feminist Struggle For Women's Rights, Gender Equity and Social Justice- Where are we? What next?

The Gender Festival is an open forum for likeminded individuals and organisations to come together to share experiences and knowledge, to celebrate achievements and assess challenges ahead, to strengthen networking and coalition-building, to build capacity and to contribute to public debate and plan collectively for social change from a feminist perspective.

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Conference
Festival
Workshop
Topic: 
Alternative economies
Anti-Imperialism
Human rights
Networking & community building
Political participation
Sustainable development
Women's Liberation Movement
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Studio XX

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Founded in 1996, Montreal-based Studio XX is a bilingual feminist artist-run centre for technological exploration, creation and critique.

Studio XX’s mandate focuses on enabling the creative actions and perspectives of women at the forefront of contemporary technological landscapes and the development of a digital democracy that values autonomy and collaboration.

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Art
Blog & Web 2.0
Festival
Group/Network
Radio
Workshop
Topic: 
Art
Do-It-Yourself
Education
Internet & digital divide
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WAM! It Yourself (13 - 24 March 2013, USA/Canada)

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WAM! It Yourself takes place from 13 - 24 March 2013 in various cities in the US and Canada (Austin, Boston, Camden NJ, Washington DC, Los Angeles, NYC, Ottawa, Vancouver) and also encompasses two online events.

Announcement:
Do you care about creating gender justice in media? Want to connect with folks in your area who share your concerns, and join an international community of activists, journalists, academics, artists and media-makers, all taking action at the same time? Then you want WAM! It Yourself, a decentralized version of our annual Women, Action & the Media (WAM!) conference. This year, instead of everyone who cares about gender justice in media gathering in one place for WAM!, WAM! is happening exactly where you are.

Type of project: 
Conference
Festival
Video & Film
Workshop
Topic: 
Activism
Education
Internet & digital divide
Representation of women
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WOW - Women of the World Festival (London, 6 - 10 March 2013)

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WOW - Women of the World Festival takes place from 6-10 March 2013 at Southbank Centre, London.

Announcement:
WOW is our annual global festival where women and men of all ages and backgrounds celebrate women’s achievements and discuss the obstacles they face across the world.

Join us from Wednesday 6 March to Sunday 10 March for a diverse programme of keynote talks, performances, concerts, talks, gigs, debates and free music. Visit our marketplace, exhibitions and workshops. Take part in speed-mentoring, networking opportunities and more.

Type of project: 
Conference
Event
Festival
Music
Topic: 
Art
Global affairs & transnationalism
Pop culture
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Gender Fuck Fest

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An international DIY queer-feminist festival. Three days of workshops, presentations, discussions, performances and theatre, and music. Come and discuss and learn more about polyamory, BDSM, being gender-queer and raising your kids, or intersection of queer and other social stigmas:)
September 14-16, Prague
more info www.genderfuck.cz or at genderfuckatriseup [dot] net

Type of project: 
Art
Crafts
Festival
Music
Performance & theatre play
Workshop
Topic: 
Activism
Art
Do-It-Yourself
Gender studies
LGBT and queer issues
Queer feminism
Self-defense
Sex and sexualities
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L*DYFEST aachen

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3 days of queer-feminist talks, workshops, theatre, concerts, delicious vegan food and a lot more...all genders welcome!

Type of project: 
Art
Crafts
Event
Festival
Literature
Music
Performance & theatre play
Spoken word
Workshop
Topic: 
Do-It-Yourself
Ladyfest
LGBT and queer issues
Political participation
Queer feminism
Riot Grrrl
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SFRIOT a night of MUSIC and self publishing ART to support our Local Women run Women's Clinic!

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SFRIOT JUNE 2012

SFRIOT a night of MUSIC and self publishing ART & women gathering supporting all women who wish to find community in SF and to support our Local Women run Women's Clinic! Lyon Martin ~

Type of project: 
Art
Crafts
Demonstration
Event
Festival
Group/Network
Music
Photography
Topic: 
Activism
Class
Disabilities
Do-It-Yourself
Girls and young women
Human rights
Networking & community building
Older woman
Peace
Poverty
Queer feminism
Race & ethnicity
Representation of women
Reproductive rights
Riot Grrrl
Social Work
Women's Liberation Movement
Work and employment
Youth culture
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Camp / Anti-Camp - A Queer Guide to Everyday Life (Berlin, April 19 - 21, 2012)

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Curated by Susanne Sachsse and Marc Siegel
19 until 21 April

Thursday, April 19th
18.00 h Opening with Susanne Sachsse and Marc Siegel
19.00 Uhr Concert with Holly Woodlawn (Los Angeles), Special Guest: Tangowerk (Berlin), Discussion with Bruce LaBruce (Toronto)
21.00 Uhr Lecture with Douglas Crimp (New York)
22.45 Uhr Performance with Narcissister (New York)
23.30 Uhr Vaginal Davis is Speaking From the Diaphragm, Talkshow Performance with guest

Freitag, 20. April
12.00 Uhr Films Camp/Anti-Camp Clips 2
12.30 Uhr Lecture with Juliane Rebentisch (Ffm.)

Type of project: 
Event
Festival
Music
Performance & theatre play
Video & Film
Topic: 
Art
LGBT and queer issues
Pop culture
Queer feminism
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Feminist Blog Camp (Turin, 28-30 October 2011)

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From October 28 to 30, 2011, at the Askatasuna occupied social center in Torino, you may join the Feminist Blog Camp. We are going to spend three days together, sharing our knowledge, attending workshops, shows, debates, music and art performances, readings, culture and IT in-deep examinations, open discussions on desire and sexuality, temporary employment, migrants and a lot of other topics. This meeting is entirely self promoted and managed.

Type of project: 
Festival
Workshop
Topic: 
Activism
Internet & digital divide
Ladyfest
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Identities - Queer Film Festival (Vienna, 2.- 12. June 2011)

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identities 2011 - SAVE THE DATE

identities 2011 - Vienna's Intl Queer Film Festival - is taking place from 2-12 June, 2011.

The full PROGRAM will be ONLINE on MAY 18, 2011, and/or can get ordered: officeatidentities [dot] at

Type of project: 
Festival
Video & Film
Topic: 
LGBT and queer issues
Queer feminism
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