Global affairs & transnationalism

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Woman Plus…/Женщина Плюс… was a bilingual magazine by the Russian NGO East-West: ZiHP published between 1994 and 2004; all articles can be read on the website! Emphasis on feminist news, situation of women in Russia and worldwide, equality, women's rights, feminist theory/history, feminist activism, women's movement, violence, women and war, health/body/reproductive rights, culture, stereotypes/sexism, but the magazine also contained a ressource page "Internet for Women" with lot of links from Women's organisations, groups, etc.; East-West: ZiHP also published the web portal OWL - Open Women Line

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OWL - Open Women Line was an information portal on the subject of “Woman and Society” run by the NGO Eat-West: ZhIP (a documentation / library / research / information / education center) providing feminist international as well as Russian news, but also further documents on women's rights, etc.; emphasis on feminist news (with an emphasis on Eastern-Europe, former Soviet states, Russia, but also international news), Women's rights, equality, health, reproductive rights, violence/women and war etc.; the NGO also published the print magazine "Woman Plus" (1994-2004)

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"Founded in 1991 NEWW is an international communication and resource network supporting dialogue, informational exchange, and activism among those concerned about the status of women in Central and Eastern Europe, the Newly Independent States, and the Russian Federation (members in over 30 countries). NEWW coordinates research and advocacy that supports women's equality and full participation in all aspects of public and private life. (...) NEWW connects women's advocates in who work in partnership to promote women's rights and to strengthen women's role within civil society. NEWW members represent all strata of society - human rights activists, writers, students, journalists, lawyers, parliamentarians, professors, artists, union organizers, health care workers and feminist activists." The Polish NEWW Polska was founded in 1999 and since 2004 has been running the International Secretariat of the whole NEWW network and is responsable for running this bilingual news portal and two listservers; emphasis on women's and human rights, equality, violence against women, feminist regional/European/international news; => lot of links to members of the NEWW network and to other organisations!!!

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Olympe was a Swiss trilingual (German - French - Italian, most articles in German) feminist journal; each issue had a special topic; emphasis on women's and gender politics, economy, migration/postcolonial perspectives, women's rights, equality, violence/power etc. With issue #33 (September 2012) the journal ceased publication, but all issues can get downloaded from the website of the Frauenarchiv Ostschweiz

The Antifee Festival 2012 took place in Göttingen (Germany) from 15 - 16 June 2012

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The Antifee Festival 2009 took place in Göttingen (Germany) from 4 - 5 June 2009

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Das Antifee-Festival soll ein sicht- und hörbares Signal gegen die sexistischen und nationalistischen Tendenzen sein, die sich in der Gesellschaft zunehmend breit machen. Es soll ein Raum geschaffen werden, der möglichst frei von diesen und anderen Herrschaftsmechanismen ist. Dazu sollen politische Inhalte musikalisch und in Form von Workshops und Vorträgen vermittelt werden.

Für ein Festival ohne Sexismus und Mackerattitüde!

The Antifee Festival 2007 took place in Göttingen (Germany) from 15 to 16 June 2007.

For more info see Festival Reader (pdf file)