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FEMEN пришла, разделась, победила (she came, undressed and won) (Blog)

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Kiev
Ukraine
50° 27' 0.36" N, 30° 31' 24.24" E
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Activism
Girls and young women
Grassroots media in Europe
Human rights
Political participation
Women's Liberation Movement
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Call for Conference Papers- European Conference What is coalition? Reflections on the conditions of alliance formation with Judith Butler’s work

Date: 15 May 2012 with Prof. Judith Butler (UC Berkeley)
Venue: Institute for Gender Studies, Geneva University, Switzerland

Conception : Delphine Gardey (Geneva University) and Cynthia Kraus
(Lausanne University)
Logistics: Aurélie Chrestian and Julien Debonneville (Geneva University)

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Networks
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conference
paper
judith butler
alliance
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Gender studies
Human rights
Political participation
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emancipatie.nl Internetportaal (Internetportal)

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Dutch internetportal; emancipatie.nl collects news about feminist/women's issues and emancipation in The Netherlands (but also international) and provides them on this internetportal; emphasis on feminist news, emancipation (history, key concepts, etc.), equality / discrimination, women's rights but also publishing information about (women's) politics, elections (in the Netherlands), biographies of women and feminists, agenda, etc.; more links to other Dutch feminist media (magazines, online media, radio etc.)

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Doelstelling

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Den Haag
Netherlands
52° 4' 11.4888" N, 4° 17' 27.9996" E
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Grassroots media in Europe
History
Networking & community building
Political participation
Women's Liberation Movement
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Collectif Debout ! (blog)

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blog of the feminist collective Debout! based in Nancy; the collective as well as the blog were founded in April 2010 (blog a little bit later) to act as a platform for feminists in and around Nancy and to organise their participation in the Marche Mondial de Femmes held in Paris 12th June 2010; the blog is now used for discussions of feminist issues and the collective continues to work; strong emphasis on equality & Women's rights, feminist news and activism, but also about sexism in media / advertising, violence, lesbophobia, etc.

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Nancy
France
48° 41' 31.3944" N, 6° 11' 3.9012" E
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Activism
Grassroots media in Europe
LGBT and queer issues
Networking & community building
Political participation
Sexual violence
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Blogul Medusei (Blog)

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Blogul Medusei - lumea prin lentila feministă (Medusa's blog - the world through a feminist lense) is a Romanian feminist blog run by Tudorina; emphasis on discrimination / sexism, women in politics, feminist news, feminism, activism, violence / sexual harassment / prostitution, family policies, equality, stereotypes, representation of women in media, etc.

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Bucharest
Romania
44° 26' 15.7596" N, 26° 5' 50.5212" E
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Grassroots media in Europe
Political participation
Representation of women
Sexual violence
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DonnaTV

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Italian women's webTV "with the aim of bringing a new voice in the media landscape, as the first web television dedicated to women." DonnaTV intends to fight against gender stereotypes and misogyny in traditional media (especially in television) and against a digital gender divide. It wants to provide a space for exchange/networking and to give women the opportunity to raise their voices, get visible and "become active protagonists of the era of digital democracy". All users can send their video-material to get distributed via DonnaTV.

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La nostra storia

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Education
Grassroots media in Europe
Internet & digital divide
Political participation
Representation of women
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Marea (magazine)

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Genoa
Italy
44° 24' 25.4232" N, 8° 56' 2.3604" E
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Activism
Alternative economies
Political participation
Reproductive rights
Women's Liberation Movement
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„We are interested in a bigger picture of society!“ Robin, member of the Belgium feminist grassroots group FEL, in conversation with Rosa Reitsamer about feminism and the challenge of bringing about social change in society.

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Activism
Do-It-Yourself
Political participation
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Robin, please could you introduce yourself?

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Robin, member of the Belgium feminist grassroots group FEL
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WPR Books

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Women’s Parliamentary Radio, an online radio station designed to give exclusive coverage to women’s issues and female parliamentarians in the UK. www.wpradio.co.uk was founded in 2007 and currently receives up to 56,000 hits per month. Our aim is to give exclusive coverage to women’s issues in government and provides a platform for female politicians to speak free from stereotypes and the pressure of the news agenda.

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Art
Literature
Radio
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Art
Gender studies
Political participation
Representation of women
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WPR Books

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Women’s Parliamentary Radio, an online radio station designed to give exclusive coverage to women’s issues and female parliamentarians in the UK. www.wpradio.co.uk was founded in 2007 and currently receives up to 56,000 hits per month. Our aim is to give exclusive coverage to women’s issues in government and provides a platform for female politicians to speak free from stereotypes and the pressure of the news agenda.

Type of project: 
Art
Literature
Radio
Topic: 
Art
Gender studies
Political participation
Representation of women