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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
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Alternative economies
Anti-Imperialism
Human rights
Networking & community building
Political participation
Sustainable development
Women's Liberation Movement
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Globale Dialoge (Radio)

Location

Vienna
Austria
48° 12' 29.4264" N, 16° 22' 25.7484" E

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Globale Dialoge is a weekly radio show produced by the editorial collective Women on Air which was founded by the Viennese free radio station ORANGE 94.0 and the magazine Frauensolidarität. Since 2005 it gets broadcasted by radio ORANGE 94.0 (Vienna, also via livestream) every Tuesday (13:00 - 14:00) and puts an emphasis on the international women's movement, global feminism, feminist/queer activism, sustainable development, human rights, migration, cultural production by women etc.

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Slut (Magazine, 2006-2008?)

Location

Stockholm
Sweden
59° 19' 44.148" N, 18° 3' 53.676" E

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Slut was (?) a Swedish cultural magazine based on feminist and postcolonial critique and with an emphasis on ethnicity, racism, anti-semitism, whiteness, postcolonial and feminist perspectives, intersectionality, politics, etc.; two issues were published: #1 (2006), # 2 (2008). Unfortunately their website doesn't work anylonger

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Svobodna - свободна (Blog & zine)

Location

Ukraine

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blog of an Ukrainian anarcha-feminist collective; emphasis on feminist theory, activism, protest, discrimination, stereotypes, lgbtq, homophobia, anarcha-feminism, women's rights, equality, anti-capitalism, violence, sexism (in media, advertising, everyday life, but also in anarchist/activist movements), body politics (abortion, reproductive rights), feminist comics/flyers/stickers/visual material, DIY, arts, etc. They work a lot with feminist/lgbtq/anti-homophobia visual material/comics, distributing it in the DIY section of their blog. In 2010 they have published a special issue print zine dealing with the problem of power structures, domination, sexism and violence in activism and especially in the anarchist movement, but also including a section about feminist self-defense.

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Přímá cesta (zine, 2001-2006)

Location

Czech Republic

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Přímá cesta ("The Direct Way") was a zine published by the Czech anarcha-feminist group Anarchofeministická skupina between 2001 and 2006 (8 issues); each issue is based on a specific topic; emphasis on anarcha-feminist history/theory/activism, globalisation/economic alternatives/anarchism, family/parenting, language/media, antifascism, patriarchy, pornography, sexuality/LGBTIQ, violence/women in conflict, book/zine reviews/literature, culture/film/music, translations of theoretical texts (mostly about anarcha-feminism) etc. Almost all issues can get downloaded from their website!!! Anarchofeministická skupina also published another bulletin: SIRENA.

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Olympe - Feministische Arbeitshefte zur Politik (1994 - 2012)

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St. Gallen
Switzerland
47° 25' 26.76" N, 9° 22' 15.168" E

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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

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Spectra Speaks (afrofeminist media blog)

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Spectra is an award-winning Nigerian writer, women’s rights activist, new media consultant, and philanthropist. She is the voice behind the afrofeminist media blog, Spectra Speaks, which publishes news, opinions, and personal stories about gender, media, and diversity as they pertain to Africa and the Diaspora.

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Blog & Web 2.0
Topic: 
Anti-Imperialism
Global affairs & transnationalism
LGBT and queer issues
Migration & border issues
Postcolonial theory & perspectives
Queer feminism
Race & ethnicity
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Antifee 2012: Festival für feministische Gesellschaftskritik

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UnicampusGöttingen
Germany
51° 32' 18.0672" N, 9° 55' 46.884" E

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

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Antifee 2010: Festival gegen Sexismus und Nationalismus - Feiern für ein selbstbestimmtes Leben

Location

UnicampusGöttingen
Germany
51° 32' 18.0672" N, 9° 55' 46.884" E

The Antifee Festival 2010 took place in Göttingen (Germany) from 4 - 5 June 2010

Statement:
Wir leben in einer patriarchal und nationalstaatlich organisierten Gesellschaft voller Ausgrenzungsmechanismen. Sexismus, Nationalismus und andere diskriminierende Strukturen sorgen für permanente Gewalt sowie Benachteiligungen und stehen damit der freien Entfaltung von Individuen im Weg. So weit, so schlecht.

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Antifee 2009: Festival gegen Sexismus und Nationalismus - Feiern für ein selbstbestimmtes Leben

Location

UnicampusGöttingen
Germany
51° 32' 18.0672" N, 9° 55' 46.884" E

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!

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