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Candies and Whims Translation/Publication Project - Educational Discussions

Candies and Whims Translation/Publication Project shoots on translation and publication of anarchist/ feminist/ gender/ queer/ mental health and radical texts/ zines/ publications from English language into Filipino language with the aim of publicizing it and distributing it freely into the public or local community, through a language they can grasps, understand and feel connected with, giving them access over readings that cannot be found nor offered by the standard commercial educational system, promoting self-education towards liberation, resistance and freedom.

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E-Zine
Group/Network
Literature
Spoken word
Workshop
Zine
Topic: 
Education
Gender studies
Girls and young women
Global affairs & transnationalism
LGBT and queer issues
Networking & community building
Older woman
Parenting & motherhood
Peace
Political participation
Postcolonial theory & perspectives
Prisoner Support
Queer feminism
Race & ethnicity
Religion and beliefs
Representation of women
Reproductive rights
Riot Grrrl
Self-defense
Sex and sexualities
Sexual violence
Social Work
Women's Liberation Movement
Work and employment
Zine
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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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Rete delle Reti Femminili (Network)

Location

Italy

Info:
Italian network and online portal founded as an interactive tool to connect different women's and feminist groups, projects, initiatives and activists in Italy and world wide. After registration all members can post infos about their projects, documents, surveys, calls, manifestos, etc. There is also a news section, a blog, a forum, book and film reviews, as well as a Mappatura mapping and linking feminist projects, websites, activists, etc.

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Wolfsmutter.com - Abenteuer Feminismus (E-Zine, Network)

Location

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

Info:
Austrian feminist online magazine and interactive platform for women and the autonomous women's and lesbian movement, providing discussion forums, news/info/text publishing, calendar, lots of links and a database of women experts and women in bussiness. The last info/postings are from September 2011, but the website is still existing and some of the forums, the calendar, links etc. are active and get updated.

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RED FEMINISTA Violencia de Género (E-Zine)

Location

Spain

Info:
e-zine with an emphasis on violence against women/gender violence run by a network of Spanish feminist NGOs; beside news, they also publish documents, comments and other material/texts on various aspects of violence/power like sexism in media, abuse, prostitution and human trafficking, economic inequalities etc. as well as statistics indicating the number of victims of gender based violence every year in Spain

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querelles-net. Rezensionszeitschrift für Frauen- und Geschlechterforschung (E-Zine) & QJB - Querelles. Jahrbuch für Frauen- und Geschlechter forschung (Journal/E-Journal)

Location

Freie Universität BerlinBerlin
Germany
52° 31' 9.0156" N, 13° 24' 21.9276" E

Info:
querelles-net is an academic e-zine reviewing new publications in Women's and Gender Studies from various disciplines (with an emphasis on the German speaking countries). QJB - Querelles. Jahrbuch für Frauen- und Geschlechterforschung is an academic annual journal founded in 1996 which puts an emphasis on Women's and Gender Studies from a transdisciplinary perspective. Since 2011/2012 it gets published as open access e-journal.

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Mujeres & Cía (E-zine, Portal)

Location

Madrid
Spain
40° 25' 0.39" N, 3° 42' 13.644" W

Info:
Spanish daily updated news-website and online-portal which aims to give "visibility to women - entrepreneurs, managers, professionals, decision-makers - from a gender perspective." emphasis on women in business, culture, politics etc., new role models, news from a gender perspective, ecology/technology/science/health, economy, networking etc.

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Mujeres en Red. El periódico feminista (E-zine)

Location

Spain

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Spanish e-zine founded in 1997 (!) by Montserrat Boix; emphasis on feminist news, feminist theory, feminist networking, politics, education and empowerment, cyberfeminism, technology/communication, feminist blogosphere, women's rights, equality, violence etc. lot of links to other feminist and Women's blogs

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Fem.fm (Podcast-Radio)

Location

Belarus

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Belarusian/Russian podcast-radio started in spring 2012 by a group of women from Belarus and neighbouring countries to provide an alternative to mainstream Russian-speaking radio-program and to put an emphasis on women's issues, sexism, women's rights and equality, feminist struggles and activism in post-Soviet countries and worldwide, reproductive rights, gender roles, LGBTIQ, violence, sexuality, DIY, etc. Besides the podcasts Fem.fm also provides news and additional info as well as translated texts via its website.

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Join the International Feminist Network!

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Rejoignez-nous ! Join us ! Unete a nosotras! انضم إلينا!
Réseau international féministe – International Feminist Network – Red Internacional Feminista – الشبكة النسوية العالمية

We are a group of feminist activists from France, Canada, Morocco, Germany, Tunisia and Spain who met during the World Social Forum in Tunis in March 2013. We participated in several feminist mobilizations (for example, equal pay, sexual and reproductive rights, against gender-based violence, etc.) and we are now working together to connect feminist activists, movements, organizations, and networks around the world through the construction of an international network.

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Group/Network
Topic: 
Activism
Networking & community building
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