8 martie 2015 – reimaginand feminismul

Posted on March 8, 2015 by Administrator

Reimaginând feminismul de ziua internațională a femeilor
(Reimagining feminism on International Women’s Day)

de Harsha Walia

În fiecare dimineață îi citesc fiicei mele de un an dintr-un fabulos abecedar pentru copii. Când ajungem la litera F, spunem: “F vine de la Feministă, Vrem să fim plătite egal”. Desigur, o carte pentru copii este limitată în cât de bine poate exprima o analiză cu mai multe niveluri de nuanțe, dar uneori mă întreb cât de relevantă este aceasta articulare a unei versiuni particulare de feminism pentru ea.

Feminismul liberal dominant a cerut în mod uzual drepturi egale pentru femei. Chiar și valurile ulterioare care au adus cu ele o reprezentare mai largă a diverse femei si persoane trans în același cadru feminist rareori au schimbat premiza “egalității” ca primă forță de organizare feministă, lăsând astfel nechestionată relația dintre heteropatriarhat și alte structuri de putere sociale, economice și politice. Pariarhatul nu este secundar capitalismului și imperialismului; bazele pe care capitalismul, colonialismul și violența statului sunt structurate în relație cu, și prin patriarhat. Femeile marginalizate, asfel, nu îndură numai violența de gen la cote ridicate, ci o și îndurăm într-un mod calitativ diferit.

Feminismul: prieten sau inamic al statului?

În ultimul deceniu a apărut o explozie de dezbateri despre strategiile feministe împotriva violenței care se bazează pe stat. Strategii anti-violență, precum legi de condamnare mai dure și creșterea activității poliției, au fost criticate pentru contribuția la criminalizarea care deja afectează în mod disproporțional comunitățile de culoare, comunitățile sărace și persoanele trans. Continue reading →

tabara feminista internationala autogestionata – moroieni, 6-16 august

Posted on July 23, 2012 by Administrator

Ce au in comun tinerele feministe ale Europei? Ce ne solidarizeaza? Ce ne desparte? Cum putem lucra impreuna?
Va invitam sa dezbatem in cadrul Taberei Tinerelor Feministe, 6-16 august, Zona turistica Moroeni, jud. Dambovita.

Tabara este afiliata miscarii internationale World March of Women si va avea participante din tari precum: Franta, Spania, Germania, Elvetia, Polonia, Cehia, Armenia, Portugalia, Brazilia, Canada, Turcia, Grecia.

Garantam o experienta feminista unica, cu ateliere, discutii intense si schimburi de experienta la finalul carora vom produce un Manifest comun.
Tabara a avut prima editie anul trecut in Franta. Tinerele feministe au discutat despre solidaritate, discriminari multiple, economie, mediul inconjurator, violenta, sanatate, sexualitate, promovarea feminismului. (Manifestul din 2011)

Agenda de anul acesta va fi stabilita in timpul taberei. Fiecare participanta poate propune subiecte si teme de dezbateri, le vom selecta impreuna.

Costurile pentru cazare, masa si transport sunt asigurate de Asociatia FRONT, prin programul de finantare “Tineret in Actiune”.
* cazarea este in regim de campare cu corturile proprii. Ne ghidam dupa principiul auto-gestiunii (fiecare participanta va ajuta la sarcinile comune).

Asteptam inscrieri pana la data de 25 IULIE.
Locurile sunt limitate.
Pentru inscriere si selectie, va rugam sa ne trimiteti **3 propuneri de teme feministe** pe care sa le includem pe agenda de discutii din timpul taberei.

and another intersection to consider: dairy is a feminist issue

Posted on April 30, 2010 by ruxi

“dairy is a feminist issue.” @ vegina
via The Vegan Police

Feminism brought me to a place where I could begin to think about embracing veganism as a necessary part of an ethic of social justice. Feminist ideology, a reading of Carol Adams’ The Sexual Politics of Meat and visiting a small family dairy allowed me the pull I needed to abandon my “pescatarianism” for veganism. Veganism is an ethic of (non)consumption that most closely reflects my feminist ideology. It is one way in which I can make a simple choice every time I eat that is overtly political in its message. Veganism is a daily practice that reflects an ethic of care and compassion and equality that is often lacking among humans. Veganism has also allowed me the ability to acknowledge that the oppression of non-human animals and women are mutually reinforcing.

I see a lot of my feminist nightmares played out on female-bodied individuals who are exploited by the […] dairy industry …

women’s stories and climate change

Posted on December 7, 2009 by ruxi

Climate change is already having a disproportionate impact on women, as witnessed in her homeland Bangladesh, says Anushay Hossain. But where are women’s voices and outrage in response to this growing concern?

[…] The scenario in Bangladesh reveals that climate change is real and is already impacting populations and ecosystems around the world. But the case of Bangladesh shows us something more: It’s the world’s poor who will feel the impact of this change the hardest. And women make up approximately 65 percent of the world’s poorest populations, according to the International Labor Organization.

Climate change is already having a disproportionate impact on women, concluded a report released yesterday by The United Nations Population Fund. “The State of World Population 2009,” which focuses on women, population and climate change, also says that women have been largely overlooked in the debate on how to address climate change-related problems, and that success in combating this concern is more likely if policies, programs and treaties consider women’s rights and needs.

This report is more evidence that though the gender angle of climate change will not be part of the agenda at upcoming U.N. Climate Change Conference, which takes place in Copenhagen from Dec. 7-18, it should be. Negotiations leading up to the conference, at which it is hoped an international agreement will be adopted for curbing greenhouse gas emissions, have already hit a wall as developing and developed nations disagree on how to fight climate change. […]

— “Feminist Voices Missing in Climate Change Debate”

On “State of World Population 2009”:
State of World Population 2009 – Facing a changing world: women, population and climate

How do population dynamics affect greenhouse gases and climate change? Will urbanization and an ageing population help or hinder efforts to adapt to a warming world? And could better reproductive health care and improved relations between women and men make a difference in the fight against climate change? Find the answers in the State of World Population 2009.

The whole world has been talking about carbon credits, carbon trading and emissions targets. But not enough has been said about the people whose activities contribute to those emissions or about those who will be most affected by climate change, especially women.

The climate-change debate needs to be reframed, putting people at the centre. Unless climate policies take people into account, they will fail to mitigate climate change or to shield vulnerable populations from the potentially disastrous impacts.

From Worldwatch Institute:

[…] One major finding of the report is that cultural, legal, and other barriers, such as poverty, keep women from having a say in the decisions that affect their environments, their families, and their livelihoods—in other words, their lives.
Who is telling the stories of women who are thriving despite the daily challenges they face? On-the-ground, first-person research is what tends to be missing in a lot of publications and news sources these days. […] Worldwatch is placing staff in the field to find out what is really working in agriculture—from policies designed to empower women and communities to innovative ways to produce nutritious food for vulnerable populations.
Nourishing the Planet: Evaluating Environmentally Sustainable Solutions to Reduce Global Hunger and Rural Poverty

More on the report at RH Reality Check

march 8th: women and climate change

Posted on March 8, 2009 by ruxi

“Women and Climate Change: Vulnerabilities and Adaptive Capacities” by Lorena Aguilar
from State of the World 2009: Into a Warming World

— “Celebrating International Women’s Day and 35 Years of Gender Work” from Worldwatch Institute
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FW: Press release: Gender justice is climate justice

Posted on December 8, 2008 by ruxi

Poznan, Poland, December 8^th 2008

Women from around the world working together in the GenderCC network reassert that real solutions to the climate crisis can only be achieved when there is gender justice. We demand that the UNFCCC process must commit to the integration of the gender dimension into all policies, mechanisms, programmes and institutional frameworks. As a first step, UNFCCC Parties must therefore adopt a resolution on gender justice which fulfills the binding obligations on gender and human rights that the UN have already endorsed. GenderCC calls for a one-day plenary session specifically dedicated to gender in order to discuss the gender dimension in the ongoing negotiations. Moreover, we call upon the UNFCCC to acknowledge the many solutions women already have and the actions they take on the ground to mitigate and adapt to climate change.
Continue reading →

blog de rasfoit

Posted on October 14, 2008 by ruxi

Însemnǎrile cârtiţei ceacâre
…feminism, gen social, frumusete, complexe, automutilare, hartuire, societate, prejudecati, clisee, ecologie, biciclete, animale, zootehnie, vegetarian, vegan, ubuntu…

exemplu de postare: “Cea mai frumoasa” (si citeva altele de citit)

… Un gest simplu, bǎrbǎtesc
Din buletinul informativ al unei asociaţii pro-biciclete citire (majuscule în original):

Asociatia BATE SAUA SA PRICEAPA IAPA invita OAMENII din organizatiile, institutiile si corporatiile din Bucuresti (si nu numai) sa faca un GEST SIMPLU, BARBATESC: sa renunte luni, 22 septembrie 2008, la masina personala sau de serviciu si sa se deplaseze pe jos sau cu bicicleta.

Un gest simplu, bǎrbǎtesc adicǎ viril, curajos, îndrǎzneţ, calitǎţi de care muierea e lipsitǎ prin însǎşi natura ei. Deh, Zoe, fii bǎrbatǎ şi pedaleazǎ smeritǎ. N-ai ce cǎuta printre noi dar te tolerǎm.

Şi daca tot mergi pe bicicletǎ te rog eu frumos fii şi tu sexi, vrem sǎ vedem nişte craci mişto.

lectura placuta!

ps: apropos de mesajul asociatiei b.s.s.p.i. cu gestul barbatesc de a merge pe bicicleta, cit de ironic (sau nu?) ca imaginea si comentariul la misto ale danei de la cartita ceacara anticipeaza un fluturas real al campaniei lor intitulate “velorutia”:

(mai multe @ siemprecontra)

… pulafashion se intoarce?

adaugat 16.10.2008: dana comenteaza afisul velorutia

locuri comune ale tranzitiei/commonplaces of transition (video)

Posted on September 22, 2008 by Administrator

[en version]

de la dmedia:

“Locuri Comune ale Tranzitiei” e un proiect video realizat de D Media (Romania), in colaborare cu Ak-Kraak (Germania), Interspace (Bulgaria) si K:SAK (Moldova), care cauta sa reprezinte tranzitia dinauntru, spre deosebire de istoriile ei dominante, care o fac dinafara. Titlul exploateaza intelesul dublu pe care ‘locurile comune’ [commonplaces] il au in engleza: proiectul se concentreaza literal asupra locurilor sau spatiilor geografice ale tranzitiei si, in al doilea rand, examineaza ‘banalitatile’ sau lucrurile stiute ale tranzitiei, cu alte cuvinte acele reprezentari care populeaza taramul ideologiei. Intentia proiectului este aceea de a initia un dialog critic cu privire la semnificatia tranzitiei si a altor posibilitati care sa inlocuiasca simpla ‘ajungere din urma’ a pietei globale. Partenerii au produs 8 lucrari care exploreaza impactul tranzitiei asupra retrasarii frontierelor, transformarea caracterului muncii si diferitele forme de activism. Cele 3 filme produse de D Media [ro cu subtitrare en] sunt:

“In tranzit” este jurnalul unei calatorii prin spatiu si timp, alcatuit din impresiile subiective ale prezentului si amintirile copilariei trecute. Povestirea acestei calatorii prin Romania in anul intrarii sale in UE, mediteaza la sensul tranzitiei postcomuniste, la rescrierea istoriei si la relatia dintre imagini si memorie. 30 min, 2008.
“Vieti precare” monteaza imagini de arhiva infatisind munca femeilor in secolul trecut cu zece portrete de romance care muncesc din zilele noastre. Lucrarea polemizeaza cu discursul dominant despre precaritate si indiferenta acestuia la diferentele de sex si disparitatile economice intre tarile din lumea intaia si a treia a Europei. 43 min, 2008.
“Doua sau trei chestiuni despre activism” e un contradocumentar despre activismul din Romania care chestioneaza deosebirea dintre a face un film despre politica si a face unul in mod politic. In vreme ce diversii protagonisti isi discuta angajamentul militant, comentariul din fundal reflecteaza la motivatiile din culisele filmului. 73 min, 2008.

Pentru informatii suplimentare: jori [at] riseup [dot] net
Continue reading →

PETITIE: Hrana pentru toti

Posted on August 22, 2008 by ruxi

‘HRANA SAU FURAJE’ (en: ‘FOOD VS FEED’ PETITION)

… In 1996, “Declaratia de la Roma asupra securitatii alimentare mondiale”, a reafirmat “accesul la hrana sigura si nutritiva ca drept al tuturor”. De asemenea, semnatarii si-au luat un angajament politic fata de “eradicarea foametei in toate tarile”.

In 2008, subnutritia si infometarea nu numai ca sunt in crestere in multe colturi ale lumii, dar ele ating noi culmi ale suferintei. Recoltele diminuate si irosite, preturile care cresc vertiginos, practicile zootehnice nesustenabile sunt numai cativa din factorii care impreuna supun oamenii vulnerabili la riscuri ce le ameninta viata.

Nu este acceptabil ca in situatia actuala in care foametea si malnutritia omoara aproape sase milioane de copii in fiecare an, procente enorme din recoltele disponibile sa fie folosite ca hrana pentru animalele de ferma.

In numele umanitatii, o comunitate globala responsabila nu mai poate sa-si permita sa investeasca 7-16 kg de cereale sau soia, pana la 15.500 litri de apa si 323 m2 de teren pentru pasunat in producerea a numai unui kilogram de carne de vita pentru cei care isi permit sa-l cumpere. Avem nevoie cu disperare de modalitati mai accesibile si sustenabile de a asigura hrana pentru toti.

Din nefericire, desi expertii Organizatiei pentru Hrana si Agricultura considera ca „zootehnia reprezinta o amenintare majora pentru mediu”, acestia doar recomanda diferite procedee tehnice in agricultura, din care unele implica riscul de a degrada si mai mult, probabil in mod ireversibil, un mediu deja vulnerabil.

Toti oamenii infometati, milioanele de vegetarieni si cei care cauta alternative sanatoase la practicile traditionale distructive au dreptul sa se astepte la o investigatie stiintifica a tuturor optiunilor existente, inclusiv a vegetarianismului, din partea celor care iau decizii, guvernelor si organizatiilor internationale. Acest stil de viata ce economiseste resursele si salveaza vieti este demn de un efort de cercetare impartial cat si de promovare, nu in ultimul rand datorita potentialului sau de a conduce lupta dezlantuita pe marginea dilemei „hrana sau furaj” la o concluzie in favoarea umanitatii. …

semneaza petitia

from worldwatch on global population

Posted on March 16, 2008 by ruxi

The average woman worldwide is giving birth to fewer children than ever. Nonetheless, an estimated 136 million babies were born in 2007, bringing the global population to about 6.7 billion. Governments must improve access to good health care and family planning to see further declines in childbearing and increases in life expectancy…

More: Population, Nature, and What Women Want

For the Worldwatch Institute, human population has always been a sustainability issue. Our earliest writings confirmed a stable balance between population and the environment as an essential ingredient of the equitable and enduring society our mission advances. And over the years we have highlighted the polices needed in all nations to encourage this balance through healthy reproduction, voluntary family planning, gender equality, and the free decisions of women and couples about childbearing.

Since our founding, however, the issues surrounding population have become ever more sensitive and delicate, discouraging many environmentalists and policymakers from taking on the topic. Now, Worldwatch Vice President for Programs Robert Engelman, a 16-year veteran of the population and reproductive health field, has broken new ground in his own fresh take on this perennially difficult issue. In More: Population, Nature, and What Women Want, Engelman leads readers on a journey from humanity’s first steps on two feet to the 21st century and beyond to explore whether women want more children or more for their children, and how their childbearing intentions have fared in a male-dominated world. The answers he finds not only surprise but offer new hope for real and lasting global sustainability.

Rich in historical detail, contemporary stories, and provocative ideas, More is the keystone of a new initiative at the Worldwatch Institute to return population and women’s reproductive decision-making to their critical role in the environment, the economy, and human rights.

Vital Signs Update: Fertility Falls, Population Rises, Future Uncertain.

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