Blog Entries tagged 'Global Feminism'

Report from Kigali by Dr. Mardge Cohen

infogal@cwluherstory.org — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 01:00:00 +0100

We received this report from Dr. Mardge Cohen of WE-ACTx. Mardgie has done amazing work fighting the AIDS plague both here in Chicago and in Rwanda. Mardgie is a former member of the Chicago Women's Liberation Union and has contributed material to this website on women's health history.

WE-ACTx is an international community [...]

Fundraiser for the WE-ACTx Girls Exchange Chicago- Kigali 2008

infogal@cwluherstory.org — Sat, 24 May 2008 01:00:00 +0100

The WE-ACTx Girls Exchange Chicago↔Kigali is an exciting program to link a group of six young women from our WE-ACTx HIV clinics in Kigali, Rwanda with six young women from Chicago. The group will include HIV infected and uninfected youth from both cities who have demonstrated the capacity for leadership.

You are invited to a uniq [...]

Passover Bread for the Breadless

infogal@cwluherstory.org — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 01:00:00 +0100

We received these passover reflections from poet, writer and historian Aurora Levins Morales. We asked her to share them with you. Aurora and her mom Rosario were both members of the Chicago Women's Liberation Union.

Dear Friends: Like other Jews around the world, I am preparing for Passover, our annual fe [...]

Feministing.com starts a Feministing Alliance

infogal@cwluherstory.org — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 01:00:00 +0100

Feministing.com is a bold brash feminist blog site where many women and some men start their day by reading the articles and opinion pieces and then posting their comments.

The youngish organizers of Feministing represent a generation of women who are fighting the complex 21st century battle for gender equality. They are web-sav [...]

Mardge Cohen to be honored at the annual Debs-Thomas-Harrington

infogal@cwluherstory.org — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 01:00:00 +0100

When Mardge Cohen and her partner Gordy Schiff left Chicago for Boston, they were warned that their old friends in the Windy City would do what was necessary to drag them back here.

Mardge is one of the world's leading experts on the treatment of HIV/AIDS and a former CWLU member. Gordy is a prof at Harvard and has writ [...]

Women in the Global City

infogal@cwluherstory.org — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 01:00:00 +0100

Women in the Global City 6-8pm Tuesday, March 4th
The Rudy Lozano Public Library
1805 S. Loomis St., Chicago

In an effort to remake Chicago into a "global city" – one attractive to businesses and tourists worldwide – Chicago's educational, environmental, employment and housing policies have been rewritten over the last [...]

Are you a Marjane Satrapi fan?

infogal@cwluherstory.org — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 01:00:00 +0100

Call for contributions for an edited essay collection on Marjane Satrapi’s works (film, literature, and art).

Satrapi's autobiographical graphic novel, Persepolis, was an instant success in France and the U.S. It has garnered numerous book prizes, and the animated film version was awarded the Grand Prize of the Jury at the 2007 Canne [...]

Remember your sisters...

infogal@cwluherstory.org — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 01:00:00 +0100

'Don't forget your Sisters,' she advised, swirling the tea leaves to the bottom of her glass. 'They'll be more important as you get older. No matter how much you love your husband, no matter how much you love the children you may have, you are still going to need Sisters. Remember to go places with them now and then; do things with them.'

'Remember that 'Sisters' means ALL the women... your girlfriends, your daughters, a [...]

Iranian feminists against a US war on their country

infogal@cwluherstory.org — Sun, 11 Nov 2007 01:00:00 +0100

We recently received a communication from Azer Majedi , leader of the Organization for Women's Liberation, an Iranian feminist organization. Azer Majedi lives in exile in the UK. In her statement, she calls upon the people everywhere to join together and say,"No to a US military attack."

She was especially concerned wi [...]

PulseWire will connect women around the planet

infogal@cwluherstory.org — Sun, 28 Oct 2007 01:00:00 +0100

If you are working in the fields of human trafficking, HIV/AIDS, and water sustainablity, PulseWire welcomes you to their founding online community.

Here, any woman with access to a basic computer, and eventually a cell phone, can speak her truth, ask for what she needs and share her solutions through pictures, audio, video and the written word.

Please visit Pulsewire to learn more.

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Robin Morgan on the September 11, 2001 Attacks

infogal@cwluherstory.org — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 01:00:00 +0100

A day after the September 11, 2001 attacks, feminist writer Robin Morgan sent out this letter from her home in Greenwich Village, NYC not far from where the Twin Towers had once stood.

On this anniversary of the attacks, we thought it appropriate to republish her original letter. We also recommend her book The Demon Lover, which is one of the best explanations of terrorism available.

From: Robin Morgan
Subject: Robin Morgan: NYC Day 2 First-hand Re [...]

Flying: Confessions of a Free Woman

infogal@cwluherstory.org — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 01:00:00 +0100

Adella Ladjevardi of Zohe Film Productions contacted us about a new film that will open in Chicago at the Siskel Center September 14-18.

Flying: Confessions of a Free Woman is a global conversation among women that spans 17 countries. According to the film's press kit:

Never before in our collectiv [...]

�Educate a woman, you educate a nation�

infogal@cwluherstory.org — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 01:00:00 +0100

That was the lead story on August 28 from the Women News Network, a new online project that spotlights news from Women's UN Report Network.

Dedicated the notion that feminism is global and that the means of communications should be in the hands of women everywhere, WNN uses video, audio and text to deliver the women's news you'll never see even on the O [...]