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genderfrequenz - sozialpolitisch, feministisch, unbeugsam! (Radio)

Location

Graz
Austria
47° 4' 14.5704" N, 15° 26' 22.2144" E

Info:
genderfrequenz is a queer-feminist radio show broadcasted twice a month via the free radio station radio Helsinki in Graz/Austria since 2010. Every show focuses on a specific topic, e.g.: 8th March, gender and language, feminist utopias, sexual work, violence etc.

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Frauenzimmer (Radio)

Location

Salzburg
Austria
47° 48' 34.164" N, 13° 3' 18.036" E

Info:
This feminist and women's radio show gets broadcasted every Wednesday evening (18-18:30) by the Salzburg based free radio station Radiofabrik. The radioshows can also get heard via livestream and podcast. For every show another editorial board is responsable for the program, at the moment there are three different editors/editorial teams:
sisterresist (Salzburg based feminist activist group; emphasis on feminist activism and gender politics)

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Žene protiv rata (Magazine, 1994-1995) + Žene za mir (Compilations, 1993-2002 + 2012)

Location

Belgrade
Serbia
44° 49' 14.0016" N, 20° 27' 43.9992" E

Info:
Žene u crnom ("Women in Black") is a feminist antimilitarist peace organization founded 1991 and based in Belgrade to promote activities (protests, performances, campaigns) against militarism, war, sexism, nationalism, fascism etc. 4 issues (#1, #2, #3-4) of the magazine Žene protiv rata ("Women against War") were published in 1994/95; the organization has also published nine compilations of Žene za mir ("Women for Peace") between 1993-2002 presenting women's testimonies on war and women's resistance to war, primarily in the area of the former Yugoslavia as well as throughout the world. In 2012 another issue of Žene za mir was published and can get downloaded as pdf-file from their website

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Tűsarok - Az autonóm nők lapja (Magazine 2003-2004; E-Zine since 2004)

Location

Budapest
Hungary
47° 29' 52.4832" N, 19° 2' 24.846" E

Info:
Tűsarok - Az autonóm nők lapja ("Spike heels - The autonomous women's page") is an Hungarian feminist web-magazine founded in 2004; before that a printed version of Tüsarok was distributed in the Hungarian liberal weekly magazine Magyar Narancs (14 issues in 2003/04); emphasis on politics, culture, media, family/motherhood, equal opportunities, violence, dicrimination, women in EU, minorities (Roma) etc. Until 05/2010 the e-zine was updated quite every day/two days but since then only gets unregularly updated. Nevertheless, until the beginning of 2013 there was a very lively forum and the website also offered a database to search for links to organisations, data on women's issues, legislation, etc. At the moment the website doesn't work (still existing???)

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Seksualność Kobiet (E-Zine)

Location

Poland

Info:
Polish feminist e-zine/online portal about women's sexuality; emphasis on sex and sexuality, female sexuality, women's body, menstruation, masturbation, contraception, sexism, stereotypes, lgbtq, pregnancy and motherhood, reproductive rights, sexual violence, women's health, book reviews/culture, etc.

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Woman Plus.../Женщина Плюс… (Magazine, 1994 - 2004)

Location

Moscow
Russia
55° 45' 4.4712" N, 37° 37' 6.3192" E

Info:
Woman Plus…/Женщина Плюс… was a bilingual magazine by the Russian NGO East-West: ZiHP published between 1994 and 2004; all articles can be read on the website! Emphasis on feminist news, situation of women in Russia and worldwide, equality, women's rights, feminist theory/history, feminist activism, women's movement, violence, women and war, health/body/reproductive rights, culture, stereotypes/sexism, but the magazine also contained a ressource page "Internet for Women" with lot of links from Women's organisations, groups, etc.; East-West: ZiHP also published the web portal OWL - Open Women Line

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NEWW - Network of East-West Women / NEWW Polska (Network, E-Zine)

Location

Gdánsk
Poland
54° 21' 7.29" N, 18° 38' 47.8968" E

Info:
"Founded in 1991 NEWW is an international communication and resource network supporting dialogue, informational exchange, and activism among those concerned about the status of women in Central and Eastern Europe, the Newly Independent States, and the Russian Federation (members in over 30 countries). NEWW coordinates research and advocacy that supports women's equality and full participation in all aspects of public and private life. (...) NEWW connects women's advocates in who work in partnership to promote women's rights and to strengthen women's role within civil society. NEWW members represent all strata of society - human rights activists, writers, students, journalists, lawyers, parliamentarians, professors, artists, union organizers, health care workers and feminist activists." The Polish NEWW Polska was founded in 1999 and since 2004 has been running the International Secretariat of the whole NEWW network and is responsable for running this bilingual news portal and two listservers; emphasis on women's and human rights, equality, violence against women, feminist regional/European/international news; => lot of links to members of the NEWW network and to other organisations!!!

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Lysistrata's Path - Путь Лисистраты (E-Zine)

Location

Russia

Info:
Russian radical feminist information portal with an emphasis on radical feminist theory, lesbian culture, lgbtq, feminist news, culture, violence and power, politics, feminist activism, news etc. The website also provides a kind of ressource page that announces, presents and links to other feminist groups, websites and material about feminism on the www (especially Russian sites/feminist movement in Russia) and also provides a forum and a gallery (both accessible only as registered user) => lot of links!!!

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Ženska soba - Ženski glas (Blog)

Location

Zagreb
Croatia

Info:
blog run by Ženska soba – Centar za seksualna prava (Women's Room - Center for Sexual Rights), a Croatian non-profit feminist NGO that works to empower women and raise awareness about sexual violence and sexual rights through education, research, lobbying and public work, and providing direct and indirect assistance and support to victims of sexual violence (founded in November 2002; based in Zagreb). blog emphasis on women's rights, sexual violence, women's sexuality, LGBTIQ etc.

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Svobodna - свободна (Blog & zine)

Location

Ukraine

Info:
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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