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Thursday, 03 March 2011 - Saturday, 05 March 2011

University of York, UK
www.feminist-cultural-activism.net

We ask, can feminist art* save the world, and if so, how?, and issue an invitation to artists, activists and academics to respond. Please send 300-word proposals for papers and presentations. Deadline 31st October 2010.
e: carnivalfeminist-cultural-activism [dot] net

Full details on www.feminist-cultural-activism.net

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As part of V Day and International womens day celebrations, 6 female artists who are interested in different facets of gender in the New Players Theatre Bar. Come and see some interesting and new feminist art. A percentage of work sold will go to V Day charities.
PV Friday 5th March 6.30-8.30pm then til 20th March. The venue is open every evening til late.

1. Heather Joy Riggs

2. Pia Jamir

3. Emli Bendixen

4. Vicky Scott

5. Ingrid Berthon Moine

6. Cordelia Donohoe

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"Take Back The Night" is an action regularly organised by feminists to oppose violence against women. In Belgium and the Netherlands this type of action is called "Hexennacht" (= Witch Night). Often it takes place on November 25th, the international day against violence to women.

Drawing on the impact of postcolonial feminism and its enactments, this conference will examine how women are affected by political systems in a global climate, how feminism translates and moves across borders, and how feminism can be utilised as a methodology for understanding the transnational context.
Here the transnational is understood to be a complication of notions of the 'elsewhere', highlighting the challenges of fluidity, movement and instability whilst also paying close attention to locatedness. This is a feminism that is engaged with the woman-as-subject without making universalising claims regarding women's experience; it both considers how gender operates and critiques categorisation.

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at Ballhaus Naunynstraße, Berlin
August 28th–30th 2009

The conference will develop a queer-theoretical perspective on contemporary art practices. Four art and queer theorists will intensely and publicly work with, on, and about four art works, which will be on display during the conference. A film and performance programme and a workshop will bring in further perspectives, artistic material and visual/linguistic practices.

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Grrrl Fest Berlin in den Räumen des Subversiv e.V und der Scherer 8

Programm:
Freitag, 3.Juli 2009
in den Räumen der SCHERER 8 (Schererstr. 8 / U & S Wedding)

Einlass: 19:30 Uhr

1. Film: Itty Bitty Titty Committee (87min.)
2. Konzert: Ex Best Friends (Postpunkheldinnen/Bln.), Totally Stressed (Art Rock/Bln.) & Respect My Fist (NRW-ScreamOh!/Bln.)
3. Aftershowparty

Zines Zines Zines!
there’s gonna be one or more zine distros all over grrrl fest berlin 09, too, as well as a zine library that needs YOU!

off_pride. The Alternative Queer Festival June 5 - 7, 2009, Zurich (Switzerland)

off_pride is the creative alternative to the official europride program: For all alterna-lesbians, non-designer gays, genderqueer free spirits and all of you who break the mold in some way or other. off_pride questions dominant gender and sexual norms. It offers a refreshingly uncanny platform for you to explore queer/trans*-lifestyles beyond consumption, conformity and commercialization.

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Reclaim The Night - East Midlands

When : Saturday 24th October 2009
Time : 6:00pm onwards.

Reclaim The Night marches give women a voice and a chance to reclaim the streets at night on a safe and empowering event. We aim to put the issue of our safety on the agenda for this night and every day.

This is going to be a hugely inspirational event being held in Nottingham but we want it to represent the entire of the East Midlands. This will be a rally through the centre of Nottingham and then there will be speakers and acts (TBC) afterwards.

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WIDE, in the current context of its work on the neoliberal agenda, will
address the issue of microcredit as an alternative for women´s
empowerment during a one-day conference organized on the 15th of May in
Brussels.
The conference will aim at providing a comprehensive approach to microcredit: its specificities and impacts in the South, its implementation in the EU and its challenges especially in the context of the current financial and economic crisis. It will be an opportunity to gather different views and share experiences around microcredit practices.

Race, privilege and identity is a gathering taking place in Bristol, UK, 24-26th April 2009.

To contact us to get involved please email: raceprivilegeidentityriseup [dot] net

Its aim is to engage with issues of race, privilege and identity in radical queer-feminist communities through building dialogue, coalitions and resources.