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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.

Type of project: 
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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Mujer Palabra (E-zine)

Location

Spain

Info:
mujerpalabra.net is "an independent and self-managed space, dedicated to creative work, thought and activism. We wish to disseminate ideas and materials to inhabit and explore the construction of a less violent and unjust, more free, creative and supportive world." Emphasis on language, misogynist violence, ecofeminism, feminist pacifism, antimilitarism, feminist and social activism, alternative economies / development, sexuality, reproductive rights etc.

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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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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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OWL - Open Women Line (Newsportal, E-Zine; 1996-2008)

Location

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

Info:
OWL - Open Women Line was an information portal on the subject of “Woman and Society” run by the NGO Eat-West: ZhIP (a documentation / library / research / information / education center) providing feminist international as well as Russian news, but also further documents on women's rights, etc.; emphasis on feminist news (with an emphasis on Eastern-Europe, former Soviet states, Russia, but also international news), Women's rights, equality, health, reproductive rights, violence/women and war etc.; the NGO also published the print magazine "Woman Plus" (1994-2004)

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SFRIOT a night of MUSIC and self publishing ART to support our Local Women run Women's Clinic!

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SFRIOT JUNE 2012

SFRIOT a night of MUSIC and self publishing ART & women gathering supporting all women who wish to find community in SF and to support our Local Women run Women's Clinic! Lyon Martin ~

Type of project: 
Art
Crafts
Demonstration
Event
Festival
Group/Network
Music
Photography
Topic: 
Activism
Class
Disabilities
Do-It-Yourself
Girls and young women
Human rights
Networking & community building
Older woman
Peace
Poverty
Queer feminism
Race & ethnicity
Representation of women
Reproductive rights
Riot Grrrl
Social Work
Women's Liberation Movement
Work and employment
Youth culture
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Zharava - Жарава (Magazine, 1997-2000)

Location

Sofia
Bulgaria

Info:
Zharava - Жарава was a monthly magazine of the Bulgarian NGO WAD - Women's Alliance for Development covering a wide range of topics with emphasis on women's rights, equality, economic justice, development, power, violence, women and conflict/war, women and career/education/labour, family/motherhood, environment, health, literature/culture etc. WAD also published the English magazine Fair Play for the KARAT coalition

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feminisite (E-zine)

Location

Istanbul
Turkey
41° 0' 18.972" N, 28° 58' 37.056" E

Info:
Turkish ezine published by the women's organisation Feminist Kadın Çevresi (FKÇ, "Women's Circle") in Istanbul; emphasis on culture (literature, music, arts, theater, cinema, dance), feminist politics, theory and activism, feminist news from Turkey and world wide, anit-militarism, violence, women's rights/human rights, lgbtq, ecofeminism, etc.

Statement:
90’lı yılların başından beri İstanbul’daki kadın hareketi içinde faaliyet gösteren Feminist Kadın Çevresi (FKÇ) kültür-sanat alanında çalışma yürüten feminist kadınlardan oluşan bir kadın inisiyatifidir.

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Dumbles (Blog)

Location

Udine
Italy
46° 3' 53.7912" N, 13° 13' 50.61" E

Info:
Dumbles = Donne = Women; Friulian Women's group based in Udine; emphasis on ecofeminism, violence, sexual abuse, abortion etc. the new blog has been started in February 2010; older entries can be read on their old "ecofemminismo"-site/newsblog

Statement:
Nel secolo della globalizzazione del collasso degli ecosistemi delle catastrofi climatiche; nella spirale perversa e inarrestabile delle biotecnologie; nell'epoca della comunicazione universale
le donne ...!!!???

Le donne - soggetto tanto nomade da essersi perso?

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