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November 2009

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Ladyfest Zagreb 2007 - Vox Feminae

Location

Zagreb
Croatia
45° 48' 48.5496" N, 15° 58' 7.0608" E

"Vox Feminae is...

Organizations UKE (www.uke.hr) and Common Zone (www.cunterview.net)
in partnership with SC - Culture of change
are organizing a festival dedicated to creativity of Women: Vox Feminae Fest.

Vox Feminae festival will take place from Friday the 12th to Sunday the 14th, 2007 in Student Center in Zagreb.

In the three days of the festival following groups and events will be hosted:
Serpica Naro a collective from Italy,
Upstage,
GenderChangers,

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Ladyfest Zagreb 2008 - Vox Feminae

Location

Zagreb
Croatia
45° 48' 48.5496" N, 15° 58' 7.0608" E

"Program Vox Feminae 2008

Klub SC-a, free entrance

Petak / Friday 28. 11. 2008.

17h / 5pm
* predstavljanje, diskusija: kreativni kolektivi
creative collectives, discussion and presentations

21h / 9pm
* Punčke - punk rock, punchke.blog.hr, Vinkovci
* Ž/Buka - surf rock/post punk myspace.com/zbuka, Zagreb
* Spina - blues/funk/jazz, myspace.com/spinaband, Zagreb

Subota / Saturday 29. 11. 2008.

17h / 5 pm
* malo teorije + art-buvljak
theory slot + art fair

21h / 9pm – elektropunk

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Ladyfest Goldsmiths 2009

Location

Goldsmiths College
United Kingdom
51° 28' 27.4404" N, 0° 2' 13.794" W

"At last it is time for Ladyfest Goldsmiths 2009, and time to celebrate Women’s Creativity. Ladyfest, on FEBRUARY 5TH, is a community-based, not-for-profit global music and arts festival for female artists that features bands, musical groups, performance artists, authors, spoken word and visual artists, and workshops, and we have our home-grown festival here at Goldsmiths.

FEATURED IN THE EVENT:

MUSIC:

Kasms
An Experiment on a Bird in the Air Pump
Das Wanderlust
We Rock Like Girls Don’t
Betty and the Werewolves
November Fleet
Tiny Tigers
Helen McCookerybook
The Bobby McGees

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Archif Menywod Cymru/ Women Archive Wales (Blog)

Location

Swansea
United Kingdom
51° 37' 13.5912" N, 3° 56' 47.8644" W

Archif Menywod Cymru / Women's Archive of Wales exists to promote the study, and to rescue and preserve the sources, of women's history in Wales.

This blog has been set up to keep members and supporters of Archif Menywod Cymru / Women’s Archive of Wales up to date with developments, news and items of possible interest to them.

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In Search of Forgotten Women Kings: An Email interview with Kvinnekongen, feminist blogger and mother (Norway)

Topic: 
Grassroots media in Europe
Parenting & motherhood
Sex and sexualities
Teaser Image: 

“Kvinnekongen refreshes parts of the brain that other blogs cannot reach”
(quote, reader of Kvinnekongen)

Jenny Gunnarsson Payne: Can you begin by telling me a bit about yourself?

Interviewee: 
Anne Aaby, a.k.a. Kvinnekongen
Interviewer: 
Jenny Gunnarsson Payne
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Girl Power Fest 2009

Location

Koprivnica
Croatia
46° 9' 42.3396" N, 16° 49' 36.966" E

Girl Power Fest 09 takes place from 13th to 22nd November 2009.

"Potpuni naziv festivala - Girl Power, festival ženskog stvaralaštva, zapravo samim nazivom govori o kakvom se festivalu radi. U "moru" razno raznih događanja Udruga M:A:K odlučila je napraviti festival posvećen isključivo ženskom stvaralaštvu.

Zašto samo ženskom stvaralaštvu?

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Femfest Santiago de Chile 2007

Location

Santiago de Chile
Chile
33° 26' 59.1972" S, 70° 34' 34.2192" W

Femfest Santiago de Chile 07 happend on 8th December 2007.

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Femfest Santiago de Chile 2008

Location

Santiago de Chile
Chile
33° 25' 53.1876" S, 70° 34' 34.2192" W

"CHICAS Y CHICOS
se viene FEMFEST 2008 CON TODO

la cita será el sabado 29 DE NOVIEMBRE

a las 15:00

en PARQUE QUINTA NORMAL

METRO QUINTA NORMAL (matucana esquina portales)

los grupos invitados:

LA PULPO ORCHESTRA
KINDER PORNO
MY FRIEND MARIA
INSERT COIN
ESPEJOS MUERTOS
LILIT´S
D´MULUT" (http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=50873940860&index=1)

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Femfest Santiago de Chile 2009

Location

Santiago de Chile
Chile
33° 25' 36.6852" S, 70° 34' 34.2192" W

"About CoordinadoraFemfest
La Coordinadora Femfest tuvo su inicio en la unión de varias bandas femeninas de la escena rock underground del año 2004. Desde entonces realiza anualmente el "Festival Femfest" y ciclos de "Tokadas" en diversos bares de Santiago. Así se ha creado un espacio para la congregación y la difusión de grupos, solistas, compañías de teatro, diseñadoras de vestuario, ciclos de cine, etc.

Visita el nuevo sitio web
www.femfest.cl

Se nos viene el FESTIVAL FEMFEST 2009!!!

SAB 31 OCT

Centro Extension Balmaceda Arte Joven
PARQUE QUINTA NORMAL

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noidonne (Magazine, E-Zine)

Location

Rome
Italy
41° 53' 43.6776" N, 12° 28' 56.3664" E

Info:
the first issue of "Noi donne" was published even before 1944 as an underground medium of Italian women fighting against fascism in the Paris exil (1937) and then some issues followed, published in different Italian regions. But since 1944 noidonne has been published officially and regularly first in Naples then in Rome. Since 1945 it has been the magazine of the UDI (Unione Donne in Italia), but became independent during the 1990s. Emphasis on politics, social change, culture, women's equality, violence against women, health etc. Besides the monthly print version the website is published since 2004 as a weekly e-zine and puts an emphasis on politics, social change, culture, women's equality, violence against women, health etc.