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feministiki (Blog)

Location

Russia

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Feministinn (Blog)

Location

Reykjavík
Iceland

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blog of the Icelandic Feminist Association (Femínistafélags Íslands) which was founded in 2003 and which "is a free and independent forum with the goal to foster critical and feminist discussion in all areas of Icelandic society." most of the time the blog is publishing news about feminist events and the association's meetings/events, but also feminist news about petititions, politics, events, violence against women, gender equality, discrimination etc.

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Radiorageuses (Radio)

Location

France

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Blog providing podcasts of various French feminist and queer/lgbt radio shows from all over the country

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Nébuleuse des émissions radio de féministes, gouines, trans, femmes...Découvrir, écouter, rechercher nos émissions + plein d’infos, chroniques, agenda et actualités féministes...

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féminisme.ch (E-Zine)

Location

Geneva
Switzerland
46° 11' 54.2112" N, 6° 8' 32.2656" E

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Swiss feminist online portal (French/ Suisse Romande) founded and maintained by Kprod, a non-profit association that develops websites for other associations and NGOs (mainly Women's and culture NGOs); the website is edited by two of their webmistresses who publish most of the entries, but also members of the site (at the moment 104) can publish directly; emphasis on equality, culture, feminist news, conferences/gender studies, politics, portraits, publication reviews, violence, sexuality, feminism and (anti)racism / international/intercultural perspectives etc.

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Femminismo a Sud (Blog)

Location

Italy

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self-definition: anti-sexist, anti-racist, anti-fascist, anti-specist collective blog; emphasis on discrimination/sexism/racism/machism, violence against women, sexism/anti-feminism on the internet (cyberstalking etc.), especially on facebook, activism, anti-racism/anti-fascism, migration, reproductive rights, homo/transphobia etc.; although they are very critical about facebook and other social media, there exists a support group which runs a Femminismo a Sud facebook-group; lot of links!

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feminism_ua - Фемінізм_уа (LJ-community blog)

Location

Kiev
Ukraine
50° 27' 0.36" N, 30° 31' 24.24" E

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Ukrainian LJ-community blog with at the moment over 500 members (moderator: maryxmas); the blog covers a wide range of topics with an emphasis on feminist news, women's/human rights and equality, reproductive rights, feminism/gender studies/queer issues, culture, violence and power: "This community is for discussions on feminism, gender studies, and the struggle for equal rights for women and men. " Also provides lots of links to Ukrainian, Russian and international feminist blogs and LJ-communities.

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“Ou Antes, o que Podem as Palavras? / Or Rather, What Can Words Do?” An interview with Carla Cruz, founder of All My Independent Women, on the occasion of the AMIW@VBKÖ exhibition in Vienna that still runs until Dec 3rd

Topic: 
Art
Grassroots media in Europe
Networking & community building
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Photo: "Open Source Embroidery" a project by Ele Carpenter, with Carla in the left foreground; taken by Catarina Miranda

First of all, could you just introduce yourself shortly? And could you also present your project All My Independent Women (AMIW) a little bit? So what was the initial idea and how was the formation process?

Interviewee: 
Carla Cruz
Interviewer: 
Stefanie Grünangerl
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emancipatie.nl Internetportaal (Internetportal)

Location

Den Haag
Netherlands
52° 4' 11.4888" N, 4° 17' 27.9996" E

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Dutch internetportal; emancipatie.nl collects news about feminist/women's issues and emancipation in The Netherlands (but also international) and provides them on this internetportal; emphasis on feminist news, emancipation (history, key concepts, etc.), equality / discrimination, women's rights but also publishing information about (women's) politics, elections (in the Netherlands), biographies of women and feminists, agenda, etc.; more links to other Dutch feminist media (magazines, online media, radio etc.)

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Doelstelling

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FEL feminisme (Blog)

Location

Ghent
Belgium
51° 3' 23.94" N, 3° 43' 12" E

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FEL stands for "Feministisch En Links" (feminist and left) and is a left, feminist action and education group active mainly in Ghent (Belgium), organising campaigns, workshops, lectures, feminist reading groups etc. emphasis on feminism, emancipation, anti-racism, human rights, activism, networking, education and skill sharing etc. lot of links!!!

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