fundamentalism

Sex workers at AWID reject feminist fundamentalism

Posted in Labour & Work on November 2nd, 2012 by

I am Kthi Win from Myanmar and I am a sex worker. I manage a national organisation for female, male and transgender sex workers in Burma and I am also the chairperson of the Asia Pacific Network of Sex Workers. Until now, organising anything in Myanmar has been very difficult. People ask, How did you set up a […]

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Dispatches from AWID 2012: The New World War? Fundamentalism vs. Human Rights

Posted in Culture & Religion on November 1st, 2012 by

The rise of religious fundamentalisms is having a profound impact on rights, in every sense, in every region of the world, from Sudan to the United States. If you think you’re free of it, think again. In the panel, “Ongoing Dilemmas: Religion, fundamentalisms and human rights,” human rights advocates and progressive religious representatives discussed the ways […]

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