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Unmasking religious fundamentalisms: women’s rights, freedoms and resistance Session

Posted in Culture & Religion on March 27th, 2013 by AWID Staff

What impact is the rise of religious fundamentalisms having on women’s rights and freedoms? How are activists fighting back?. This session – one of the top ten breakout sessions as voted for by Forum participants – shared insights from AWID’s research which gathered analysis from hundreds of activists on religious fundamentalisms, along with strategies and […]

Feminists unmasking religious fundamentalisms

Posted in Culture & Religion on November 2nd, 2012 by AWID Staff

What impact is the rise of religious fundamentalisms having on women’s rights? How are women’s rights activists fighting back? Interesting questions in the light of the developments at international human rights fora in recent years, amongst which the ICPD, the Human Rights Council, current Rio+20 negotiations and the CSW a couple of months back. The latter was […]