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An african charter of feminists principles
The launching of the Charter of Feminists Principles for African Feminists at the 3rd International Feminist Dialogue marks a major contribution by the African Feminist Forum (AFF) and the larger feminist movement to the on-going world social forum. The ...
The WSF’s three faces
The World Social Forum (WSF) is about three things, a young Frenchman told me. We were coming back from Kenya together. He had been to most of them since they first began in Porto Alegre in Brazil in January 2001. They are, he said, about protesting, netwo...
Preços de inscrição e alimentação criam conflito entre quenianos e organização
Foto: Frineia Rezende O Fórum de Nairóbi foi marcado por um conflito econômico que, no último dia de atividades, acabou por transformar-se em grande confusão. Grupos quenianos, com o apoio de movimentos populares de outros paÃses, protestaram contra...
Ator de Hollywood deve ajudar Brasil no combate à desigualdade racial
A ministra brasileira da Igualdade Racial, Matilde Ribeiro, recebeu o ator Danny Glover (Maquina MortÃfera) no Espaço Brasil, durante as atividades do 7º Fórum Social Mundial, em Nairóbi, no Quênia. Defensor dos direitos dos negros nos Estados Unidos...
A workshoop about sexuality and social justice
The LGBTI activist presented a workshop on Sexuality and Social Justice which included Fikile Vilakazi of the Coalition of Africa Lesbians (CAL), Wendy Landau of Behind the Mask, Bridge from the UK and Manohar from Sangama in Bangalore in India. The focu...
Microsof out
With over 300 computers provided for participants and the press, organizers of the WSF have preferred to provide open source software products and blocked all Microsoft related products for the forum's usage and its related activities. Participants attendi...
Just another NGO fair?
As one would expect, WSF was highly heterogeneous. There was a lot going on. At one level no one can deny the diversity of people from all parts of the world. WSF seemingly reflected the heterogeneity of civil society internationally: there were initiative...
Feminismo queniano
Saida Ali, de 30 anos, é uma feminista do Quênia e se destacou nessa edição do FSM por defender uma maior inclusão de jovens na luta feminista: “as vozes das gerações mais novas que se assumem feministas são poucas e não costumam ser escutadasâ€...