The extreme backlash against feminism and subsequent attack on women’s rights by the government in Argentina has impacted women in different ways. One victim of this violent wave is Carolina Sigal Fogliani, whose story, a representation of the physical and psychological abuse of pregnant women and the violation of their maternity rights in Argentina, LAB […]
‘People are feeling impotent; marching raises our hopes’, says Claudia Hasanbegovic, the femicide lawyer WRV’s Marilyn Thomson spoke to for this alarming piece on the backlash against feminism in Argentina under Milei and civil demonstrations resisting against it. Thousands upon thousands of people have been taking to the streets in Argentina since President Milei came […]
Moira Millán’s community, Lof Pillañ Mahuiza, has been targeted and raided by government authorities. This piece was republished from the Esperanza Project, who translated the original Spanish with permission from the author. In a press conference, the Governor of Chubut Ignacio Torres claimed –without evidence, and based on disinformation and distorted data– that Mapuche people […]
The collectively-written book Women Resisting Violence, published in English by LAB in 2022, has now been released online in Spanish by Cita Press. This text has been republished from Cita Press’ bulletin. “nos sembraron miedo, nos crecieron alas…”/ “they sowed fear in us, we grew wings…” On November 25 (International Day for the Elimination of […]
The content of the book is painful but also full of hope. It aims to better understand the ‘painful truths’ of gendered violence in cities, bringing to light the stories of many women on the receiving end as victims and survivors and the ways in which women challenge violence through resistance and creative practices as agents.