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Today women’s & LGBTI+ organizations, political parties & people from all over Turkey are marching to demand that #Turkey reverse it’s decision to withdraw from the #IstanbulConvention on violence against women. THREAD👇#İstanbulSözleşmesindenVazgeçmiyoruz
Report via @ahval_en: “Turkish police battered women who gathered in Istanbul to protest #Turkey's withdrawal from the #IstanbulConvention on domestic & gender-based violence”
Five protesters were reportedly detained #IstanbulConventionSavesLives #VAM
Five protesters were reportedly detained #IstanbulConventionSavesLives #VAM
“Feminism isn’t a Western invention. Feminism wasn’t invented by American women. It’s embedded in the culture & in the struggle of all women all over the world" #NawalElSaadawi Egyptian feminist to @krishgm in 2018 #MeToo #TimesUp #IstanbulConvention
1/. This week we bid goodbye to two human rights heroes
Ystdy, we learned of the sudden death of Prof Christof Heyns (62), a giant of intnl human rights law
Last weekend, Nawal El Saadawi (89), Egyptian feminist, writer & campaigner who fought against patriarchy & poverty, died
Ystdy, we learned of the sudden death of Prof Christof Heyns (62), a giant of intnl human rights law
Last weekend, Nawal El Saadawi (89), Egyptian feminist, writer & campaigner who fought against patriarchy & poverty, died
2/. “He was a deeply moral man. His life was one of consequence & meaning, in which he used his energy to turn human wrongs into human rights,” @UPTuks
His father, theologian Johan Heyns, who once described apartheid as a sin, was assassinated in 1994. amnesty.org/en/latest/news…
His father, theologian Johan Heyns, who once described apartheid as a sin, was assassinated in 1994. amnesty.org/en/latest/news…
3/. "Feminism isn’t a Western invention. Feminism wasn’t invented by American women. It’s embedded in the culture & in the struggle of all women all over the world" #NawalElSaadawi to @krishgm in 2018 #MeToo #TimesUp #IstanbulConvention #WomensHistoryMonth
The four times I met Dr. Nawal El Saadawi, she terrified and thrilled me. She spoke the truth and "the truth is savage and dangerous."
She was savage and dangerous, and feminism has to be savage and dangerous.
My new essay. feministgiant.com/p/essay-nawal-… #NawalElSaadawi
She was savage and dangerous, and feminism has to be savage and dangerous.
My new essay. feministgiant.com/p/essay-nawal-… #NawalElSaadawi
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The 1st time I "met" Nawal, she was on a documentary film on our TV set in London in 1980: an Egyptian woman with bright white hair who owned her power and spoke with absolute confidence in her words. An Egyptian man criticised her, complaining she was ruining Egypt’s reputation.
New essay: the feminist Dr. Nawal El Saadawi died last Sunday at the age of 89. I wrote about the times I met her, what I learned, and the impact of her work.
feministgiant.com/publish/post/3…
feministgiant.com/publish/post/3…
Since Nawal died, I've spoken to media outlets in Nigeria, South Africa, the UK and the US and I joined six other feminists from our region to speak with a Lebanese feminist about her and pay our tributes. Here are the links I have: This is @nprweekend npr.org/2021/03/27/981…
And this is BBC Radio 4's Last Word #NawalElSaadawi bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…
