My #MeToo Experience: Bangladesh & the Culture of Victim Blaming
Following the #MeToo movement, I took the brave step to speak up about my own experience back home in Bangladesh despite the potential backlash. This is what I learnt from it.
Are abortion rights in France at risk due to the upcoming presidential elections?
The current right to access abortion appears to be at risk in France. As a result of this, on the anniversary of the day when the legalisation of abortion passed in France, INSOMNIA, a feminist squad based in Paris, known for their night actions, walked the streets of Paris and hung a thousand posters using coat-hangers with a range of statements.
Feminists in Paris gave a name to invisible murders – Femicide! Féminicides: Les meurtres invisibles [EN/FR]
The feminist group INSOMNIA took a remarkable action in Paris on the occasion of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women.
Aujourd’hui, la violence masculine est la première cause de mortalité pour les femmes de 16 à 44 ans dans le monde. C’est pour ça que la nuit du 24 novembre, le groupe féministe INSOMNIA a mené une action symbolique d’ampleur en mettant 100 affiches dans les espaces publicitaires des abribus le long des grands boulevards parisiens.
Lithuanian Gold Fish Ruta Meilutyte
Rio Olympics 2016 was one of the biggest events this summer that captured the world’s attention. What we saw is a competition between countries that win more medals, but inside every sport and country has a different story. One such story is about a young Lithuanian swimmer, Ruta Meilutyte, who won all possible champions in the world, but at the end of the Rio Olympics surprisingly returned to Lithuania without a single medal.
