“We are of tired war. We are tired of running. We are tired of begging for bulghur wheat. We are tired of our children being raped. We are now taking this stand, to secure the future of our children. Because we believe as custodians of society, tomorrow our children will ask us, Mama what was your ...read more
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16 Days of Activism 2011
Day 15: Andréa Medina Rosas, Mexico
Meet ANDRÉA MEDINA ROSAS—feminist human rights lawyer and independent consultant. Andréa courageously works towards defending murdered and disappeared women, many who come from Ciudad Juárez, a city on the border of Mexico and the United States.
Starting in the 1990s, Ciudad Juárez earned the ...read more
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Day 14: Spotlighting Nasrin Sotoudeh, Iran
“My daughter, I hope you never think that I was not thinking of you or that it was my actions that deserved such punishment. Everything I have done is legal and within the framework of the law.” – Nasrin Sotoudeh, in a letter to her daughter from Evin prison in Iran.
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Day 13: Spotlighting Haneen Zoabi, Israel
“Real feminism must acknowledge the discrimination against Arab women in Israel, and real feminism must know to identify with and struggle alongside them, at the national, civil and social levels.”
Meet HANEEN ZOABI.
Haneen is a member of the Israeli Knesset—and the first woman to have been ...read more
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Day 12: Spotlighting Bahareh Hedayat, Iran
“We are worn out but [are] neither bent nor broken. We continue to stand erect, although with wounded and restless hearts. We bear witness to the efforts of dictators looting a fertile land nurtured by the selfless sacrifices of past and present generations.”
Meet BAHAREH HEDAYAT.
Bahareh is a ...read more
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Day 11: Spotlighting Sahar Vardi, Israel
“The bloody cycle in which I live…is a vicious circle that is sustained by the choice of both sides to engage in violence. I refuse to take part in this choice.”
Meet Sahar Vardi. Sahar is an outspoken peace activist from Jerusalem who bravely started protesting against Israel’s treatment of the ...read more
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Day 10: Spotlighting Shirley Seng, Burma
Meet SHIRLEY SENG—a strong defender of the rights of women and the ethnic people of Burma.
Originally from Burma, Shirley has resided in Thailand for the past forty years. She left her country during an economic crisis that shook most of the country. In Thailand, she began passionately investing ...read more
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Day 9: Spotlighting Chantal Bilulu Mayanga, Democratic Republic of Congo
“If you have been raped, to keep silent is to kill yourself slowly from the inside.”
Meet CHANTAL BILULU MYANGA.
Chantal is the Program Coordinator for Women and Children with Héritiers de la Justice in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). She lives in the eastern Congo along the ...read more
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