(Information source: The Gender Security Project) Since 2014, 12 countries have adopted Feminist Foreign Policies. However, a lot more needs to be done in prioritizing feminism in feminist foreign policies. While some countries focused on providing aid, some chose to add women and stir. Instead of choosing to engage with feminist values and focusing on...
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South Asias 1st Dedicated Cyber Harassment Helpline Reports 2695 New Pakistani Cases in 2022
May 20th, 2023 (Lahore, Pakistan): Digital Rights Foundation (DRF) has released its sixth annual Cyber Harassment Helpline Report for 2022. The Helpline completed six years of operations since its launch in December 2016. The Helpline has received a total number of 14,376 cases in the last six years. In 2022, it reported a total of...
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Palestine Festival of Literature 2023 To Discuss The Shifting Dynamics Of Global Solidarities
A cultural initiative with the vision of creating a narrative against 21st century colonialism, the 2023 edition of the Palestine Festival of Literature (PalFest) begins from May 20th till May 25th featuring eminent authors and thinkers from across the globe. The festival is a free and public event held across Palestine. It was created in...
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The Palestine Festival of Literature 2023 Returns, Travels To Audience
After a three year hiatus due to COVID-19 travel restrictions, the Palestine Festival of Literature (Palfest) returns with the biggest and most varied edition of the event ever put on. PalFest 2023 will take place in cities across historic Palestine between May 20th to 25th, 2023. The theme of this years festival is Palestine &...
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Ananke Women in Literature Festival To Open Its Virtual Doors Tomorrow
The third edition of Anankes Women in Literature Festival will open its virtual doors tomorrow with Feminist Publishing House Zubaan Books founder Urvashi Butalia unveiling the festival with a special keynote. Day Two headlining keynote will feature renderings by Seagull Books founder Naveen Kishore on Theatre and Memory. The Women in Literature Festival is an online event...
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AnankeWLF to Present Disruptive, Female-led, Independent Publishing In Its Publishers Corner
The third edition of Anankes Women in Literature Festival will present a unique set of panels titled Publishers Corner. Three specific sessions held on both days April 11th and 12th, 2023 are set to showcase discussions between publishers and their authors. The sessions will celebrate disruptive, female-led publishing houses and their diverse set...
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On Love, Longing In A Personal Metropolis at AnankeWLF2023
No choice is arbitrary, not every fantasy is an escape. On April 12th, 2023 at 4.25 PM UAE, a fascinating conversation, titled Seeking Shahrukh, Unraveling Loneliness: Love and Longing in a Personal Metropolis; will be unpacking urban loneliness, power, and intimacy, and the way interiority translates into a public space Envisioning and chairing the session,...
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AnankeWLF To Explore The Language of Grief vis-à-vis the Dialectics of Freedom & Autonomy
There is a universality of the language of grief and melancholy. Grief is a common denominator in all human experience. It is as universal as it is isolating, as collective as it is individualistic. Sweet sorrow is an age-old, wise companion to humanity. Unbeknownst to many, grief imbues the spirit of unity albeit in the...
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Taking a Deep Dive into Transnational Feminism, Film and Media at AnankeWLF
Curating unique discussions, the third edition of Anankes Women in Literature Festival (AnankeWLF) will explore the resurgence and evolution of transnational feminism beginning with movies like Mother India (India), Muthi Bhar Chawal (Pakistan), Two Women (Italian/Hollywood), Mirch Masala (India) juxtaposed against films epitomizing hegemonic representations of masculinities such as Maula Jutt (especially the older version),...
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Dialogue on ensuring the written word is free of barriers for broadest audience to feature at AnankeWLF
The third edition of Anankes Women in Literature will highlight an important discussion on inclusive publishing. Happening on the first day of the festival, April 11th, 2023 at 5.00 PM UAE, this session will focus on the importance of inclusion in the production and dissemination of the written word, on the principles of diversity...