Feminist popular education

Alquimia: an Innovative Approach to Indigenous Women’s Leadership & Collective Power

The growing trend of criminalizing activists has become the number one approach for silencing activists who speak out against the devastating impacts of extractive projects on their lives. In this risky context, strengthening indigenous women’s safety is vital.

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Feminist movement-building, Feminist popular education, Women human rights defenders

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I am My Sister's Keeper: Building collective power in Zimbabwe

“Many of us women might say, I’ve been abused and believe that it’s just my husband without realising that it’s a system,” says activist Primrose Kavhumbura. Along with 19 other feminist activists, Primrose participated in a feminist movement builder’s school convened by JASS Southern Africa and Katswe Sistahood in Zimbabwe. It was a dynamic week of sharing and learning how women are challenging what it means to be a “good woman” and breaking the silence on sex, sexuality and violence in their communities.

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Empowerment, Feminist movement-building, Feminist popular education

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collective organizing, collective power, consciousness raising, voice

Searching for the 'A-ha!' Moments: A Chat with Pat Made

Fungai Machirori, founder of Her Zimbabwe, sat down with fellow feminist journalist, Pat Made at the JASS Southern Africa Strategic Planning & Review to explore the ins and outs of communications for feminist movement building and the importance of getting people to talk differently so that they can think differently.

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Feminist movement-building, Feminist popular education, Media and communications (ICT)

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ICT, knowledge production, political organizing

Women's Contributions to National and International Human Rights Legal Frameworks

This presentation is a part of "Our Safety: Resources for Women Human Rights Defenders" manual.

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#HealingSolidarity Conference

This week, we’re asking tough questions about international development at Healing Solidarity, a free online conference on how to better our practices in international development. Check out our related resources for tools and how-to's!

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Dealing with conflict, Feminist popular education, Power analysis

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crossregional dialogue, discrimination, leadership, ngo-isation, self care

What Collective Power Looks Like

Learn about the courageous organizing initiatives of four extraordinary networks that we have helped to build, accompany, and sustain.

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Alliance-building, Feminist movement-building, Feminist popular education

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Day 14: #16DaysofActivism

Today, JASS honors the Mesoamerican Women Human Rights Defenders Initiative, a political alliance that strengthens and mobilizes women human rights defenders in the volatile and increasingly violent contexts of Mesoamerica.

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Alliance-building, Feminist movement-building, Feminist popular education

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collective power, domestic violence, grassroots movements, indigenous, patriarchy

Resonance and the Butterfly Effect: Feminist Epistemology and Popular Education

This resource explores the integration between popular education and feminist perspectives on knowledge and power. Drawing on principles of feminist epistemology, we examine a variety of learning approaches that combine artistic expression with resonance and the butterfly effect.

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Feminist movement-building, Feminist popular education, Power analysis

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