What Does Feminist Leadership Look Like in a Pandemic? What if leaders of all stripes, from diverse sectors, started to follow the kinds of feminist leadership approaches that have been championed by activists from all over the world for decades. How might this type of leadership help us to navigate our way through these splintered, uncertain times? By Leila Billing
The Future is now! On the relevance of the Beijing Platform for Action today Comment Equal power for women, a life with less violence and more justice are the goals that were set 25 years ago at the 4th World Conference on Women and in the Beijing Platform for Action. So far, gender equality has never been achieved. By Barbara Unmüßig
Our unique journey to implement UNSCR Resolution 1325 in Israel Last December, the Israeli Government decided to establish a governmental committee to create a National Action Plan in the spirit of UN Security Council Resolution 1325. The resolution calls on UN member states to protect women from violence, increase the participation of diverse women in decision-making bodies, and for the prevention of armed conflict. This video and the text that follows tells the story of the journey of civil society NGOs to create an Action Plan for Israel. By Anat Thon-Ashkenazy and Netta Loevy
Beijing +20 from the perspective of a Czech politician Although Michaela Marksová Tominová studied natural sciences, she has long been engaged with the issue of gender equality. This is the politicians view on the implementation of Beijing +20 in the Czech Republic
Moving an elephant: Working on women's rights in Lebanon For feminist and women's rights activist Lina Abou Habib, the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action can be considered a milestone in fighting for women's rights in Lebanon. An interview by Noor Baalbaki By Lina Abou-Habib and Noor Baalbaki
„ Women continue to be underrepresented in leadership positions“ Ung Yokkhoan reports on the situation of women and girls in Cambodia By Ung Yokkhoan
„There is a lack of resource allocation“ Benu Maya Gurung reports on the situation of Women in Nepal 20 years after the Beijing Conference in 1995 By Benu Maya Gurung
Video: Beijing+20 in South Africa The Heinrich Böll Stiftung Southern Africa office spoke to five leading women’s rights activists on their perceptions of the challenges that women in South Africa face today and whether the Beijing Declaration, and South Africa’s commitment to it, remains relevant to addressing those challenges.
Brazil: women’s participation in elections Do Brazil's women have an equal share in politics? Despite the 2014 election of a woman prime minister - Dilma Roussef - Brazil is far from gender equality. An analysis by Marilene de Paula. By Marilene de Paula
"The government ignores the upcoming generation of females" Manizha Ramiz heads the women’s committee at the Khatt-e Naw organization. She also teaches at the Accounting and Management Institute and works for Education TV. She was born in Kabul and went to the Ariana High School. She graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in management and is currently doing a Master's degree in psychology at Kabul University.