The Seeds of Abolition Analysis While millions protested the murder of George Floyd and racist police brutality all over the world, there has been a lack of acknowledgement of the injustices towards Black women, and of their leading roles in social movements. Edna Bonhomme analyses the significance of Black women within social movements throughout history until today. By Edna Bonhomme
Imagining community: Kimberlé Crenshaw and queer/trans of color politics Finding like-minded people or allies is not easy. The imagination of a community can help to find them without really meeting them and still having the backbone of them behind you. By Dr. Jin Haritaworn
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.
Young black women occupy spaces and change Brazilian reality In Brazil, women of color face double discrimination because of their gender and skin color. Most often, they live in favelas - the slums of the poor at the cities' outskirts. Manoela Vianna reports about three women who fight for a change By Manoela Vianna
Doubly disadvantaged: Black women “Brazil is a racial democracy! We don’t discriminate against anyone,” say some; “That’s a myth!” reply others, pointing to statistics that show all too clearly the correlation between ethnicity and hierarchy. According to opinion poll evidence, Brazil is a racist country whose citizens all consider themselves to be nonracist.
