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Young Feminist Wire - AWID
The Wire is a hub of
information by, about, and for young feminists: tools and resources,
opportunities and calls for participation, news and updates, in addition to
collaborative activities. It also features blog posts, interviews, directories,
and a registration form that allows you to plug in to a network of young activists
and older allies.
Nadine Moawad - May 10, 2010
Welcome to the launch of the Young Feminist Wire, AWID’s new online portal that brings together young feminists working on gender equality and women’s rights all over the world. The idea is simple: we believe in the powerful opportunities the internet presents for activists today.
This Wire is a resource for feminists of all genders and ages, especially young women.
Young women are claiming more and more bandwidth online every year through personal and community blogs, Facebook groups, YouTube channels, and Twitter accounts. While access to the internet remains a challenge for many around the world, the increase of web usage and changing nature of information sharing offers fantastic opportunities to network for women’s rights.
Already, young feminists have been using cyberspace creatively to create
discussions and tools around gender equality. Kolena
Laila, an organized week of blogging around women’s issues, is
one such initiative created by young women in
It is an exciting and challenging time to be launching this new online initiative. Women around the world celebrated the 100th edition of International Women’s Day earlier this year. In March, fifteen years after the Beijing Platform, women’s rights advocates met at the 54th Commission on the Status of Women at the United Nations to critically examine progress around gender issues. And yet, new and emerging challenges continue to impact women’s rights organizing everywhere in the world from the financial crisis to the natural disaster in Haiti, from climate change to religious fundamentalisms.
And so, we’ve strategically positioned this portal to facilitate connections and collaborations across borders with the strong belief that young women not only hold the solutions for the future, but are active proponents of change right now. If you are a young woman working on gender equality in whatever capacity, wherever you are in the world, please register; we look forward to working with you.
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