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Loss has become a constant theme in my life since Israel’s genocide in Gaza which saw war come again to Lebanon.  It has remained with me ever since. On October 13, 2023, my friend Issam Abdalla was targeted and killed by an Israeli missile while reporting on Israel’s early attacks on Southern Lebanese villages. The loss and grief were palpable.  The murder of a very dear friend with total impunity, and with whom I shared dreams for the future, brought so much unresolved anger and deep injustice. It is heart crushing to live with this…

Feleg depends on a mixed agricultural livelihood. For years, water shaped the rhythm of her day.

A troubling idea has begun to circulate in European political circles: the idea that international law is exhausted. That it has little effect in today’s geopolitical world.  This argument has surfaced in speeches of several European leaders. Most notably, in that of the European Commission’s President to EU Ambassadors last week. She is not alone, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz comments have raised similar questions. 

“We win life by working together as one”. In this house, partnership feeds the children, builds savings, and opens the door to a small business. The path isn’t free of comments or doubt, but the family moves forward together.

Lack of sense of safety of women is so common across the globe and accentuates in time of conflict.

For nearly four decades, FEMNET has stood at the heart of Africa’s feminist movement.

30 years after the Beijing Fourth World Conference on Women, what progress has been made?  In this interview, Fatemah Khafagy reflects on the feminist civic space in the Arab region and looks ahead toward a feminist future. 

30 after the landmark Beijing Conference on Women, feminists continue to wrestle with the promise and the pitfalls of multilateral spaces.

In a world consumed by crises - wars, authoritarian regimes, economic injustices, and transnational anti-rights movements, feminists continue to do what we have always done: resist, rebuild, and reimagine.

In this blog, ILGA World reflects on the evolution of feminist and queer movements.