Afghanistan reception at Vienna City Hall in 2024, © AKIS

Conference and Policy Brief: Gender Apartheid in Afghanistan

Conference “Against Gender Apartheid: Promoting Afghan Women and Girls through Education and Work” on 23 and 24 May 2025
Policy Brief: Gender Apartheid in Afghanistan

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Feminist Organizing Toolkit for Diaspora Organizations

Online Launch

Thursday, 22 Mai 2025, 15:00 - 16:30
Online via Microsoft Teams
Presentation of a new toolkit specifically for Diaspora Organizations


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Event
Event
Nour Sokhon © Karo Pernegger

Syria after Assad

Between hope and fear

Report of the panel discussion on April 10,2025 on the recent developments in Syria.

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Report

Who will step in for global health when Trump slashes USAID?

By Sara Österlund

By dismantling USAID, Donald Trump launched an ideological assault on sexual and reproductive health and rights. The Swedish government has taken an important step in the opposite direction.

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Spotlight

AWID Forum 2024: Marginalized Voices Challenging Global Power

By Nadja Schuster (VIDC Global Dialogue)

The AWID forum 2024 showcased critical feminist perspectives that are usually underrepresented. 4,000 grassroots activists and scholars, predominantly from the Global South, gathered in person and virtually.

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Krastev, Haastrup, Petritsch, © Karo Pernegger

Following the super election year

Perspectives from East, West and South

Tuesday, 25 February 2025,19:00 – 21:00
Diplomatic Academy Vienna, Favoritenstrasse 15a, 1040 Vienna
Toni Haastrup, Ivan Krastev and Wolfgang Petritsch discuss the geopolitical implications of the 2024 elections.

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Event
© Terhas Berhe

Feminist Foreign Policy in Reality Check

Perspectives from Afghanistan, Iran and the Middle East

Report from October 15, 2024
On the possibilities and realities of feminist foreign policy with regard to the countries of the Middle East.

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Report
Report
© Saeed Ahmad

Imprisoned Dreams: Afghanistan’s Battle Under Taliban Rule

#11: Life under the Taliban

Pakteen, a social scientist from Kabul, tells us about his experiences: “Most young Afghans suffer from increasing fear, violence and harassment.”

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Article

Current situation in Gaza and the West Bank — a Palestinian perspective

Nur Arafeh interviewed by Magda Seewald

A Palestinian researcher and scientist describes the current situation in Gaza and the West Bank and shares her perspective on reconstruction and the political future of the Occupied Palestinian Territorities.

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Afghan Women's Campaign to Recognize Gender Apartheid as a Crime Against Humanity

By Nazila Jamshidi

In October 2023, 100 prominent jurists and civil society leaders urged the international community to codify gender apartheid as a crime against humanity and in March 2024, the End Gender Apartheid Campaign was launched.

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