women

Content about women, gender, feminism and women's struggles.

Lucy Parsons.

Lucy Parsons.

Finland 1906: The revolutionary roots of women’s suffrage, an International Women’s Day tribute - Eric Blanc

Article about Finland becoming the first nation to grant full female suffrage in…

Anarchism and feminism: voices from the seventies

Interview extracts with women activists in 1970's UK discussing anarchism, feminism and the relationship between the personal and the political. Carried out by Judy Greenway and Lynn Alderson in 1977.

The toughest skin - Liberté Locke

A great, short article by Liberté Locke demonstrating the differing experiences one can have at work, based on issues of identity.

Woman's freedom - Lily Gair Wilkinson

An interesting anarchist-communist feminist text first published by Freedom Press in 1914.

For your safety and security… - anonymous refused

An essay, published on a blog, anonymous refused, that elaborates many of the problems with "safer spaces" as they are currently practiced in activist collectives, and puts forward a nuanced perspective that does not totally reject the project of "safer spaces". Content warning for discussion of sexual assault and mental illness.

A cyborg manifesto - Donna Haraway

A cyborg manifesto: science, technology and socialist feminism in the late 20th century - Donna Haraway

Biologist and socialist feminist Donna Haraway's influential 1984 essay suggesting…

Uprising of 20,000 - Tony Michels

A short history of a massive general strike of 20,000, mostly female and Jewish, garment workers which lasted 11 weeks and won significant…

dagongmei in South China

Gender, temporality, and the reproduction of labour power. Women migrant workers in South China

This excellent article by Hannah Schling on migration and gender in China was just…

Guangzhou Sanitation Strike

New foundations for struggle and solidarity: The culmination of development and privatization on a Guangzhou Island

An in-depth look at a strike by sanitation workers in Guangzhou and the new terrain…

Antonia Fontanillas

Fontanillas Borras, Antonia (1917-2014) aka Aurora, Tona

A short biography of Spanish anarchist militant Antonia Fontanillas

Palestinian woman arrives at a Jordanian refugee camp escaping the 1967 war.

Palestinian women: triple burden, single struggle - Rosemary Sayigh

Rosemary Sayigh gives an overview on the position of women within Palestinian society and its…

Women confront Israeli soldiers during first Intifada.

Palestinian women in the Occupied Territories: an interview with Laila al-Hamdani

Interview with Laila al-Hamdani describing the role of women in the Occupied Territories as well as…