Kvinna till Kvinna - promotes peace and gender equality

"Women who don't obey will be punished'' written on a wall in Basra, Iraq.

Women candidates in the Iraq election are facing resistance

2010-02-19

Prior to the Iraq parliamentary election on March 7, the Kvinna till Kvinna Foundation has interviewed twelve women candidates and women’s rights activists about the problems facing women candidates. We asked about the kind of resistance met by women candidates, the issues they wish to pursue and whether the international community could in some way improve the chances of a fair election.

Women's war - a documentary about sexual violence in conflicts

2010-02-08

”We can talk, talk and talk – but nobody listens to us”. The words are uttered by a Congolese woman in the short documentary Women’s war by Marika Griehsel. Approximately 20 000 women were raped during the war in Bosnia and Hercegovina in the early 1990, in DR Congo it is estimated that between 200 000 and 500 000 women and children have been raped during the 14 years long war. Women’s war shows an exchange initiated by the Kvinna till Kvinna Foundation between women human rights activists from the Balkans and DR Congo in 2009.

Call for Solidarity: Freedom and Gender Equality in Iran

2010-02-10

The Kvinna till Kvinna Foundation has signed the call for Solidarity a group of Iranian feminists and women’s rights activists has made to demand an end to state-led violence and repression, as well as the immediate release of all political detainees in Iran. They invite all women’s rights defenders, activists, organisations, and networks worldwide to demonstrate their solidarity with the Iranian women’s movement and the broader movement for democracy in Iran by organising initiatives under the slogan “freedom and gender equality in Iran” throughout March 2010.

Pushing the limits now in Stockholm!

2009-11-24

The Kvinna till Kvinna Foundations exhibition Pushing the limits is now open for visitors in Stockholm at Stockholms Läns museum. Pushing the limits is based on stories from young women in war and conflict affected areas. At the opening on November 19 the Kvinna till Kvinna Foundations Secretary General Lena Ag welcomed the attending and the Serbian women’s rights and LGBT rights activist Jelena Djordevic talked about activism and the importance of security for the activists.
– We activists are struggling to make the world better, for people to be able to enjoy their human rights. People should be happy over that, not indifferent or even filled with hatred.

Crossborder meetings in the Balkans

2009-11-06

– How do you reach out to people with your message? And how does society look upon what you are doing? Nadia, Adi and Wafa are curious. We, ten women of different nationalities, are sitting around a meeting table in a large airy room high up in a building on one of Pristina’s slopes. Outside the window, trees reach up from one of the few parks. The view over the surroundings shows how small the capital city of the newly formed state of Kosovo actually is.

"Feminister måste engagera sig internationellt"

2010-03-05

Louise Lexe, Lisen Bergquist och Hanna Hansson är engagerade i Kvinna till Kvinnas nystartade aktivistgrupp i Stockholm.

They dare to be lesbians

2009-08-25

In the Middle East, homosexual acts are illegal in all countries except Israel and Jordan. Homosexuality is regarded as an illness and homosexuals are persecuted and discriminated against. Lesbian women are most vulnerable. When the Aswat organisation was formed to support Palestinian lesbian women they had to make up new words to describe their sexuality because there were none in the Arab language.