The following article is an excerpt from our latest printed Ecosprinter titled Reclaim Your Rights! – The Social Issue. We decided to bring you the articles from this edition in a digital form as well. by Sarah Laverty On the 23 October 2019, a woman stood before a jury in Belfast Crown Court and was…
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The Campaign to Have PrEP Fully Funded on the NHS in England is a Feminist Fight
The following article is an excerpt from our latest printed Ecosprinter titled Reclaim Your Rights! – The Social Issue. We decided to bring you the articles from this edition in a digital form as well. by Liam McClelland It is widely accepted that the female contraceptive pill supported sexual freedom amongst women, enabling economic and…
“Generations that come after us should also live well, not only survive”
Interview with Lucie Hammecke (22), member of the state parliament of Saxony.
We are responsible
The interest of mine to write something and share my ideas and thoughts about this topic appeared after a Facebook discussion. The headline of the link we started to discuss was “Feminists are not responsible for educating men”. I may be a bit radical and some of you may not share the same thoughts with…
Tribune of “Les Antigones”, a French “feminine” movement
REMINDER : This tribune has raised controversy among readers of The Ecosprinter. The Ecosprinter is an independant participative online newspaper, powered by FYEG. The articles and their content do not reflect FYEG views and are only engaging their authors, in the aim of empowering freedom of speech and public debate within European youth on striking…
The Swedish “Hen”-debate
During the past few years there has been an ongoing debate dividing Sweden into two camps. What was the source of discussion? The gender neutral pronoun “hen” is to be used as a third pronoun in addition to she or he, to be used when gender of a person is irrelevant or unpredictable. The so…
Feminism and the need to look beyond our European backyard
Often enough white, western feminists refer to the Global South as being underdeveloped and backwarded with regard to women’s rights. They take their own concept of gender equality as universal and neglect its regional and cultural imprint. Because of the western refusal to enter into an equal dialogue, feminist activists from the Global South feel…
The vagina monologues
Eve Ensler who wrote the vagina monologues has written about the worldwide vagina revolution. In 2003, more representations of the play will be held in various venues. Ensler writes that “…2003 must be the year when we envision a new world, where violence has ended and V-World is finally born. allowed to be born in…