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Feminist mobilizing for global commitments to the sexual and reproductive health and rights of women and girls
SRHR – Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights
June 23, 2026
This chapter from the book Women and Girls Rising: Progress and Resistance Around the World (Routledge, 2015) written by Sonia Correa, Adrienne Germain, and Gita Sen, discusses the emergence of sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) as a cornerstone of global women’s rights activism and as a central factor in policy conversations addressing poverty […]
Transformaciones en el mundo del trabajo de plataformas: una mirada desde la economía feminista
June 3, 2026
Las promesas de la economía digital — como “sé tu propia jefa” o “libertad de horarios”— ocultan una realidad estructural mucho más cruda. 📱💸 En el artículo “Transformaciones en el mundo del trabajo de plataformas”, Flora Partenio, economista feminista y integrante del Comité Ejecutivo de DAWN, aplica la lente de la economía política feminista para […]
PEACE UNDER-SEA SIEGE: HYPER-MILITARISATION OF THE PACIFIC OCEAN, ABANDONMENT OF NAVAL DISARMAMENT AND UNDERMINING OF ‘PEACEFUL USE AND PURPOSES’
PEAS – Political Ecology and Sustainability
March 23, 2026
In 1985, a landmark report by the UN Secretary General for the General Assembly titled “Study of the Naval Arms Race” was released with high expectations that important aspects would be taken forward with the entry into force of the United Nations Convention of the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS). These included ‘naval nuclear disarmament […]
Transformaciones en el mundo del trabajo de plataformas: una mirada desde la economía feminista
March 6, 2026
Las promesas de la economía digital — como “sé tu propia jefa” o “libertad de horarios”— ocultan una realidad estructural mucho más cruda. En el artículo “Transformaciones en el mundo del trabajo de plataformas”, Flora Partenio, economista feminista y integrante del Comité Ejecutivo de DAWN, aplica la lente de la economía política feminista para sortear […]
Peace Under-Sea Siege: How ‘defence’ critical minerals could pull the trigger to mine the ocean floor?
PEAS – Political Ecology and Sustainability
May 12, 2025
The debate around deep-sea mining (DSM) has been gaining international attention, focused on the likely irreversible harm it will cause to the ocean’s ecosystems and climate regulatory function, with 32 countries now calling for a ‘pause’ or a global moratorium on DSM. Leading proponents of DSM have been framing deep-sea minerals as critical to address […]
Many crises, one call to action: advancing gender equality in health in response to polycrises
August 24, 2024
Gita Sen, in this article published at The Lancet on August 2024, addresses the profound concern within global health regarding the current era of polycrises—the confluence of conflict, climate catastrophe, the COVID-19 pandemic, the persistent HIV epidemic, and geopolitical and economic shocks. These intersecting crises, exemplified by ongoing atrocities in Gaza, Sudan, and Myanmar, regressive […]







