War

In Iran as in Palestine, women risk being turned into abstract symbols or narrative devices, rather than being recognised as active political subjects with their own histories, voices, and capacity for action. Challenging this dynamic also means questioning the role of international feminism as a political practice grounded in listening, amplifying voices, and building alliances. A conversation with Iranian journalist and activist Shora Esmailian

Why a feminist economic lens needs to be applied to issues related to the link between war, violence, poverty and inequality. We asked Jennifer Olmsted, an economist at Drew University who studies the intersection between development economics, labour markets, migration and the economic consequences of political conflicts through a feminist lens