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16 Days of Activism

InterAction’s GBV Working Group will be publishing a blog series for the 16 Days of Activism dedicated to the role of women’s movements across crises and conflicts. Each of these blogs will showcase the centrality and role of either individual women or women-led movements and organizations across nine country or regional contexts.

November 25, 2024
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Political Activism Among Cape Town Youth

Last year, Forbes Magazine listed Cape Town, South Africa, as one of the most popular bucket list destinations on…

August 10, 2020
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Storytelling as Activism: Part 4

The fourth installment of InterAction Communications Director Morgan Martinez's blog series on training Lao youth on the power of storytelling.

October 7, 2019
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Storytelling as Activism: Part 3

The third installment of InterAction Communications Director Morgan Martinez's blog series on training Lao youth on the power of storytelling.

September 27, 2019
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Storytelling as Activism: Part 2

I strongly dislike the word marginalized. The Oxford English dictionary tells us that “marginalized” means “a person, group, or concept…

September 25, 2019
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Using Storytelling for Activism in Laos

The day we discover our first story is the day we realize we can be transported to a different world.

September 24, 2019
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A Year for Global Activism

"Whatever motivates you to act and speak out, remember that this is a long game, and do not let your activist spirit falter." Sam Worthington

March 13, 2018
People march through a street, in two lines, holding up blue and white
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Comprehensive Sexuality Education: A Need for Protection and Empowerment in Guatemala

Twenty-five percent of people giving birth in Guatemala, which has one of the highest…

December 6, 2024
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Addressing Sexual and Gender-Based Violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo

On November 25, 1960, agents of the Dominican Republic’s Trujillo dictatorship brutally murdered Patria, Minerva, and Teresa Mirabel, three activists…

December 5, 2024
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Women, Incarceration, and Gender-Based Violence: Why the Silence?

Millions of women and girls who are family members of incarcerated people in Mexico, Latin America, and the Caribbean find…

December 2, 2024