The Feminist Club Amsterdam
Mrs I.V. was born in Peru, where she had twice been detained in the Peruvian National Counter-Terrorism Directorate; during this time she experienced physical, sexual and psychological abuse. In 1993 she moved to Bolivia where she was granted refugee status. In July 2000 she went into labor in Bolivia and received a caesarian section. During […]
The rapid expansion of digital technologies has opened new spaces for communication, activism, and expression. Yet, it has also created new arenas for violence against women. Online platforms have become an extension of existing gender inequalities, where harassment, image-based abuse, and threats reproduce the same patriarchal dynamics found offline. Digital violence is not a separate […]
Being born as a Latina in Europe was an honor. Yet, I never thought about the consequences that I would face until I was a teen. Boys began sexualizing my Latin side. It started with innocuous stereotypical comments such as how I danced. I was sixteen when the harmless comments transformed into objectifying comments about […]
This article will analyze one of the most famous cases of the ECHR regarding the right to abortion. This case is the A, B, C v Ireland, 2010. Abortion was prohibited under Irish criminal law by sections 58 and 59 of the Offences Against the Person Act 1861. A referendum held in 1983 resulted in the […]