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Meet Care: support groups for victim/survivors of sexual assault

Care is an initiative that provides support and safer spaces for victims/survivors of sexual violence. In their support groups, they are offering a safer space for people who are survivors of sexual violence. There, the participants share their experiences, learn from each other’s coping mechanisms and build a community with other survivors.  Currently Care has […]

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Cooking, cleaning, care: Politicising domestic labour (again)

For many women living with men and children, everyday life is an impossible balancing act. Like an overworked juggler, modern women are expected to keep all balls in the air, performing well at their jobs while also keeping a clean house, being a good mother and wife and looking after themselves. Often, the responsibility of […]

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It is time to take back Pride

Queer activism has a long anti-capitalist tradition. Many queer activists in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s understood that the community’s most pressing issues find their origin in capitalism: homelessness, poverty, material exploitation and the lack of accessible healthcare (especially during the AIDS crisis) were – and still are – a harsh reality for many queer […]