The Feminist Club Amsterdam
The abortion pill can be taken if you are unwanted pregnant. This pill can be prescribed safely and effectively by the doctor. Nevertheless, with the way abortion is described in the criminal code now, GP’s are afraid to prescripe the pill and it is not available at pharmacies. On 18th of November 2017, the Feminist Club of […]
Verkrachtingscultuur// Rape Culture (**English Translation below) By: Gemma Barendse, met hulp van Joël van Dooren Voor onze eindexamenfilm over seksueel geweld (fictie, meer informatie vind je hier: https://www.facebook.com/EenGoeieJongen/ ) heb ik om het onderwerp zo accuraat en respectvol mogelijk in beeld te brengen, onderzoek gedaan naar zoveel mogelijk aspecten van seksueel geweld. Al snel […]
Women typically face challenges breaking into male-dominated fields but the female jazz musicians of today are taking a sledgehammer to the boys club of the music industry. The lack of female contribution and old-school sexism within the Jazz community is perplexing. There is no better example of democracy than a Jazz ensemble: individual freedom but […]
I like to think that pretty much everyone in society is in agreement on this: violence against women, gender-based violence, and violence in general, is bad. So why is something that’s generally agreed to be bad so prevalent? Why does one in three women worldwide still experience physical or sexual violence at some point […]
This week we published an election advice on our website for the upcoming Dutch national elections. This advice was based on our manifesto and compared 13 political parties on six topics: Reproductive and parental rights Wage gap and (re)evaluation of ‘women’s’ work Freedom of dress Sexual intimidation and violence Racism and discrimination Sex work It was […]
The national elections in the Netherlands are drawing closer, in March we will be voting for the House of Representatives (in Dutch: De Tweede Kamer, literally: The Second Chamber). But what should we vote for…? To answer that question, we’ve started a collective effort of formulating voting advice. Using our recently published Manifesto, we’ve made a […]