The fight for gender justice ought to be intersectional and globally co-ordinated
By Sumeya Gasa on 28 April 2021
Some of humanity’s most devastating injustices have been overcome by movements that have a strong, unifying voice. From South Africa’s anti-apartheid struggle, to the civil rights movement in the US, people all over the world have continually fought for justice at multiple levels of society.
Although women and gender nonconforming people have contributed significantly to the gains of the racial liberation movements, their plight remains largely underappreciated. But, if we have learned anything from ongoing struggles for racial justice such as the #BlackLivesMatter movement, perhaps the movement for gender justice needs to be both co-ordinated at a global level and across intersectional contexts.
it s 15 months now that syrians have been protesting, and conducting this uprising against their government. we have seen incredible amounts of violence by conservative estimates, more than 9,000 people killed with artillery and tanks and helicopters against opposition demonstratordemonstr. and they ve grown increasingly armed. in spite of that incredible loss of life, there s no sign in sight that the population is willing to give up this rebellion. you have people proudly flying the flag of the opposition. we met rebels that are that look to be better armed than we ve seen in months past. they have better uniforms than they ve had in the past. they seem to be better mobilized as well, and preparing what appears to be for what they think may be the next phase in the fighting there. and we also talked to some of the civilians who have suffered. i talked to a mother who had lost three of her sons. three of her sons who tried to defend their village from two subsequent syrian