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Short histories of 65 feminist movements, India and South Asia first. Each has a timeline, links to read more elsewhere, and books from our shelf where we have them. These are starting points, not the last word: tell us what is missing through the complaints box or a discussion thread.
3 movementsPalestine ×Has books on our shelf ×
1965 onwardStill going
Founded in Jerusalem as part of the Palestine Liberation Organization, the union organised women in the occupied territories, refugee camps and the diaspora through literacy, health and vocational work alongside the…
Timeline and booksRead more on Wikipedia ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Late 1970s to 1993
From the late 1970s, grassroots women's work committees organised in villages and camps of the West Bank and Gaza. During the first intifada (1987 to 1993) they ran neighbourhood committees, home schooling, food…
War, peace and memoryEducation
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2019
After the killing of Israa Ghrayeb in Bethlehem in August 2019, Palestinian women called protests in cities across historic Palestine and the diaspora under the slogan 'No free homeland without free women', linking…
Timeline and booksThe killing of Israa Ghrayeb, on Wikipedia ↗ (opens in a new tab)
