Blog posts by zohra moosa: 2011
#Bonn2, day 2, part 2
by zohra moosa // 5 December 2011, 15:12
In an effort to make sure women's rights were kept clearly on the agenda, Chitra Nagarajan and I crafted and raised the following question during the civil society press conference at Bonn: My name is Chitra Nagarajan, I'm a...
#Bonn2, day 2, part 1
by zohra moosa // 5 December 2011, 14:36
The second day of the civil society conference on Afghanistan in Bonn on Saturday was a packed day. We had an early start as Chitra and I had to collect our media passes as official The F-Word representatives to...
#Bonn2, day 1
by zohra moosa // 2 December 2011, 11:53
Attended the first day of the civil society conference on the future of Afghanistan being held in Bonn, Germany today. The civil society conference is a 2-day event that is preceding the international foreign ministers conference on Afghanistan occurring...
Weekly round-up and open thread, 21-28 November 2011
by zohra moosa // 28 November 2011, 14:12
Hi all It's been a really busy last week - here's this week's round-up of some of the bits around the internet we haven't had a chance to blog about. Please do add links in the comments section if...
On 7 billion: imagine if women could choose
by zohra moosa // 31 October 2011, 14:20
So the world's 7 billionth person was born today. Media and policy pundits have been beside themselves in the lead up to this moment, eager to say something remarkable about the event and what it means for the future...
African activists on British aid & LGBTI people
by zohra moosa // 27 October 2011, 16:27
A statement has just been released calling on the British Government to rethink its approach to cutting aid as a way to promote human rights. The full statement is available online here. There are about 50 organizational signatories and...
Talk vs action
by zohra moosa // 29 September 2011, 23:48
Political leadership in the form of public statements of intent can have an enormous impact on the rights of women. It can set new ideological standards, shift political debates, and re-frame whole conversations and paradigms. It has therefore been...
Pro-choice and counting
by zohra moosa // 31 August 2011, 23:54
As some readers are already well aware, this time next week, MPs will have debated - and voted on - a series of amendments to the Health and Social Care Bill that could undermine women's right to choose whether...
Govt policy set to undermine women's political power? New report
by zohra moosa // 28 July 2011, 15:39
The Centre for Women & Democracy has published a new report examining the impact of the government's reform agenda on women's political power in the UK. The report examines ten pieces of legislation that were either recently enacted or...
UN Women's first report
by zohra moosa // 6 July 2011, 23:15
Today UN Women launched Progress of the World’s Women: In Pursuit of Justice, its first major report since its doors opened at the start of this year. The report is part of a series that UNIFEM used to publish biannually(ish)...
Talking back to Beyoncé
by zohra moosa // 16 June 2011, 12:05
When I first saw Beyoncé's Run the World video, I groaned within seconds, and actually couldn't make it to the end I was so annoyed and bored. (I've since watched it all the way through just to be sure I...
Pro-choice meeting - some thoughts
by zohra moosa // 6 June 2011, 23:10
Was a great turn-out tonight at the pro-choice meeting that Sunny and Jess organized. The discussion was wide-ranging, with some excellent speaking from Diane Abbott MP, Abortion Rights and Education for Choice. I'll be typing up the notes this week...
Madrid manages what London didn't
by zohra moosa // 21 May 2011, 10:57
25,000 protesters are currently occupying Puerta del Sol, the capital's main square (sound familiar?), having defied the midnight deadline in Spanish law which prohibits political rallies the day before elections. Local elections are set for tomorrow. According to the...
Abortion: let's get off the back foot
by zohra moosa // 20 May 2011, 16:42
As Jess posted last month, Nadine Dorries and Frank Field have begun making the first attempts since the Coalition Government took office to restrict abortion access. And as Sunny Hundal has covered on Liberal Conspiracy, these attempts have already gained...
Get Lippy - new project
by zohra moosa // 21 February 2011, 14:25
ActionAid UK has launched a new project for International Women's Day called 'Get Lippy'. Featuring video testimonials from women from around the world who are fighting for their rights, Get Lippy calls on readers to send messages of solidarity and...
Ugandan women singing it
by zohra moosa // 16 February 2011, 18:05
Have been bouncing along to this wicked tune all day at work. It's called 'Equal by right', and has some great lyrics. Thanks to Catherine at ActionAid Interntional for passing it along....
Women's words - on politics
by zohra moosa // 27 January 2011, 12:49
Call for contributions from The Centre for Women and Democracy: March 2011 sees the centenary of the celebration of International Women's Day, and to celebrate it we're planning to publish an online collection of quotations from women involved in or...
Founder of The F-Word, Catherine Redfern, has co-authored a new book with Kristin Aune. Find out more at the 
