Voices Uprising

Report about the film "Voices Uprising" and a panel discussion

The film director Joana Adesuwa Reiterer presented a documentary about youth protest and police brutality in Nigeria. It was followed by the panel discussion "The impact of profiling of Black People worldwide".

A Feminist Foreign Policy - real change for women and girls

By Ann Linde, former Foreign Minister of Sweden, FEPS Special Advisor on Foreign Affairs

In her speech at a VIDC event in the Austrian Parliament Ann Linde advocates for a Feminist Foreign Policy since women and girls – half of the population - still do not enjoy the same rights, representation and resources.

Can private finance save the planet?

Exploring the role of private finance in green transitions in Africa.

Report of the webinar from 24 October 2023, with Joseph Matola (SAIIA, South Africa), Ann Pettifor (political economist and author, UK) und Prof. Fadhel Kaboub (Global Institute for Sustainable Prosperity, Kenya).

A letter from Yene & Terra Mater - Mother Land

Film screening and discussion as part of this human world

Tuesday, 5 December 2023, 18:00 - 20:00 hrs
Top Kino, Großer Saal, Rahlgasse 1, 1060 Vienna
Film screening and discussion about the effects of the climate crisis on the African continent.

My body, my choice! Abortion Rights and Care

Lessons learned from Poland, Austria, Mozambique

Thursday, 30 November 2023, 17:00 - 19:00 (CET, Vienna), 18:00 - 20:00 (CAT, Maputo), Online via Zoom
with Sylvia Groth (Pro Choice Austria), Santos Simione & Inês Boene (AMODEFA Mozambique), Natalia Broniarczyk (Abortion…

The right to move and the right to stay?! Community decisions in a changing climate

Report from 9 October 2023

Discussion with the researcher Diogo Andreola Serraglio, the activists Rose Kobusinge and Mana Omar from Fridays for Future Africa about the difficulties of human mobility in times of global warming.

“Who Speaks for Whom, Volume 4”

The AEWTASS team presented their findings on the stereotypical and racist portrayal of the African continent and people of African descent in the Austrian school system.

Time to act – opportunities for an EU feminist foreign policy that champions sexual and reproductive rights

by Sara Österlund

Every day 800 women and girls worldwide die from complications related to pregnancy, childbirth and unsafe abortion. The EU has the power to change this by stepping up efforts and allocating much needed funding.

Green Colonialism?

The scramble for ‘critical’ raw materials from Africa.

Documentation of the panel discussion on 1 June 2023, with Mkhululi Ncube (African Union), Samantha Hargreaves (WoMin South Africa) and Karin Küblböck (ÖFSE).

Africans Rising. Can activism change the world?

Panel discussion 14 March 2023

Activists from Kenya, Uganda and Austria discussed in Vienna what changes social and climate movements have achieved and how transnational cooperation can be strengthened.