© Terhas Berhe

Feminist Foreign Policy in Reality Check

Perspectives from Afghanistan, Iran and the Middle East

Report from October 15, 2024
On the possibilities and realities of feminist foreign policy with regard to the countries of the Middle East.

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Report
© Saeed Ahmad

Imprisoned Dreams: Afghanistan’s Battle Under Taliban Rule

#11: Life under the Taliban

Pakteen, a social scientist from Kabul, tells us about his experiences: “Most young Afghans suffer from increasing fear, violence and harassment.”

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Article

Current situation in Gaza and the West Bank — a Palestinian perspective

Nur Arafeh interviewed by Magda Seewald

A Palestinian researcher and scientist describes the current situation in Gaza and the West Bank and shares her perspective on reconstruction and the political future of the Occupied Palestinian Territorities.

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Spotlight
Spotlight

Afghan Women's Campaign to Recognize Gender Apartheid as a Crime Against Humanity

By Nazila Jamshidi

In October 2023, 100 prominent jurists and civil society leaders urged the international community to codify gender apartheid as a crime against humanity and in March 2024, the End Gender Apartheid Campaign was launched.

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Spotlight
© Gianni Muratore/Alamy Stock Photo

The Long War on Gaza

by Sara Roy

Over fifty-six years, Israel has transformed Gaza from a functional economy to a dysfunctional one, from a productive society to an impoverished one.

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Article
© OCHA

“I believe, especially after October 7th, that the area between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean, including Gaza, is ultimately one space.”

Magda Seewald (VIDC) in conversation with Avraham Burg the former Speaker of the Israeli Knesset

In this interview, Avraham Burg describes a possible but long road to a solution, because decades of fear and hatred need time to heal.

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Balkh Universität, © Privat

Silent Dreams: The Story of an Afghan Educator in Taliban-Ruled Afghanistan

#10: Life under the Taliban

Hadia was a lecturer at a private university in Balkh province, Afghanistan, before she lost her job and source of income after the Taliban took power.

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Article
"Who's this house's owner?"

A Built, Destroyed and then Built Again Home: Binationalism as a Safe Shelter

by Avi-ram Tzoreff (Zochrot)

Avi-ram Tzoreff analyses the Israeli-Palestinian situation from a post-colonial perspective and comes to the conclusion that binationalism could be the solution to overcome the colonial cycle of violence.

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Reception in the Vienna Town Hall 2024, © AKIS

Overcoming limits, shaping the future: empowering Afghan women and girls through education

Report from 3 May 2024

The Afghan cultural association AKIS, in cooperation with VIDC, organized an event in Vienna with the aim of raising awareness of the pressing educational limitations faced by Afghan women and girls.

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Report
J. Ahmad, , S. Albaradan, F. Khalil-Hammoud, C. Niknafs, S. Papatheophilou, T. Kritt, M. Seewald, H. Neutwirth © OXUS

The Syrian diaspora in Austria

Between humanitarian and political engagement

As part of the event, the study "Syrian Diaspora Engagement in Austria" was presented and commented on by representatives of ADA, MA 17 and the umbrella organisation of Viennese social institutions.

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Report

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