Feminist Question Time with speakers from Germany, Finland, Columbia

Women's Declaration International (WDI) Feminist Question Time is our weekly online webinars. It is attended by a global feminist and activist audience of between 200-300. The main focus is how gender ideology is harming the rights of women and girls. You can see recordings of previous panels on our YouTube Channel. WDI is the leading  global organisation defending women’s sex-based rights against the threats posed by gender identity ideology. There is more information on the website womensdeclaration.com where you will find our Declaration on Women’s Sex-based rights, which has been signed by more 30,000 people from 157 countries and is supported by 418 organisations.

This week’s speakers:

Gunda Schumann - Germany

50 years lesbian movement in Germany - in 1972, lesbians joined the organisation of homosexual men, called Homosexuelle Aktion Westberlin (HAW), establishing the first lesbian group, called HAW-Frauen (women). It was the beginning of a lesbian feminist movement in Germany, making lesbians and their demands for equal rights through spectacular actions visible to the public.

Bio: Lesbian activist; LAZ reloaded e.V., member of the board; lawyer, sociologist, author

Frances Smootz - Germany

Update on Germany - What is happening in Germany in regard to women's sex-based rights?

Bio: Country Contact, WDI Germany

Linda Hart - Finland

Promotion of gender identity politics by the EU - A brief look into how the concept of 'gender identity' appears in non-discrimination policies and goals of the European Commission

Bio: Linda Hart is a social researcher working in Finland, working on topics of political and legal sociology both for a living and in her free time

Victoria - Columbia

Update on women's rights situation and perspectives during a presidential campaign - First we'll talk about current surge of sex trafficking specially in border zones, and the subsequent increase of femicide violence against migrant women. We'll also approach the situation of transgenderism in law and regularization of prostitution in the context of a very critical presidential campaign and paramilitary violence with a mob-invaded government.

Bio: I'm an abolitionist Historian and Legal Translator. Studied an M.A. in cultural studies. Migrated to Ecuador and currently living in Quito. Contact of WDI for Colombia.

Disclaimer: Women’s Declaration International (WDI) hosts a range of women from all over the world on Feminist Question Time (FQT) and Radical Feminist Perspectives (RFP) and on webinars hosted by country chapters – all have signed our Declaration or have known histories of feminist activism - but beyond that, we do not know their exact views or activism. WDI does not know in detail what they will say on webinars. The views expressed by speakers in these videos are not necessarily those of WDI and we do not necessarily support views or actions that speakers have expressed or engaged in at other times. As well as the position stated in our Declaration on Women’s Sex-based Rights, WDI opposes sexism, racism and anti-semitism. For more information see our Frequently Asked Questions or email [email protected]

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