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NEWSLETTER - November 2020
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Women and SSE

Special issue on women and the solidarity economy

By Josette Combes We are going through troubled times. The global pandemic has and will have serious consequences, especially for the poorest. More than ever we need to take care…

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WSFTE in full swing!

The second phase of the WSFTE2020 has been in full swing since its opening on Monday 26 October and some important dates are still to come before its closing on Wednesday 18 November.

Monday 9 November (starting at 15:00) will be dedicated to the last part of the programme "We Accept The Challenge" and to the presentation of the selected initiatives in the field of the Environment.

Don't miss the two days dedicated to the inter-confluences where the different participating movements and organisations will build together the agenda for the transformative economies, on Wednesday 11 November and Monday 16 November.

To end on a positive note, the WSFTE2020 team has planned a closing ceremony to present the common agenda, on Wednesday 18 November from 15:00.

Check the program

From the network

Women's Strike in Poland

By our Polish member, Monika Onyszkiewicz For a better understanding of the current events in Poland, it is worth explaining the context of the right to abortion in the last…

Yes, indeed....

Women’s rights seriously undermined in Poland. By Josette Combes “The Polish Constitutional Court has given the go-ahead for a further tightening of the already very restrictive abortion law by invalidating…

Bulgaria : "Vagina matters", an illustrated sex education book for girls

From our member Zornitsa Bazlyankova, Ideas factory (Bulgaria) The problem The female body, menstruation and sex continue to be taboo topics in Bulgaria. This makes it extremely difficult to have…

KOKOworld - an ethical brand for women created by a woman

By our member Rozalia Wiśniowska, FairTrade Poland Agata felt that working in a corporation was not her cup of tea. She packed her necessities and set off on a trip to…

"Eco-feminism: the egalitarian management of a world to be reborn"

By Josette Combes Ecofeminism is a movement that originated in the United States in the militant boom of the 1970s with one of the most spectacular ecofeminist actions – the…

VAYATELA: women's textile cooperative that emerged during the pandemic

By our Spanish member, REAS RED DE REDES, 28 September 2020 VAYATELA a women’s textile cooperative where the people and the hands that sew are important With the premise of…

An Overview of AANES Women’s Institutions in Manbij (Syria)

Article by Meghan Bodette in Medium on 16 August, 2020, published by The Solidarity Economy Association Exerpts of the article: While the applicability of the Kurdish movement’s feminist principles to…

In Berlin (Germany) : A cooperative made by and for women !

By our member, Dr. Günther Lorenz – Technologie-Netzwerk Berlin e.V. Weiberwirtschaft, a cooperative of women for the setting up of women’s businesses in Berlin “When the property will be completely…

Interview with Ideas Factory: Baba Residences in Bulgaria

Talking about "Women and Solidarity Economy"

Resource : Sustainable societies, (feminist) economic imageries and different rationalities

Author: Luciane Lucas dos Santos, Centre for Social Studies, University of Coimbra This short paper refers to Luciane’s speech at the opening plenary of the 7th EMES International Research Conference…

An eco-feminist agenda for transition

By Júlia Martí, member of OMAL (Observatory of Multinationals in Latin America) and web editor of Viento Sur It has taken almost 50 years since the publication of the report…

Feminist strategies for a dignified and common life

Social and Solidarity Economy Blog, El Salto Diario, by Confluencia feminista del FSMET2020 transformadora.org 19 Oct 2020 After discussing care in times of pandemic economies (in Spanish), we embarked on…

An interview of the "Vagina Matters" authors

A cartography of women initiatives in Europe

Alternative media talk about SSE

An opportunity to see how to use socioeco.org’s maps. Go to the “Journalist of Solutions ” cartography. In the “By category” filter, uncheck everything and tick “Women’s projects”. You will…

More news from last month

International manifesto for solidarity economy

We, scholars and researchers from various continents (Africa, America, Asia, Europe) who have been working for a long time with practionners involved in solidarity economy, want to interpellate public authorities…

At Ripess Europe, We Feature Transformative Cities !

Transformative Cities invites you to vote for your favourite initiative – vote to transform! What is this about? Through an open call the Transformative Cities initiative has collected practices of…

Vocational Education and Training in SSE : moving towards a Training Community

Article from Sofia Pereira, APDES (Portugal) The project aims to promote the Social Solidarity Economy (SSE) in Europe, by training the trainers in that field. Specifically, the project proposes to…

#SSE&Commons are launching their webinar series for 2020/2021

By the #SSE&Commons organizing committee The organizing committee of the International Conference Social Solidarity Economy and the Commons (#SSE&Commons) is happy to announce that we are organizing a series of…

Agenda

18th International Youth Conference - Nov 5 to Nov 10

2nd International Forum about SSE (Carthage, Tunisia) - Deadline : Nov 15

RedPES' Solidarity Talks "Dialogues on Solidarity Economy in Covid's time" - Nov 17 at 19h (CET time)

International Conference Social Solidarity Economy and the Commons "Democratic Participation and the Organizations of Social and Solidarity Economy" - Nov 19

Les Journées de l'Economie autrement (Thinking the Economy differently) - Nov 27 & 28 (Dijon, France)

APPLICATION - The Marie-Skłodowska-Curie European Innovative Training Network ASTRA offers 15 Early Stage Researcher Positions in the Field of Social Work, Deadline to apply : Dec, 11

"The solidarity economy in Turkey: the first meetings between actors and researchers" (link to the meeting will be published on our website prior to date) - Dec, 14

EPOG+ Erasmus Mundus programme is open. The application deadline shall be Feb 1, 2021 — 12:00 (Paris time)

For more information

November 2020 resources (in collaboration with socioeco.org)

The concept of Women, Actors of SSE is one of the cross-cutting issues of socioeco.org. It consists of a dossier and a keyword with dozens of references in the 5…

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