#BringBackOurGirls & the White Savior Complex (Spotlight on Badass Nigerian Activists) By Myriam Zaidi

The week’s Blogging Carnival theme brought back memories of the #BringBackOurGirls campaign that peeked in the spring of 2014. I recall a picture of Michelle Obama holding a sign with the famous hashtag, a street protest with Hollywood actors holding similar signs (!), and debates around the effectiveness of the hashtag in fighting Boko Haram […]

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20/02/2015 In: Activism, Activism, Anti-Racist/Anti-Colonial/Anti-Imperial, Feminist, Rest of the World

Cyber Feminism #AmINext By Shanley Spence

Cyber Feminism. A postmodernist term used to describe the philosophies of a contemporary feminist community whose interests are cyberspace, the internet and technology. This term was introduced in the early 1990s and over the years has brought much progress in the feminist movement. Hash tags have been created such as #TheFWord, #YesAllWomen, #AmINext, #HeforShe, and […]

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15/02/2015 In: Aboriginal, Activism, Alberta, Blogs, British Columbia, Communities, Feminist, Human Rights, Maritimes, Northern, Ontario, Prairies, Quebec, Regional, Rest of the World

International Social Change By Kristina Zoller

Social change, empowerment, cultural integrity in a positive way. What does it mean to work in the field of social change for a living?

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07/03/2014 In: Activism, Activism, Blogs, Rest of the World

The places that live inside you By wheresalex

You have this theory that you’ve held on to for a long time, this theory that all of your trips and all of your experiences have dug little holes in you. All of your homes, and all of your lives have burrowed right into your soul and taken hold. So while you may not live there anymore, they still live inside of you, and you feel them, always.

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25/02/2014 In: Blogs, Rest of the World

Using Challenges to Find My Strength By Carol Bergson

Eager. Excited. Engaged. Elated.

I would use those words to describe how I felt when it finally hit me that after years of hard work, I finally earned my degree. I was sure I was on a path of career, finally time for adultness. I may even become a writer.

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25/02/2014 In: Blogs, Regional, Rest of the World

Kickaction Chats with G(irls) 20 Summit Delegate Sofía M… By estelle

Growing up, I experienced many gender-based injustices and I saw it as a prevalent thing happening in my community. As a result, I continue to work hard to foster a society where everyone is equal so that people may have a better quality of life.

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01/06/2013 In: Activism, Activism, Blogs, Communities, Regional, Rest of the World, Youth

Kickaction Chats with G(irls) 20 Summit Delegate Elly M… By estelle

There is no particular day when I became interested in social justice. I have always fought for things to be fair. I became more determined to succeed when I saw how children I cared for were judged based on their level of development, culture or sex.

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01/06/2013 In: Activism, Activism, Blogs, Communities, Regional, Rest of the World, Youth

Kickaction Chats with G(irls) 20 Summit Delegate Helen L… By estelle

I became interested in social justice while conducting field research on the issue of gender equality in regards to access to basic education in a rural village in Northern China.

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30/05/2013 In: Activism, Activism, Blogs, Communities, Regional, Rest of the World, Youth

La tête dure de Malala By Catherine Paquette

9 octobre 2012. Malala Yousafzai, 14 ans, gît sur un lit d’hôpital, entre la vie et la mort.

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24/02/2013 In: Activism, Activism, Blogs, Communities, Regional, Rest of the World, Youth

A Chat with Kennedy Odede from Shining Hope for Communities By estelle

Kennedy is an internationally recognized human rights activist. Kennedy was born and raised in the Kibera Slum, the largest slum in Africa.

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23/12/2012 In: Activism, Blogs, Communities, Human Rights, Racialized, Regional, Rest of the World

An Op-Ed: Reclaiming Women’s Presence in Western Media Coverage of Syria Conflict By Sophia.Trozzo

The on-going conflict in Syria has become a black hole of violence. As the death toll reaches 40 000, it is increasingly clear that we do not have the full picture of the crimes occurring within Bashar al-Assad’s regime.

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12/12/2012 In: Activism, Arts, Blogs, Human Rights, Media, Regional, Rest of the World

A Chat with 1Focus Co-Founder Isabel Ng-Lai By estelle

Get involved, try something new, do something outside of your comfort zone, you’ll never know what you enjoy until you experience it firsthand. – Isabel Ng-Lai

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08/11/2012 In: Activism, Activism, Blogs, Regional, Rest of the World

A Chat with Global Activist Rye Barcott By estelle

Rye Barcott co-founded the non-governmental organization Carolina For Kibera to prevent violence and empower youth through participatory development while he was an undergraduate at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. After graduation, he served in the U.S. Marine Corps for five years in Iraq, Bosnia, and the Horn of Africa. He then earned master’s degrees in business and public administration from Harvard University, where he was a Reynolds Social Entrepreneurship Fellow. He is the author of the critically acclaimed memoir It Happened on the Way to War.

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04/11/2012 In: Activism, Blogs, Human Rights, Regional, Rest of the World

A Chat With Craig Kielburger Founder and Chair of Free The Children By estelle

Craig Kielburger is the founder and chair of Free The Children, a unique international development and youth empowerment organization.
Even though Craig is a very busy young man (he travels more than 300 days a year!), he graciously took the time to answer some of the questions submitted by Swigg Girls earlier this year.

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27/10/2012 In: Activism, Blogs, Communities, Human Rights, Regional, Rest of the World, Youth

Inch’Allah (Si Dieu le veut) By Catherine Paquette

L’accès au côté humain du conflit Israélo-Palestinien qu’offre Inch’Allah, long-métrage d’Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette (en salle depuis le 24 septembre), permet de s’approprier émotionnellement la réalité.

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15/10/2012 In: Arts, Blogs, Film, Regional, Rest of the World

The Amazing Life Story of Kennedy Odede By estelle

Kennedy Odede’s life story is the perfect example of how a person can shape his/her own destiny with willpower, hard work and a little help from lady luck.

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28/09/2012 In: Activism, Blogs, Human Rights, Regional, Rest of the World

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