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The slogan ‘Woman, Life, Freedom’ coined by the Kurdish Women’s Movement has characterised recent uprisings across Iran, from Kurdistan to Balochistan. This session will adopt a transnational perspective on feminist resistance, looking at struggles in Kurdistan, Iran, Turkey, Afghanistan, and Latin America, and examining the vision that 'Jin, Jiyan, Azadî' presents for a better world.
Anahi Saravia Herrera is a member of Feminist Assembly of Latin Americans.
Elif Sarican is a writer, editor and translator who collaborates with cultural, community and education institutions around the world. She was elected co-chair of the Kurdish People’s Assembly in Britain from 2020 to 2022. Elif is an author of the edited volume 'She Who Struggles: Revolutionary Women Who Shaped The World' and guest edited a special issue for Barnard College's S&F Online journal titled 'Rage, Struggle, Freedom: Politics of Hope and Love'. She is the Education Manager and head of the online Academy of Left Book Club, a historic radical publisher in the UK established in 1936.
Dewa Khan is an Afghan social activist and the founder of Dewa Trust Foundation which supports people and families impacted by war.
Clara M Garcia works supporting political translation and transnational organising at Common Languages. She has organised with different autonomous feminist collectives across territories and has been involved in Transnational Social Strike and Feministas Transfronterizas.
The Left Book Club was founded in 1936 to oppose war, inequality and fascism. We are offering TWT23 festival-goers a special offer: get a free book when you sign up using the code: TWT23FREE