By Shobha Shukla, CNS (Citizen News Service)

More than 300 feminist activists, women human rights defenders and global allies are gathered in Chiang Mai, Thailand under the banner of ‘(re)Sisters, (per)Sisters and Sisters’, for the 3rd Asia Pacific Feminist Forum (APFF 2017). This 3 days Forum (?7-9 September 2017?) has been organised around the framework of ‘Anger, Hope and Action.’

The first plenary of the forum saw Judy Taguiwalo, a human rights activist and former Minister for Social Welfare and Development, Philippines, arousing the anger of feminists, from different constituencies, against patriarchal, right-wing and authoritarian leadership in the Asia Pacific region, that is using women’s bodies as a site of power and is usurping their fundamental rights. Continue reading Anger begets hope and drives constructive action for a better tomorrow →