Interview

Demilitarization

Mireya Forel: “Rape is a Weapon of War”

22/03/2023

The anti-militarist feminist militant shares Women in Black’s views on wars over the world and talks about experiences of actions for peace

Environmental justice

Oil Palm Plantations in Chiapas: Women Fight Against Territorial Control and Violence

31/01/2023

The World Rainforest Movement exposes the Mexican context of feminist resistance against oil palm plantations

Environmental justice

Irene HongPing Shen: “Public Ownership of Energy Is Part of a Feminist Platform”

15/11/2022

The trade union movement's proposals for a just energy transition

Autonomy

Iranian Women: In the Streets, in Society, in Life

24/10/2022

The feminist uprising in Iran, from challenging compulsory hijab to changing the entire system

Autonomy

Lia Ukleba: “I Try to Break The Comfort Zone”

06/10/2022

Meet the feminist artist that challenges the patriarchal powers and practices in Georgia
Environmental justice

Miriam Miranda: “There Is a Genocide Against Us, the Peoples Who Defend Nature”

04/10/2022

From Honduras, the Garifuna leader Miriam Miranda talks about racism, political persecution, and women organizing

Feminist economy

Women for Debt Relief: “Our Lives Are Worth More Than Their Credits”

26/09/2022

Capire spoke with Camille Bruneau and Christine Vanden Daelen, the authors of a book that provides feminist responses to illegitimate debt

Environmental justice

Morgan Ody: “The way to the future is a society with food sovereignty”

09/09/2022

The general coordinator of La Via Campesina talked about the struggles against WTO and the path to food sovereignty

Feminist economy

Rafaela Pimentel: “Domestic Workers Are Engaged in One of the Most Powerful Struggles Waged in Spain”

06/09/2022

Read about the fearlessness, struggles, and achievements of domestic workers organized in the Domestic Territory collective, in the Spanish state

Movement

Estelí Capote: “Neither the State nor the Church Can Take Precedence Over Women’s Rights in Puerto Rico”

17/08/2022

Puerto Rican activist on the connections between feminism and the struggles for independence in her country

Movement

Sally Burch: “Digital Data Should Be Owned by the Community that Generates It”

08/08/2022

Journalist Sally Burch gives interview on the challenges and achievements of the agenda for the democratization of the internet

Demilitarization

Challenges Faced by Feminism in Angola

18/07/2022

How feminist women are organizing the struggle for their rights and against political violence
Demilitarization

Claudia de la Cruz: “In the US, You Can’t Have Free Health Care, But They Can Fund a War”

11/07/2022

Read or listen to the interview with Claudia de la Cruz about Black, feminist, and anti-war struggles in the United States

Movement

Llanisca Lugo: “Integration Is Key to Sovereignty”

07/06/2022

Llanisca Lugo on the pathways toward regional integration in the Americas

Food sovereignty

Elsa Sánchez: “Peasants, Both Men and Women, Are Fundamental In a Country”

23/05/2022

Read the interview with La Vía Campesina activist from the Dominican Republic on building popular peasant feminism

Demilitarization

No To Frontex: Women Against Surveillance on European Borders

14/05/2022

Switzerland will hold a popular vote on May 15th on spending more money on Frontex  

Food sovereignty

Silvia Ribeiro: “No one can live without food”

22/04/2022

Read the interview with Silvia Ribeiro on agriculture 4.0 and agri-food transnational corporations’ power in the podcast Feminist Rage

Movement

Peasant Women in India: One Year of Intense Struggles

28/03/2022

Chukki Nanjundaswamy from La Via Campesina talked about what happened after the mobilizations and farmers protests in the country

Demilitarization

Cindy Wiesner: “the U.S. movements are calling for no to war”

25/03/2022

Read the interview with the GGJ executive director about the role of the U.S. power on imperialism and wars

Demilitarization

Kate Hudson: “NATO is going global and that’s not a good thing”

16/03/2022

Kate Hudson from the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND) talked about NATO, the war in Ukraine and the struggles against nuclear weaponry

Demilitarization

Sultana Khaya: “Despite persecution, Sahrawi women have not stopped demanding freedom and independence”

18/02/2022

On this International Day of Solidarity with Sahrawi Women, Sultana Khaya denounces the persecution she has suffered from the Moroccan occupation in Western Sahara

Autonomy

Martha Rosenberg: “The fight for the right to abortion is not over after the passing of the law”

28/01/2022

Read and listen to the activist's assessment of the first year of legal abortion in Argentina

Movement

Yildiz Temürtürkan: “transforming our grassroots feminist vision into action”

11/01/2022

Capire talked to Yildiz Temürtürkan, international coordinator of the World March of Women, about the movement’s history and challenges.

Demilitarization

Feminist Peace Initiative: “The only green solution to the military is to not have it”

10/11/2021

Kitzia Esteva talked to Capire about how grassroots organizations are connecting to fight U.S. military interventions worldwide

Food sovereignty

Women Building Feminist Economy and Food Sovereignty in India

25/10/2021

Capire talked to Sheelu Francis from the Women’s Collective about experiences to create new ways of work and living
Food sovereignty

The People of Asia Against Free Trade: “Society Endures the Trauma of Debt”

10/09/2021

Capire talked to Geum-Soon Yoon, of the Korean Women Peasants Association, about free trade policies in the region.

Movement

Patricia McFadden: Contemporarity And The Possibilities Of Building Alternative Societies

31/08/2021

The feminist researcher Patricia McFadden talks about new feminist paradigms to refuse subalternity and focus on women’s potentialities.
Demilitarization

Interview: What’s At Stake For Women’s Lives In Afghanistan?

20/08/2021

Read the interview with a women's rights activist from Afghanistan on the consequences of of 20 years of US occupation and the Taliban returning to power.

Autonomy

Patricia McFadden: “Through 500 years of colonialism, African women have fought for freedom”

06/08/2021

Read and listen to this interview with the feminist activist and researcher Patricia McFadden on gendered nationalism and the power of feminism for women’s liberation.

Movement

Black Women Harvesting Agroecology and Autonomy in the Caribbean

25/07/2021

On this day, July 25th, we listen to three Black women of the CONAMUCA who struggle for food sovereignty, the right to abortion, and anti-racism in the Dominican Republic.

Autonomy

Women’s Political Participation in Ivory Coast: A Mission for Peace

11/06/2021

In this interview, Solange Koné talks about women's political participation, the challenges of the pandemic and feminist practices for peace

Autonomy

A History of Women Challenging Religious Fundamentalism in Pakistan

04/06/2021

Capire talked to Bushra Khaliq, from the World March of Women, about women’s struggles in South Asia for their rights and liberty.

Movement

Colombia: Mobilization Continues To Grow

19/05/2021

After decades of armed conflict, “the social conflict remains intact,” says Marylen Serna, of the Peoples’ Congress.

Feminist economy

Sovereign Cuba: Creating Vaccines for Life and Integration Between the Peoples

12/05/2021

Read and listen to Marilys Zayas as she spoke with Fúria Feminista, a Real World Radio show, on women’s role in producing Cuba’s vaccines.
Demilitarization

Women leading the struggles for democracy in Myanmar

10/05/2021

Capire talked to Debbie Stothard on the history of the country and the strategies built by women to face impunity

Food sovereignty

Pancha Rodríguez: Food Sovereignty Is About Deciding To Change the World

16/04/2021

Read the interview with Pancha Rodríguez, of CLOC-La Via Campesina, on the history of struggle of peasant women in the Americas.

Demilitarization

“Until Our Territories Are Free”: Women From Western Sahara in Ceaseless Struggle

18/02/2021

To mark the International Day of Solidarity with Sahrawi Women, we spoke with activist Chaba Seini Brahim.

Movement

Peasant Struggles in India, a Feminist Perspective

05/02/2021

Archana Prasad spoke with Capire about women’s work and lives in India and the struggles against corporate power and right-wing policies

Movement

Hacking the Patriarchy and Building Alternative, Feminist, Community-Based Technologies.

20/01/2021

Código Sur activist Nikole Yanes presents alternatives to face digital capitalism.
Movement

Cindy Wiesner on the struggles in the US against Trumpism, racism, and patriarchy

05/01/2021

Cindy Wiesner is the executive director of Grassroots Global Justice Alliance, an US based alliance on grassroots organizations and networks.

Demilitarization

Colonial occupation and patriarchy in Palestine: interview with Ruba Odeh

05/01/2021

Palestinian Ruba Odeh spoke with Capire about women’s struggles against the occupation of their territories.