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10. March 2010
“We don’t want to lose our country”. Pakistan in Crisis: Female Voices from the Ground
Arshi Saleem Hashmi about the current change and crisis in Pakistan
The expert on Religion and Politics of Violent Conflicts with special reference to South Asia was invited by Women without Borders / SAVE and the US Embassy in Vienna to give a talk about the Pakistani ...
10. March 2010
Goodbye Saudi Arabia
By HASSNA'A MOKHTAR | ARAB NEWS
The decision to leave my country came after I knocked on many doors of the Saudi bureaucracy, hoping in vain to obtain the God-given right to live with my Arab-Canadian husband in the country of my birth. ...
08. March 2010
Women as Early Warning Systems
Comments on International Women’s Day in the Context of Terror Prevention: A Global Mothers’ Movement Against Violent Extremism is Fighting for a New Architecture of Peace. A commentary by Edit Schlaffer
Nearly one hundred years ago, Mother’s Day saw new competition: International Women’s Day, which is celebrated globally on the 8th of March. Since the beginning, the focus has been highly ...
04. March 2010
The SAVE Global Campaign
Mothers for Change!
SAVE will empower mothers as agents of change in the global environment of violent extremism. Our campaign will be initiated in Yemen, Indonesia, Pakistan, India, Palestine, Israel, the UK and Ireland. ...
24. February 2010
The New Partnership Paradigm: From the Personal to the Political
Edit Schlaffer interviewed in Die Presse am Sonntag
The following article was published as a full-page spread in Die Presse am Sonntag, the Sunday edition of Die Presse. The sociologist and feminist Edit Schlaffer describes her views on an ideal partnership ...
24. February 2010
SAVE in the News!
"Edit Schlaffer: Great Accomplishments in Small Steps" published in Die Standard
In the past week, Edit and SAVE have been the subject of several major interviews and features in Austrian newspapers, including the following piece, which was published in Die Standard. Die Standard ...
22. February 2010
From Lingerie to Business Deals
Saudi Women Rebel
Reproduced courtesy of Francesca CaferriLa Repubblica, 16 Feb. 2010 RIYADH—In the offices of the financial group Al Dukheil the only man who isn’t listening to Khlood Al Dukheil is Abdul ...
01. February 2010
Bridging the Gap! Young Voices from the Saudi Kingdom
Executive Summary
Between 2006 and 2008, Edit Schlaffer, together with an international research team surveyed a total of 4,400 male and female students across the country, as it can be assumed that the educated ...
14. January 2010
Edit Schlaffer: One of the 21 leaders for the 21st Century!
On January 1st 2010 Women's eNews announced the 21 Leaders for the 21st Century 2010, “a remarkable array of talent and determination that renews our optimism about what will be accomplished this ...
04. January 2010
A New Alliance Against Terror Cells!
A Commentary by Edit Schlaffer
Our fear of terrorism has once again caught up with us. It takes only one radical, who carries out his meticulous plans with deadly determination, to blow up the carefully constructed structure of secret ...
09. December 2009
"Bridging the Gap" in the UK
Presentation of the Research Study in London
On December 7th, 2009, Elaine Hargrove presented the findings of the groundbreaking Women without Borders research study “Bridging the Gap” at the Society Outreach conference entitled “Is ...
04. December 2009
"Bridging the Gap" in Saudi Arabia
Presentation of research study in Riyadh
Dr. Edit Schlaffer is in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, from December 8th to 15th to present the findings of the "Bridging the Gap" research study. Conducted in conjuntion with Dr. Fawziah al Bakr of ...
03. December 2009
Surviving Terror—One Year After the Attacks in Bombay
A Women without Borders SAVE trip on the occasion of the first anniversary
Women without Borders/SAVE travelled to Mumbai from November 23-27, 2009 to launch further local SAVE activities on the occasion of the first anniversary of the November 26th, 2008 attacks. Initial meetings ...
01. December 2009
The Bloody Trail through Bombay
A commentary by Edit Schlaffer
The terror attacks in Bombay (Mumbai) on one of the city’s best-known symbols mirrored the attacks on its Western counterpart. The Taj Hotel, the colonial landmark next to the Gateway of India, ...
26. November 2009
‘26/11 victims need to come together to tide over trauma’
An Interview with Edit Schlaffer in Hindustan Times, Mumbai
Women without Borders, an international research and lobbying organisation, is holding an event in Mumbai on Tuesday to mark the anniversary of 26/11. Social scientist Dr Edit Schlaffer, who started the ...
19. November 2009
UNFPA World Population Report 2009: Facing a Changing World: Women, Population and Climate
Women Central to Efforts to Deal With Climate Change, Says New UNFPA Report
Women bear the disproportionate burden of climate change, but have so far been largely overlooked in the debate about how to address problems of rising seas, droughts, melting glaciers and extreme weather, ...
16. November 2009
Pakistan - Petition: SAVE - Peace Bridge in Pakistan
The SAVE Pakistan group created a petition calling for peace and tolerance.
The following points reflect our feelings and our resolve to be part of the worldwide SAVE campaign. • Women in Pakistan desire peace through dialogue, understanding and engagement, both at home ...
12. November 2009
MWF-Press Release
A Show for 'Sisters Against Violent Extremism' Documentary at Media Women Forum On October 28th, the Training and Advocacy Unit at Media Women Forum (MWF) launched the Women without Borders/SAVE (Sisters ...
10. November 2009
Female Voices from Pakistan
Listen to the Women without Borders SAVE Activists from Islamabad
Women are a direct casualty of any form of conflict, whether it is inter- or intrastate. However, the impact of intrastate conflict on women is all the more intensified, because despite being non-combatants, ...
03. November 2009
Yemen - Hope, Action, Perseverance
A Women without Borders SAVE journey to Sana’a
October 26th, 2009-November 2, 2009 “Extremism pulls countries apart and creates new divisions between East and West, Muslim and non-Muslim. Terrorism is not about religion, or nationality. ...
29. Oktober 2009
Pakistan - "The Show Must Go On"
Thoughts from Arshi Saleem Hashmi on the current situation
Pakistan is undoubtedly going through a tough phase; policies made in the past are now being re-directed and re-evaluated. This policy-shift phase is not without its toll. Yesterday’s Mujaheedin ...
16. Oktober 2009
“It’s hip to wear a headscarf”
Talking to Pinar Selek, Turkish sociologist, journalist and founder of the Amargi Women´s Co-op
Pinar Selek is concurrently organizing Turkish women to challenge the dominant male mindset, promoting a new book, traveling around the world to speak about women’s power in Turkey, and fighting ...
14. Oktober 2009
New Rights, and Challenges, for Saudi Women
A Report from Riyadh (Time Magazine)
Please click here to read the article on time online. Edit Schlaffer, founder of Women without Borders conducted a unique research study in Saudi Arabia. The 2year study was funded by the Austrian Science ...
09. Oktober 2009
Mapping the Global Muslim Population
A Report on the Size and Distribution of the World's Muslim Population (Done by The Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life)
To view a very interesting article on the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life's website about the Distribustion of the world's Muslim Population please Click Here. ...
29. September 2009
This is Us! Young Muslim Men and Women in Vienna
Within the framework of a "Listening Project" supported by the city of Vienna (Cultural Department of the City of Vienna, MA 7), Women without Borders held conversations with Viennese pupils ...
29. September 2009
This is us! Young Muslim Women and Men in Vienna
A Women without Borders film
Within the framework of a "Listening Project" supported by the city of Vienna (Cultural Department of the City of Vienna, MA 7), Women without Borders held conversations with Viennese pupils ...
22. September 2009
Interview – Najma Ahmed Abdi and Ulrike Lunacek, Nov 08 Vienna
Najma Ahmed Abdi and Ulrike Lunacek speak about Somalia
In November 2008, Najma Ahmed Abdi (NA), an activist for the NGO Save Somali Women and Children, spoke with Ulrike Lunacek (UL), an economist and one of the European Green Party’s two presidents. ...
11. September 2009
Journeys through Darkness Trailer
A Women without Borders SAVE documentary
The 3 minute trailer on our "Journeys through Darkness" documentary featuring three women in three different countries: an ex-member of an Islamist organisation in the UK, a pioneer against ...
09. September 2009
Women without Borders Films on YouTube
Our documentaries from India to Zanzibar, England and Spain
The Women without Borders projects which were initiated after the Tsunami in the South of India - "Connecting Women and Children for Hope!", "Take your Future into your Hands" und ...
31. July 2009
SAVE - Schools Against Violent Extremism
The Childrens´ Voices Against Terrorism
A five minute feature presenting the voices of Students Against Violent Extremism at the Delhi Public School in New Delhi, India, produced by Archana Kapoor. An initiative of SAVE - Sisters Against ...
19. June 2009
Journeys through Darkness
A Women without Borders SAVE documentary
This 13 minute feature portrays three women: an ex-member of an Islamist organisation in the UK, a pioneer against violent extremism in Northern Ireland and a young woman affected by terrorism. This ...
07. April 2009
Surviving Terror
A Women without Borders SAVE film by Archana Kapoor
This 8 minute feature is dedicated to the victims and survivers of the terror attacks in Mumbai in November 2008. You may also view this video on Youtube by clicking here. ...