Society in general, and particularly Maltese society, is unkind to a woman who has an abortion. On International Women’s Day, why not show empathy rather than judgment? You do not know what a person is going through; you are not in her shoes.
Active Players in Economy: Women and Work in 18th Century Malta
Maltese working women, married or otherwise, is not a recent phenomenon. Historical sources prove the claim that three centuries ago, in 18th century Malta, women’s input into the work of production was indeed significant.
On Regretting Motherhood
The perfect, romanticised version of motherhood—the ‘motherhood myth’—needs to be dismantled. Women who are childless by choice are controversial, but women who regret motherhood…? This is the ultimate taboo.
Maltija / Maltese
A poem by Nadia Mifsud.
The ‘Other’ Side of the Kitchen Politics Enter the Kitchen
The image of domestic kitchen serves as an electoral asset and reinforces heterosexual gender roles at once.
Grrrl* Gangs Against Street Harassment
The growing discrimination, harassment, attacks and assaults are not bound to one social category (such as gender) but to multiple at once—age, race, class. Queer-feminist street art is a response to such harassment in public space.
Ecofeminism: For Emancipation of Women and The Planet
It is through re-establishing compassionate connections between people and abolishing the social hierarchy that nature can once again be valued.
