The Power of Movements
in Cape Town
An Astraea grantee partner from Meem (Lebanon), stood at the podium at the opening plenary of the 11th AWID conference, The Power of Movements, held in Cape Town, South Africa.  In a speech deftly weaving humor with gravity, she asserted to nearly 2,000 feminist activists from 144 countries that the feminist movement cannot call itself feminist without lesbians and transgender people. With over 160 sessions, she urged participants to engage with something they knew nothing about. The four days of plenary speeches, interactive sessions, workshops and debates that followed brought home the conference theme that “When people struggle together, what was once unimaginable suddenly becomes possible.” [more]

Felicia Miller on Discovering Astraea
“The world is getting smaller,” says Felicia Miller, “If you don’t pay attention to what’s outside your world today, tomorrow it will be right in your own backyard.” Felicia gives because Astraea “assists LGBTI individuals worldwide. “Astraea is the lifeline for women and trans people literally fighting to exist.” [more]

Faces of Astraea (l to r): Kaushalya Perera, Women’s Support Group, Sri Lanka; Brenda Funches, Astraea donor partner; Kris Hyashi, Audre Lorde Project, New York