About Us

Nasawiya is a group of young feminists who are working together to recreate a world free from sexism, and all other forms of exploitations and discriminations that collaborate with it: classism, heterosexism, racism, capitalism, etc. We see all these problems as interrelated and equally oppressive, yet we insist on addressing them from a progressive grassroots feminist perspective.

We are aware that our mission may sound too ideal, and that the issues we are addressing may seem controversial, some even taboo. Yet we believe it is time we went to the root causes of our problems; it is time we embraced the people that have long been silenced, by our society and then by many of the human rights groups in it. We strive to not only be a movement of educated and privileged women, but a movement by and for the single mothers, the refugees, the disabled, the sex workers, the migrant workers, the people of non-conforming gender identities and non-conforming sexualities, etc. We understand that we have been taught to believe that we do not have much in common, but having been united in marginalization, we can make an effort to unite in seeking a change in ourselves and in our society.

This change in ourselves and in our communities is first and foremost one of healing, of openly talking about the multiple sources of our pain—our personal and collective histories, in non-judgmental, women-friendly environments, and then working together to eliminate these problems.