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(1/2): Have you read our latest #VoicesOfResistance dispatch yet? In “Violent Domination: Legacies of the American Empire,” Tina Al-khersan examines how securitisation connects state violence at home with US violence abroad, and how resistance can challenge these systems of domination.

“If the state can unleash violence on its own civilians, what then can it do to the ‘others’ deemed less worthy?”

“Violence imbued every point of a colonizing state’s formation and maintenance.”

“Securitisation thus became the means for which the United States was able to continue to use violence as a tool to maintain power and dominance.”

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NOOR @noornetwork.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

📣 Dispatch 15 of #VoicesOfResistance is live! Tina Al-khersan traces US #StateViolence from immigration raids & repression at home to war abroad through American empire. How does securitisation turn dissent into “threat”? And how can resistance help us imagine a world beyond violent domination?

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Violent Domination: Legacies of the American Empire by Tina Al-khersan - Noor

As the United States wages wars abroad in Palestine and Iran, the administration has been waging its own war domestically, manufacturing threats to license violence the state typically reserves for ex...

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NOOR @noornetwork.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

(1/2): Missed the global launch of Roots of Hate or want to revisit the conversation? The recording is now live! 🎥 Hear activists & experts from across the Caribbean unpack anti-rights and anti-gender movements, their impacts, and the resistance taking shape. Watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Onlz...

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Roots of Hate: Fascist and Fundamentalist Narratives and Actors in the Caribbean Virtual Launch

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NOOR @noornetwork.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

💊 Ready to take The Pink Pill? Introducing Noor’s new podcast, The Pink Pill — conversations with activists, thinkers, artists and academics unpacking fascisms, fundamentalisms, gender, power and resistance through feminist, anti-racist and decolonial perspectives. 🎙️ Coming soon. Stay tuned.

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NOOR @noornetwork.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

(1/3): Meet our speakers! 📣 Join us on 2 Sept for the global launch of #RootsOfHate, bringing together voices from across the #Caribbean to unpack the forces driving #antirights & #antigender movements across the region.

Zoë Mercedes Teague: Zoë Mercedes Teague is a multi-faceted bold Queeribbean (queer + Caribbean) woman. She was born, raised and educated in the twin-island state of Antigua & Barbuda and then moved onto Barbados and Jamaica where she pursued her legal studies. She describes herself as a “Jane of many trades” as she is an accomplished lawyer, creative entrepreneur, gender justice and LGBTQI+ activist, content creator, public speaker, writer, narrative change practitioner, black feminist, philanthropy professional and deeply passionate about the Caribbean region. This multi-dimensionality shines through her work and gives her a unique vantage point in which she approaches every opportunity. A key part of Zoë’s life and work is centered around gratitude. She is the creator of the mantra “life nice. Thank you, more please.” which has grown from mantra to movement, inspiring many others to shift their perspective and see life through a more expansive lens. It is all of this passion, lived experience and dynamism that Zoe brings to her intervention, this panel discussion and to life, more broadly.

Patrice Daniel: Patrice Daniel is an Afro-Caribbean feminist and Psychotherapist from Barbados. She holds a B.A. in Psychology and a Master's in Clinical Mental Health Counselling from Vermont, USA. Her academic background is rooted in anti-oppression teachings, focusing on dismantling white supremacy and cisheteropatriarchy. Having minored in Sociology and Anthropology, she locates the individual person within the wider socio-cultural context. Patrice’s recent work has included supporting gender-focused research, advising within world health systems, and organising around Global South feminism as a distinct political identity. She has a significant history in social justice, particularly in sexual and reproductive justice and combating gender-based violence. As a feminist and anti-racist practitioner, Patrice creates participatory workshops, guides student research, and challenges regional and international organisations to engage in anti-colonial work.

Judith Wedderburn: Ms. Judith Wedderburn is the recently retired Director of Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, (FES) Jamaica and the Eastern Caribbean, and for over 30 years, has been an advocate in the field of gender and development in Jamaica and the wider Caribbean. Ms. Wedderburn was responsible for the conceptual development of education and training programmes, and the design and implementation of diverse “learning experiences”, which involved the use of conventional as well as participatory methodologies. These programmes were developed in collaboration with a diverse range of partners in civil society, the public sector, trade unions and the academic community, nationally and regionally.

Nastassia Rambarran: Nastassia Rambarran (she/her) is a Guyanese Barbadian researcher, activist and writer whose work focuses on LGBTQ+ history and health, human rights, decoloniality, and climate and gender justice.

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NOOR @noornetwork.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

(1/3): At today’s borders, drones, biometric scanners and #AI systems are sold as smarter, safer and more objective ways to manage human movement. But behind the promise of innovation lies a border-industrial complex built on #surveillance, #securitisation and profit. #VoicesOfResistance

“There is a lie at the heart of every modern border, and it is dressed as innovation”

“The border remains one of the most lucrative markets on earth (Akkerman; Akkerman et al.), and every political panic about people-on-the-move becomes a sales opportunity (De Genova)”

“Feminist and decolonial traditions have always insisted that real security is the presence of what people actually need: housing, a doctor, a community that will not turn you in”

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NOOR @noornetwork.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

(1/3): 📣 Save the date: Roots of Hate is launching globally! Join Noor and Caribbean movement organisers for the virtual global launch of Roots of Hate — unpacking the forces shaping anti-gender and anti-rights movements across the Caribbean. #RootsOfHate #NoorResearch

JOIN US FOR THE
VIRTUAL GLOBAL LAUNCH OF

ROOTS OF HATE:
FASCIST AND
FUNDAMENTALIST
NARRATIVES AND ACTORS
IN THE Caribbean

Wednesday,
2 September 2026

5:00 PM Beirut/
2:00 PM UTC/
10:00 AM Guyana

French & Spanish
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NOOR @noornetwork.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

📣 Dispatch 14 of #VoicesOfResistance is here! @petramolnar.com exposes the “cleverness” of digital borders — where #AI, biometrics and surveillance turn people on the move into risks to be sorted and controlled. What if security was rooted in care instead? 🔗 Read: wearenoor.org/sell-your-cl...

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Sell Your Cleverness by Petra Molnar - Noor

“Sell your cleverness and buy bewilderment.” – Rumi Graffiti in Edinburgh, P. Molnar, 2024 There is a lie at the heart of every modern border, and it is dressed as innovation. We are told again and ag...

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NOOR @noornetwork.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

(1/3): How is anti-rights backlash reshaping masculinities work, gender justice and movement-building across the Caribbean? Join Noor + CariMAN for Learning Together — an online learning exchange and facilitated dialogue. 📅 9 Sept | 10am–12pm AST 💻 Online

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NOOR @noornetwork.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

(1/3): #Surveillance rarely arrives all at once. It grows one technology at a time - from airport spot-checks to AI-powered policing, predictive algorithms, and expanding border controls. Each new tool promises "security" while quietly reshaping the limits of state power.

“The digital harvest sought by the police is in fact one of fruits that ripen, but are never quite ready.”

“Even supposedly ‘progressive’ governments tend to continue providing new repressive powers to the forces of law and order, with fear and suspicion whipped up by media outlets to help usher in new laws.”

“Patrick Williams has aptly noted that predictive policing would best be referred to as “predictable” policing (Amnesty International, 2025).”

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NOOR @noornetwork.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Missed the live webinar? Watch the recording of our Big Tech Cash for the Backlash global launch and hear from the researchers and movement leaders behind the investigation www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ub_o...

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Big Tech Cash for the Backlash: Corporate Funding Flows Sowing Hate

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NOOR @noornetwork.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

(1/3): Who's joining us for the global launch of Big Tech Cash for the Backlash? 👀 Join us for a conversation on corporate funding, the political economy of the anti-rights movement, & what transparency, accountability & defunding hate can look like in practice. us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

VIRTUAL GLOBAL LAUNCH - BIG TECH CASH FOR THE BACKLASH: Corporate Funding Flows Sowing Hate - 16 July 2026 1 PM UTC / 9 AM New York / 4 PM Beirut. Available in English, Spanish and French. Registration required.

Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah (moderator) - Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah is an African Feminist activist and the author of The Sex Lives of African Women. She was cited by the BBC as one of its 100 most inspirational and influential women from around the world in 2022. She is the CEO of MAKEDA PR, a strategic communications company that specialises in working with feminist organisations globally, and Co-Founder of MASI Media which produces Adventures from the Bedrooms of African Women, a website, podcast and festival that publishes and creates content that tells stories of African women’s experiences around sex, sexualities, and pleasure. She was previously Director of Communications and Tactics at the global feminist organisation AWID. She’s the Co-Founder/Co-Director of the Institute of Journalism

Islam Al Khatib (moderator) - Islam Al Khatib a Palestinian researcher and doctoral candidate at the LSE. Her work sits at the intersection of surveillance, knowledge production, and global tech infrastructures islam is currently the Knowledge building co-strategist at Noor’s, The (KB) Unit mission is to move beyond the one-size-fits-all paradigm and address the rising anti-rights movements, trends, and rhetoric. We operate on both macro and micro levels, analyzing discourse, tactics, imaginaries, funding streams, and institutions associated with these movements. Our focus extends to understanding their impact on democracy, marginalized groups, civil society, and societies as a whole.

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NOOR @noornetwork.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

(1/2): ¡Debido a la gran demanda, la Escuela Conoce a Tu Enemigo 2026 ofrecerá interpretación al español! 💥 Si necesitas interpretación al español, indícalo en tu solicitud. El plazo de solicitud finaliza el 6 de julio. Solicita aquí: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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NOOR @noornetwork.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

(1/3): 📢 Join the global virtual launch of Big Tech Cash for the Backlash, a new investigation by @ijsc.bsky.social & Noor exposing how #BigTech philanthropy has funded anti-rights orgs while also supporting human rights groups. #BigTechCashForBacklash #NOORxIJSC

July 2026 1 PM UTC / 9 AM New York / 4 PM Beirut. Available in English, Spanish and French. Registration required.

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NOOR @noornetwork.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Thrilled to launch Roots of Hate: Fascist & Fundamentalist Narratives & Actors in the Caribbean—3rd in Noor’s #RootsOfHate series! Mapping anti-gender & anti-rights movements across the #Caribbean amid imperialism, authoritarianism, racial capitalism & climate crisis. wearenoor.org/roots-of-hat...

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Roots of Hate: Fascist and Fundamentalist Narratives and Actors in the Caribbean - Noor

This report examines how anti-gender and anti-rights movements are expanding across the region within a broader context of imperialism, authoritarianism, racial capitalism and ongoing crisis. Building...

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NOOR @noornetwork.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

(1/3): Our latest #RootsOfHate mapping report explores how anti-rights and exclusionary movements shape law, public discourse, and everyday life across the #Caribbean. These dynamics are not abstract; they have real political & social consequences for communities across the region.

Roots of Hate: Fascist and Fundamentalist Narratives and Actors in the Caribbean - Consequences in the Region

On the region in crisis “This mapping is being published while a region is in crisis, and the crisis is not singular. Cuba is enduring the intensified suffocation of a renewed U.S. embargo, Haiti is facing the worst humanitarian catastrophe in the Western Hemisphere, while Jamaica, Cuba, the Dominican Republic and Haiti are still rebuilding from the October 2025 Hurricane Melissa.”

On the consequences in the Caribbean
“The consequences are not abstract. They translate into court cases defending colonial-era anti-sodomy laws, regional conferences, billboards greeting delegates at regional summits, and legislation banning gender-affirming care.”

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NOOR @noornetwork.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

(1/3): #RootsOfHate - Caribbean report maps how anti-rights movements are structured, funded & coordinated across borders. It examines how power operates through transnational networks, strategic funding, political influence, & coordinated messaging to challenge advances in gender and sexual rights.

Roots of Hate: Fascist and Fundamentalist Narratives and Actors in the Caribbean - How Anti-Rights Power Operates

On the natural family “The ‘natural family' is a dog whistle for white supremacist values.”

On extractivism “Extractivism is a key tool in colonial and neocolonial projects.”

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NOOR @noornetwork.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

(1/2): Our new mapping shows how anti-rights and fundamentalist movements in the #Caribbean are not isolated, but part of deeply entangled global systems of power — from extractivism to coordinated funding and ideological networks that move across borders.

Roots of Hate: Fascist and Fundamentalist Narratives and Actors in the Caribbean - A Transnational Field of Power

On the entanglement of forces
“These roots share soil. They share actors.”

On global power and the Caribbean
“What happens in the Caribbean is never only about the Caribbean.”
(Audre Lorde framing)

On the under-researched gap
“That absence from wider literature is not neutral; it reflects the same patterns of invisibilization that Noor's work exists to challenge.”

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NOOR @noornetwork.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

(1/2): Applications are now open for Noor’s Popular Education School - #KnowYourEnemy 2026. A 5-week political formation space for organisers, activists & thinkers confronting the far right in real time - not just resisting, but analysing and building collective power.

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NOOR @noornetwork.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

(1/2): Here’s what Sonia Corera has to say about Noor × @ijsc.bsky.social new report Big Tech Cash for Backlash — an investigation into how #SiliconValley philanthropy is shaping political agendas in contradictory and often hidden ways.

"Noor's report on SVCF is a must reading. It makes transparent how philanthropic institutions, in the name of neutral financial operations, shamefully channel funds to ultraconservative organizations, whose activities goes openly against their formally declared principles." Sonia Corrêa, Sexuality Policy Watch

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NOOR @noornetwork.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

(1/4): At #CSW70 in March, Noor and the Institute for Journalism and Social Change @ijsc.bsky.social hosted a parallel event on how money moves through progressive philanthropy — and what it enables or reinforces.

Noor x IJSC at CSW70 - holding progressive donors to account: A DIALOGUE BETWEEN FUNDERS AND ACTIVISTS

We think the funding ecosystems shape which movements gain influence, which movements gain power, what policies become possible, what narratives become legitimate. We know philanthropy is not neutral. We know it is a political force and it’s shapen the struggle for rights.” - Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah, Institute of Journalism & Social Change (IJSC)

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Roots of Hate: Fascist and Fundamentalist Narratives and Actors in the Caribbean - Noor

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Labor Tech Research Network @labortechresearchnetwork.org · 13/05/2026

"What is Big Tech philanthropy funding, who is it empowering, and where in the world are these resources reshaping political realities?" This new report by @noornetwork.bsky.social x @ijsc.bsky.social is a must-read to understand the entanglement of economic and political infrastructures.

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NOOR @noornetwork.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

(1/3): In “Unmaking a Revolution: Fascist Logics and the New Authoritarian Order in Tunisia,” a Black Tunisian feminist traces how the promise of 2011 has been dismantled into an entrenched authoritarian order, reshaped through constitutional overreach and the criminalisation of dissent.

“Human rights defenders are being harassed, investigated, and detained simply for carrying out their legitimate work.”

“The crackdown follows a surge in racist rhetoric and policies that have fueled violence against Black migrants and Black Tunisians.”

“These actions are part of a wider effort to dismantle independent civil society and restrict fundamental freedoms.”

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NOOR @noornetwork.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

(1/2): Securitization doesn’t just respond to crisis. It produces the conditions we live under. Emergency becomes permanent. Security extends beyond the state into platforms, capital, infrastructures shaping everyday life. Protection becomes a way to govern mobility, speech, dissent.

Against Securitization - “Securitization is not only achieved through speech that is emotion-stirring, dramatic and heavily draws on nationalistic imagery and ideology. Specific governance, bureaucratic and legal processes like the technologies used to police migrants at borders, classify persons as citizens or ‘aliens’, and surveil movements of criminalized communities, are all forms of securitization.”

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NOOR @noornetwork.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

(1/2): Big Tech doesn’t just shape platforms. It shapes systems. Through philanthropy, billions move across organisations, causes, and regions, influencing what gets funded and what doesn’t. To understand that power, we have to follow the money.

"To grasp the political power of tech corporations, one must examine their philanthropy."

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NOOR @noornetwork.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

(1/2): Following the money changes what we see. This research traces how philanthropic funding shapes political ecosystems — often in contradictory ways. Because this is not just about generosity. It’s about power, influence, and what becomes possible.

"Every political project is enforced through an economic one."

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NOOR @noornetwork.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

(1/2): Heading to #RightsCon2026 in Zambia? Noor is hosting a private, limited-capacity session (20 spots only) & you’re invited. ✨ The Tactics Cookbook: Setting Plans for Justice and Freedom 🗓 May 8 | ⏰ 12:45-1:45 PM 📍 A114 | 🗣 English #RightsConZambia #FeministFutures #DigitalRights

Noor at RightsCon 2026. The Tactics Cookbook: Setting Plans for Justice and Freedom. Friday, May 8 at 12:45 PM

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NOOR @noornetwork.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

🚨 New release: Against Securitisation (Noor × The Polis Project) is out now! It looks at how “security” is woven into everyday life from borders to surveillance shaping rights, movement & solidarity, 7 often normalising authoritarian agendas. Read: wearenoor.org/against-secu...

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Against Securitisation - Noor

Against Securitisation Power today often wears the guise of everyday security. This paper from Noor, in collaboration with The Polis Project, traces how far-right and fundamentalist agendas are embedd...

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NOOR @noornetwork.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

Noor is heading to #WD2026! We are co-hosting “Solidarity in Action – Bridging Divides for Collective Resistance” with an incredible bunch of collaborators. A space to build shared values, engage across differences & strengthen feminist solidarity amid backlash. At WD? DM us.

Solidarity in action – bridging divides for collective resistance.29 April 2026 at 9:30 AM. Room 204 Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre (MCEC)

Anti-rights actors strategically exploit divisions across our movements to roll-back hard-won rights. Strengthening cross-movement solidarity is imperative. How do we engage constructively across differences and centre our commonalities? Grounded in lived experience, this session helps start a dialogue towards a collective vision of solidarity. In line with human rights commitments, we’ll explore approaches to navigate tensions, identify shared goals, and strengthen collaboration within a framework that seeks to ensure everyone’s dignity, self-determination and legitimacy.

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NOOR @noornetwork.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

Noor is heading to #WD2026! We are co-hosting “Solidarity in Action – Bridging Divides for Collective Resistance” with some incredible co-collaborators. A space to build shared values, engage across differences & strengthen feminist solidarity amid backlash. At WD? DM us. #NoorNetwork

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NOOR @noornetwork.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Far-right actors are trying to roll back women’s rights inside the UN — but feminists cannot give up. Read why participation at the UN @ngocswny.bsky.social is more important than ever: www.opendemocracy.net/en/5050/un-c... @ijsc.bsky.social

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Feminists must not give up on Commission on Status of Women

As far right works to roll back women’s rights from inside the UN, our participation is more important than ever

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NOOR @noornetwork.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

📣 Dispatch 12 of #VoicesOfResistance is here! #Tunisia ’s 2011 revolution is being dismantled. Queer, feminist, anti-racist voices face arrests, online attacks & NGO shutdowns. Yet resistance persists, adapting inside the country & from the diaspora. 🔗 Read more: wearenoor.org/unmaking-a-r...

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Unmaking a Revolution: Fascist Logics and the New Authoritarian Order in Tunisia - Noor

When a Revolution Unravels As a Black Tunisian feminist who lived through the revolution and now navigates the attempts to undo it, I have witnessed the promise of 2011 steadily unravel into a new aut...

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NOOR @noornetwork.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

🔥 #VoicesOfResistance continues — #12 drops this Wed! In #Tunisia, the revolution that promised hope is being undone. Power is concentrated, dissent criminalised & feminist, Black, queer & anti-racist activists are pushed to the margins. Yet they refuse to disappear...

UNMAKING A REVOLUTION: FASCIST LOGICS AND THE NEW AUTHORITARIAN ORDER IN TUNISIA by Mira Iskis

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NOOR @noornetwork.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

Join Noor at #CSW70! Register to attend our events: linktr.ee/NoorNetwork

NOOR AT CSW70

March 13 - Attacking Our Movements: Far Right Securitization Regimes Threatening Access to Justice. Co-organized by The Polis Project & Noor
Moderated by: Tanya Tandon
Speakers: Tina Al-khersan, Mizue Aizeki, Berfu Şeker, Subha Wijesiriwardena & Naureen Shameem
Salvation Army - Lower Level, NYC
8:30 am - 10:00 am.

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March 16 - Holding progressive donors to account: A dialogue between funders and activists

Co-organized by IJSC & Noor
Moderated by: Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah
Speakers: Diakhoumba Gassama, Heather Benjamin & Ana Ines Abelenda
CCUN, Drew Room, 777 United Nations Plz, NY
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM

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NOOR @noornetwork.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

(1/3): Funding shapes our movements — but who is holding progressive donors accountable? At #CSW70, Noor and @ijsc.bsky.social are bringing funders and activists together to confront this question. #FollowTheMoney

Holding Progressive Donors to Account: A Dialogue Between Funders and Activists. Monday, 16 March, 2026 at 4:30 PM. CCUN, Drew Room, 777 United Nations Plz, New York.

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NOOR @noornetwork.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

(1/3): At @ngocswny.bsky.social 2026, Noor and @thepolisproject.bsky.social are naming what’s happening to our movements — and how we fight back. Far-right securitization is tightening its grip worldwide: policing borders, reshaping digital spaces, and pushing feminist + queer movements out.

Attacking Our Movements: Far Right Securitization Regimes Threatening Access to Justice. Friday, 13 March at 8:30 am Salvation Army - Lower Level, NYC Moderated by The Polis Project Opening comments by Noor.

Moderator: Tanya Tandon is a NYC-based feminist researcher, digital investigator, and organizer working on state violence, surveillance, digital rights, and immigrant justice. Her recent fieldwork in India explored how citizenship and state-making shape reproductive justice and health. She has advised on content moderation and data privacy at PwC, trained in open-source intelligence at Berkeley Human Rights Center, and currently works at the New York Civil Liberties Union.

Opening Comments: Naureen Shameem is a feminist activist and human rights lawyer, focused on challenging the global far right and transnational organizing. She is executive director and co-founder of Noor and a director of Women Living Under Muslim Laws. She has led initiatives at AWID and coordinated projects countering fundamentalisms and fascisms, and has advised groups including the Nebula Fund and Amnesty International.

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NOOR @noornetwork.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

Noor is coming to #CSW70! We are excited to be co-organising three events with our wonderful collaborators at this year's NGO CSW in New York. More details coming soon… Save the dates! #NOORatCSW70

Noor at CSW70. March 12 - Strategy lab, Co-organized by Akãhatã, RESURJ & Noor. Invite only. March 13 - Attacking Our Movements: Far Right Securitization Regimes Threatening Access to Justice, Co-organized by The Polis Project & Noor 8:30 am - 10:00 am. March 16 - Holding progressive donors to account: A dialogue between funders and activists, Co-organized by IJSC & Noor 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM.

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