Jasadyat in Arabic is a term that means Body Matters, referring to all matters concerning the body. This includes body knowledge, body rights, gender, sexual and reproductive health, rights and justice.

Jasadyat is an intersectional feminist collective committed to fighting gender-based violence and sexual violence against women and LGBTQ+ individuals in South West Asia and North Africa (SWANA), and around the world.

About Us

Jasadyat focuses on both digital and physical feminist activism aimed at the cultural and cognitive empowerment of women, LGBTQ+ individuals, and youth groups.

Since its inception, Jasadyat has conducted numerous activities and projects aimed at strengthening the feminist movement, raising awareness about sexual and reproductive justice for women and LGBTQ+ individuals, and highlighting the root causes of gender-based violence, including violence stemming from cultural, religious, or social policies.

Additionally, we work to create accessible and innovative channels for the creation and dissemination of feminist knowledge.

Our Projects

Strategies Of Change

Decolonising Knowledge

We apply intersectional, research-based, approaches to our work and incorporate the lived experiences of women and LGBTQIA+ individuals in our knowledge production and services’ design.

Creating a Positive Cultural Shift

We use positive and inclusive education, in combination with popular digital tools as mechanisms, to create a positive cultural shift and to eliminate harmful beliefs inherited about bodies and rights in mainstream cultures.

Creating Accessible Support Channels

We create accessible channels with essential resources for women and LGBTQIA+ individuals where they can ask questions in confidentiality, and share lived experiences.

Programs

Positive Sex Education

We offer positive, inclusive and accessible education on sex, sexualities, sexual health and rights.

Multimedia production

We offer multimedia production that integrate art and positive and inclusive education ethos into mainstream spaces.

Feminist Knowledge Production

We work to advance the knowledge production related to gender, sexuality, sexual health and rights as well as the needs and lived experiences of marginalised communities.

Sexual Health Services

We provide safe and accessible digital channels for women and LGBTQIA+ individuals to communicate with sexual health experts and providers.

The Sex Talk Arabic

One of the most impactful projects of Jasadyat is The Sex Talk Arabic. This digital initiative aims at challenging and dismantling the deeply-rooted harmful norms, ideologies, and structures that contribute to the continuation of sexual violence towards women and LGBTQIA+ individuals in Arabic-speaking societies.

Using popular digital tools, The Arabic Sex Talk initiative provides an intersectional feminist discourse as an alternative approach to discussing sexual health and rights.

Additionally, the initiative offers training, resources, and educational activities on comprehensive and positive sexual education, created in Arabic and delivered by Arab women.

Learn more about The Sex Talk Arabic

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