Femmes algériennes pour un changement vers l'égalité

Femmes algériennes pour un changement vers l'égalité (Algerian women for a change towards equality) or FACE is a women's organisation created during the 2019 Algerian "Hirak" protests and credited with the invention of the "feminist square",[1] a part of the Friday Hirak protests held in front of Algiers 1 University.

The declaration called for full equality between female and male citizens, announced "the creation of a feminist square which will take place every Friday in front of the main entrance of Algiers 1 University (French: la faculté centrale d'Alger) starting from 13:00" and called for equal representation of women in any citizens' projects aimed to resolve the aims of the Hirak protests.

[2] FACE describes the feminist square as enabling women to group together in a way that overcomes ordinary practical difficulties in meeting up while remaining active in the Hirak protests.

The female participants were verbally and physically assaulted[5] and their banners were torn by protestors who stated that "it's not the right time", that the women "were splitting the movement" and that equality is against Islam.

[9] On 13 October in Oran, FACE and thirteen other feminist associations and coalitions, including the Wasilla network [fr], established the Mouvement national des féministes algériennes (National Movement of Algerian Feminists, MNFA), rejecting the Algerian Family Code "which enshrines permanent misogyny", opposing the 12 December third attempted presidential election "imposed by an antinational force detested by the people" and calling for the release of political prisoners.