Many, many thanks to Heart for letting us shamelessly pilfer these photos of the Million Women Rise IWD event in London off of Women’s Space. As she noted on her blog, there has been a shocking absence of news coverage of this event that brought between 3000-5000 women to the center of London. […]
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Many thanks to Maria Carolina Morais for allowing me to share her report of an International Women’s Day eve event in Recife, Brazil organized by 70 organizations “to mobilize women to fight for their rights and to denounce abuses and acts of violence against them.”
“All 70 organizations together prepared a letter with demands such […]
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GABNET report on Los Angeles and New York City IWD events:
WOMEN CLOSE DOWNTOWN L.A. STREET; BRAVE NY STORM IN 8TH MARCH COMMEMORATION
“Los Angeles: Saturday morning, March 8th, saw police barricades going up at and traffic diverted from Olympic & Broadway Streets as hundreds of women marched in the first International Women’s Day mass […]
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The following speech was delivered in advance of International Women’s Day as part of a gathering in Auvers-sur-Oise (France) on February 23 to speak about “Women, the Force for Change” by Maryam Rajavi, President-elect of the Iranian Resistance:
“I welcome you all and am delighted to meet with you experts, parliamentarians, and activists of women’s equality […]
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Given that International Women’s Day coincided with the catastrophic events in Gaza, please show your solidarity by signing the statement below from the Campaign of Solidarity with Women Resisting U.S. Wars and Occupation. You can send your name, affiliation, and place of residence to: solidaritywomen @ yahoo.com.
–Piya Chatterjee & Sunaina Maira
An Open Letter to All […]
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Theresa over on the TropicalVegan posits an interesting question based on statistics from a recent study in Australia: She asks if:
89% of women in prison have been sexually assaulted
70% of men in prison have been sexually assaulted
and:
only 10% of sexual assault is reported to the police
only 10% of this reported crime results in a […]
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From the Nation (Kenya) via AllAfrica:
“For the women at the camps for the internally displaced persons in Limuru, there was nothing glamorous about the day on Saturday but many decided to shed the gloom that surrounds their lives and celebrate the International Women’s Day.
“We cannot say that things are all that good. But we decided […]
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Diary of an Anxious Black Woman asks some right on target questions in her post about International Women’s Day:
“Western feminists, MUST WE ALWAYS ASSUME THE MISSIONARY POSITION? (If you resist it in sex, I certainly urge you to resist it in global feminist organizing!)
How about naming the actual feminist organizations in the Congo, who are […]
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Press Release,
PCHR, 8 March 2008
“The 8th of March comes this year as Palestinian women face very difficult and harsh circumstances due to human rights violations perpetrated by Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) against Palestinian civilians, including women. In recent days, Palestinian women have had paid a high price due to reprisal actions by IOF against […]
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Despite press reports to the contrary [1], Aldermaston Women’s Peace Camp (AWPC) continue their protest at the UK’s nuclear weapons factory at AWE Aldermaston.
On Saturday 8 March, the camp celebrated international women’s day, and camped outside AWE Aldermaston, reaffirming their right to protest.
Press reports on the camp’s demise were based on the outcome of a […]
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