Arise Then Women Of This Day!

MOTHER’S DAY PROCLAMATION
Julia Ward Howe Arise, then, women of this day! Arise all women who have hearts, whether your baptism be that of water or of fears!
Say firmly: “We will not have great questions decided by irrelevant agencies,
“Our husbands shall not come […]

The It’s About Time List Latest Update

Our list of influential women leaders is growing, here is the updated list, please note that if a submitted name is already on the Time list, then I didn’t include it here:

Barbara Brenner–Breast Cancer Action
Jennifer Drew–English activist working to highlight misogynist media portrayals of sexual assault.
Cathy Webster–1000 Grandmothers
Geena Davis
Leuren Moret and Helen Caldicott for raising […]

Bev Harris: More Than 1 Million Voters Purged From The Roles In Indiana Prior To Primary

From Bev Harris at Black Box Voting:
“In April 2008 when Indiana Secretary of State Todd Rokita announced the release of “record high” voter registration rolls, with 4.3 million voters set to vote in the Tuesday May 6 primary, he didn’t mention that a whopping 1,134,427 voter registrations have been cancelled.
Now, the voter rolls are supposed […]

Standing Woman Mother’s Day Silent Vigil

From the Standing Woman blog:
First there were two, then four, than another three, then two more, then…. From down the hill, over the fence, up from the street, from across the stairs, they came to answer the call from StandingWomen.org.We intuitively formed a circle. Women and men and children and Coyote, the dog, came together […]

McKinney Poised To Be Green Party Candidate

Okay, I get that it remains to be seen whether this country can get over the sexism or racism hurdle when it comes to electing a president, so getting over both at the same time is a wee bit of a stretch, and I know that I will be raked over the coals for even […]

1000 Grandmothers: Close the SOA Fast

For immediate release:
More Information:  athousandgrandmothers @ yahoo.com

GRANDMOTHERS HUNGRY FOR JUSTICE
1000 Grandmothers are getting rockers greased, and stomachs prepared for the Close the SOA Fast which will occur on April 23-25 in the Downtown City Plaza.  Fasters and supporters will be in the plaza during the hours of 10am – 3pm, on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.  […]

Zimbabwean Women Call For An End To Political Impasse

One truly has to ask why it is that it ALWAYS falls to the women in times of conflict to make these anguished pleas and why in the names of the gods and goddesses  can’t men hear these wise words that we should never have to say.
From Pambazuka News:
End the Zimbabwe Political Impasse!

We the under-signed […]

International Women’s Day And More From The Al-Tufula Center In Nazareth, Israel

Received via e-mail from Nabila Espanioly, Center Director For the Al-Tufula Center in Nazareth, Israel:
Dear friends and partners,
I am pleased to share with you our new Newsletter, which we hope will be a tool to share with you our challenges and achievements, our projects and ideas, success stories and events. We aim at disseminating […]

WIB (Italy) Calls for Release of Leyla Zana

From Women in Black (Italy):

FREEDOM FOR LEYLA ZANA AND FOR THE KURDISH POPULATION IN TURKEY
More prison time is on the horizon for Leyla Zana, who was sentenced to 2 years imprisonment for having spoken publicly of the leader of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), Abdullah Ocalan. The sentence, which was handed down April 10, 2008 […]

Wangari Maathai Carries The Torch By Not Carrying The Torch

From AFP:
“Kenya’s Nobel Peace laureate Wangari Maathai has pulled out of the Olympic torch relay in which she was due to take part over the weekend in Tanzania, citing concerns for worldwide human rights.
Maathai said she withdrew to show solidarity with activists over rights issues, including in Tibet where China’s crackdown on recent protests have […]