Noticias
Stop the US-Korea joint war exercises in Korea peninsula!
Korea National Women's Alliance solidarity statement against us militarization in Colombia and the world. Actions were held in front of a US military base in Bupyeung, Incheon, on 19th August.
Call and appeal of the Women and Peoples of the Americas
The resistance of women and peoples will ensure that Mother Earth and human life are preserved forever.
Call to Action 23rd August
The women and people’s summit of the Americas against militarization starts soon
“Globalization, Climate Change, Food Sovereignty and VAW Interrelate” —International Women’s Seminar
“Big capitalists’ so-called solutions to climate change and approaches to food scarcity tend to drive women out of their ‘family-ran’ farms, make them more ‘at the mercy of men’, thus making them more vulnerable to violence against women (VAW).”
Mobilizations calendar from the European Regional Action
The European regional Action of the WMW took place in Istanbul, Turkey from June 29th to June 30th.
Regional Meeting defined common working plan and calendar of actions
From 10th-12th June, women from Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Japan, Nepal, New Caledonia, Pakistán, Philippines, South Korea, and Taiwan gathered in Quezon City, Philippines, for the Asia-Oceania WMW regional meeting. As part of the activities, on the 11th of June, a demonstration denounced US imperialism in the region and the military violence against women.
Solidarity between women from countries in conflict marks WMW’s European regional action
The WMW European Action started on June 29th with the reception of the Balkan feminist caravan at Gezi Square in downtown Istanbul, Turkey. The caravan was composed of women from Albania, Macedonia, Poland and many different Greek cities, who left together from Thessaloniki, Greece, and 14 hours later crossed the extremely militarized border with Turkey.
Steps towards the constitution of the WMW in the United States of America
Networking, information exchange, action planning and organization of the WMW have characterized our presence in the Social Forum of the United States, which took place in Detroit, from June 22 to 26.
Meanwhile, our alliances processes continue...
Even though we’re in Action year, our life of movement continues. From January to June, we continue to monitor the alliances processes accomplished in the social forums, the Social Movements Assembly gathered around a mobilization agenda common to many movements. Find, below, a list of such processes:
European Regional Action : watch a video
The World Social Forum TV made a video about the European Regional Action with interviews of Nadia Demond from Italy and Ilkur Birol president of Halkvleri. The action took place in Istambul, Turkey from June 29th to June 30th.
Declaration of the European Feminist Gathering of the World March of Women
The European regional Action of the WMW took place in Istanbul, Turkey from June 29th to June 30th.
The European Action of the World March of Women has begun
Today, June 29th 2010, approximately 500 women from Europe received the Balkan's feminist caravan in Gezi Park, downtown Istanbul, Turkey.
Regional Action in Europe
European women of the WMW will mobilize in June 30th in Turkey, for a public forum and a demonstration
Women from the WMW worldwide protest in solidarity with the Palestinian People
From Brazil to Pakistan women mobilized against Israel's coward attack against the Freedom Flotilla on Sunday May 30th to Monday, 31st carrying around 700 international activists and humanitarian aid (clothes, medical supplies, cement and food) to the Gaza Strip.
The WMW at the United States Social Forum
The actions we organize against militarization and war, specially in Colombia and the Democratic Republic of Congo, countries where we will hold strong moments of our Third International Action, will be the main theme in our interventions at the USSF, to be held from June 22nd –26th.
Asia: Debate and street demonstration at regional meeting
From 10th-12th June, women from various countries from Asia and Pacific gathered in Quezon City, Philipines, for the WMW regional meeting. On the 11th June, a demonstration denounced US imperialism at the region and the military violence against women.
Canada: The women from the WMW participate in a panel discussion on June 21st
"Harper’s Attacks on Reproductive Rights – at Home and Abroad" MONDAY JUNE 21st 7 pm 25 Cecil Street (just south of College, east of Spadina) Toronto
Asia regional meeting
Women from Asia and Oceania struggle against free trade, military bases, and trafficking of women from 10th to 12th June in the Philippines.
South Korea: Women mobilized !
The 26th Korean Women's Festival and World March of Women Action for celebrating the International Women's Day occurred on March 6th 2010.
