Women who raged against oppression

International Women’s Day is 8 March – Socialist Worker celebrates the day with some words from women who have led radical movements or fought for women’s liberation and socialism
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MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT 1759-1797
‘HOW MANY women thus waste life away the prey of discontent, who might have practised as physicians, regulated a farm, managed a shop, and stood [...]

Minister leads call to end violence against women in Iraq on IWD

Iraqi women on 8 March, International Woman’s Day, called for an end to violence against women nationwide and for equal status with men, especially in top jobs, including ministries and embassies.
“Iraqi women are now crying out: stop killing, stop violence,” said Nariman Othman, minister of women’s rights, who led a delegation to the head [...]

Uganda’s President Museveni’s Speech at Women’s Day Celebrations

President Yoweri Museveni was the chief guest at this year’s celebrations to mark the the International Women’s Day, held at Kololo Ceremonial Grounds. Below is the speech in full.
Distinguished Guests, Ladies and Gentlemen. I salute all the women of Uganda upon this International Women’s Day. I, particularly, wish to congratulate the Ministry of [...]

Invest More in Women -VP Njie-Saidy Urges Gambia

Dr Aja Isatou Njie-Saidy, Vice President and secretary of state for Women’s Affairs has said that the attainment of the goal of gender equality and women’s empowerment not only in the Gambia but also in the world at large cannot be achieved without the availability of timely and adequate financil human resources and other resources.
According [...]

2008 International Women’s Day – Medical Foundation for the Care of Victims of Torture

For over 90 years, International Women’s Day has overcome cultural, linguistic and political barriers to unify people in the fight for human rights, equality, development and peace.
Endorsed by the United Nations, International Women’s Day marks a day for communities around the world to reflect on the social, political and legislative successes which have significantly [...]

Supporting women’s rights: A call to action

Speech by Douglas Alexander, Secretary of State for International Development, to the Gender and Development Network
Thank you. I’d like to begin by saying what an honour it is to share a platform with Professor Gita Sen. I’m sure I speak on behalf of everyone in the room in saying that your passion for women’s rights [...]

‘This is International Women’s Day!’ Women Liberal Democrats

Campaigning for Women inside and outside the Liberal Democrats
Our president, Lorely Burt MP, introduced the meeting. She is convinced that there will be many more women among the ranks of LibDem members after the next election, due to the work of WLD and the Campaign for Gender Balance. But she emphasised that WLD is concerned, [...]

International Women’s Day Event Report from Carmarthenshire

Glanymor and Tyisha Communities First organised a full day’s event to celebrate International Women’s Day on Friday 7 March at Morfa Social Club. There were stalls from many organisations and performances and workshops by women from all around the world.
Mrs Uzo Iwobi, Chair of the African Community Centre in Wales was the compere for [...]

Kathleen Lynch TD, Ireland’s Labour Party Spokesperson on Equality speech on International Women’s Day

Ireland falls further behind in the proportion of women in Parliament I am honoured to be here today to celebrate International Women’s Day and to support this project which is making such a contribution to community life.
It is a natural link.
Women have led and nourished community development in Ireland both historically and in [...]

Labour Women in Ireland launch International Womens’ Day poster

Sinead Ni Chulachain, Labour Women Chair, speaking ahead of the International Women’s Day on 8th March highlighted the fact that 18 per cent of the world’s parliamentarians are women, 82 per cent of the world’s decision makers are man. In Ireland the situation is worse – only 13 per cent of our TDs are women.
She [...]

Sexual Apartheid, Political Islam and Women’s Rights – videos

To see video of speeches at the March 10 seminar commemorating International Women’s Day including:
Maryam Namazie’s speech entitled:
* Challenges facing the women’s liberation movement (Transcript is here)
Mina Ahadi’s speech entitled:
* Significance of hejab and stoning for political Islam and the resistance against it
Houzan Mahmoud’s speech entitled:
* Women pioneering the struggle for secularism and ending gender [...]

Controversial issues raised at International Women’s Day conference in Batley Town Hall

Domestic violence and forced marriage were some of the issues discussed by women at a conference aimed at raising awareness.
International Women’s Day was marked by the event at Batley Town Hall, where women from across Kirklees were invited to discuss controversial issues as well as be inspired by female role models.
It was a key opportunity [...]

IBW Film Festival Review

Following our recent meeting with Sylviane Rano, co-founder of IBW, where she talked passionately of her mission, I was pleased to see that the three-day long festival kept its promises.
Friday evening saw a committed audience (95% of whom, expectedly, were black women) bring support to IBW’s positive action, and watch Talk To Me, directed by [...]

As Women Celebrate International Women’s Day in Nigeria

Nigeria joined many countries of the world and the United Nations (UN) to celebrate the International Women’s Day (IWD) with the theme “Investing in Women and Girls”..
The IWD celebration began on 8 March in 1975, during International Women’s Year. Two years later, precisely in December 1977, the General Assembly adopted a resolution proclaiming a [...]

March 8 to be a working special holiday to be known as National Women’s Day in the Philipines

Women’s groups, men’s organizations, provincial government employees and concerned stakeholders from different private and government line agencies flocked at the Provincial Capitol Building last Monday, March 10, 2008 in commemoration of the National Women’s Month.
Anchored with the local theme: “CEDAW ng Bayan: Yaman ng Kababaihan,” this year’s celebration focuses on the need to generate [...]

Flying start to Women’s Day in Wicklow

People in Arklow on Saturday may have thought they were seeing things when a flock of white doves were released into the air.
This unusual display, however was to celebrate International Women’s Day and to mark the launch of a new information leaflet about domestic violence.
Organised by Arklow CDP, the event was aimed at raising awareness [...]

PM marks International Women’s Day 8 March 2008

The Prime Minister has marked International Women’s Day 2008 by asking women’s business leaders for advice on how to support the “next generation” of successful women.
The PM and his wife were joined for a lunch reception at Number 10 by a range of guests including Oxfam CEO Barbara Stocking, Sun editor Rebekah Wade and women’s [...]

Taking stock on Women’s Day – Letters to the Guardian Saturday March 8 2008

Over the last few years we have seen the growth of “career” women, sharply suited and expertly “made up”, parading their feminism in the media. Glossy language about the gender pay gap oozes from politicians who ask us to vote for them because they are women. Now business is taking on the feminist baton (You’re [...]