In the agenda of the World March of Women, an international action year is declared every 5 years. The 6th International Action started on 18th February, 2025: International Day of Solidarity with Saharawi Women and ended on 17 October: International Day for the Eradication of Poverty. Throughout the year of 2025, comrades of WMW held simultaneous events, meetings, and demonstrations in their regions for the closure of the 6th International Action with the slogan of ‘’We march against wars and capitalism; we defend the sovereignty of people and buen vivir!’’
Americas
We rise against racism, we rise against precariousness created and imposed by neoliberal capitalism. We rise against proxy wars imposed by so-called global powers. As World March of Women, we follow the anti-Trump protests closely, as we are always against of any such tyranny.
We condemn the political and economic blockades whose sole purpose is to subdue the sovereignty of peoples, such as those in Venezuela and Cuba. We condemn the militarization of the Caribbean and the extrajudicial killings carried out by the US Navy in its attempts to find new territories for war. Enough of fake peace pacts, the peace will be provided only through our feminist struggle. We demand autonomy and sovereignty of people in their owned lands. We demand autonomy of indigenous people. The struggle of Women of Americas will continue until all women will be free, until wars and imperialism come to an end!
In the actions held in the Americas within the frame of the Closure of the 6th International Action, one can see that our solidarity and struggle is international. The forthcoming action areas are shaped as resistance against corrupted government, abortion rights, greenwashing and a loud statement against imperialism and war, an and to genocide in Palestine. Read the actions of our comrades from the Americas and share with others to expand our struggle!
1. Macronorte Peru
WMW Macronorte Peru is in a struggle against the corrupted Congress and the government, all together with social organizations in Lambayeque—women’s collectives, feminists, the TLGBIQ+ community, Generation Z, unions, and more. All reject a congressman accused of rape, linked to acts of corruption. They rise against a deadly system: capitalist, colonial, racist, and patriarchal, perpetuated in the 1993 Constitution.
2. Brasil
Between October 16th and 19th, the World March of Women Brazil held actions in three different centers: in the states of Rio Grande do Norte (RN), São Paulo (SP), and Santa Catarina (SC).
Rio Grande do Norte
In the city of Mossoró, more than a thousand women marched on Avenida Presidente Dutra in a demonstration denouncing capitalist exploitation, wars, and the impacts of the installation of large “clean” energy complexes in the region. The intense closing program began on 16th, with the State Meeting of Batucada Feminista, bringing together women from all over RN to strengthen resistance.
The focal point of political coordination was the seminar “From the Sea to the Hinterland: Women’s Resistance Against Transnational Corporations in Defense of Life and Territory”. The meeting denounced how the narrative of “clean energy” has served as a “new guise for capitalist exploitation” in the Northeast. The women marched in defense of the sovereignty of peoples and for an end to wars, echoing the defense of a free Palestine. The mobilization ended with a large political-cultural event, reaffirming the commitment of the women of the World March to fight for Good Living and for a world free of oppression, violence, and inequality. The final message was clear: “We will continue marching until we are all free!”
São Paulo
On October 17th and 18th, downtown São Paulo was taken over by the “Ocupa Feminista” festival, organized by WMW São Paulo, bringing together more than 600 women. Most of the activities took place at the São Paulo City Council.
The festival program was built around the theme “end violence against women, for autonomy over our bodies and sexuality,” and included debates on sexist violence, femicide, LBT (lesbian, bisexual, and trans) women, sexual and reproductive rights.
Ocupa Feminista ended with a loud cry for the legalization of abortion and for a free Palestine, bringing all participants together in the courtyard of the City Council. A banner calling for the legalization of abortion was hung on the Viaduto do Chá, leaving a message from feminists to the São Paulo City Council: “legalize abortion, right to our bodies!”
Santa Catarina
In the state of Santa Catarina, activists hold their closing activities 18th and 19th. With feminist batucada, they raised voices to reaffirm women’s struggle against militarization in schools and to ensure violence-free spaces for children and youth, as well as in Indigenous villages, slums, traditional communities, settlements, and rural communities.
After the street demonstration, the action continued to the Marighella Occupation in the Araiú neighborhood of Palhoça, a space of resistance and struggle for territory. Being warmly welcomed by the women of the Occupation to hear their stories of struggle and organization (with a collective kitchen and shared childcare spaces), the action ended by planting an olive tree. Together, a loud cry is raised: FREE PALESTINE FROM THE RIVER TO THE SEA!
Next, the women visited the Pró-CREP cooperative, also in Palhoça, where they learned about the solidarity economy that embodies the principles of feminist economy. Finally, the marchers went to Aldeia Pira Rupá, in the Maciambu Indigenous territory of the Guarani Mbyá ethnic group, for a roundtable discussion and training session with Indigenous women from the community.
On Sunday, a training activity featured a performance by the Indigenous choir and a conversation about the importance of the alliance between the feminist struggle and the struggles of Indigenous women and women fighting for land.
3. Quebec
“Faced with the current situation worldwide, women on every continent are resisting… In 2025, women’s resistance will continue, and our international solidarity will continue!”
Emilia Castro
“Mother Earth does not belong to us — we belong to her. Among Indigenous peoples, this is the foundation of our identity.”
Pénélope Guay
“This violence is not random. It is neither private nor accidental. It is historical, political, and structural. Violence against women is systemic.”
Julie Antoine
On October 17 and 18, 2025, the World March of Women Quebec came to life through a series of mobilizing, creative, and deeply inspiring activities that filled the city with feminist energy, joy, and determination. On October 17, the Feminist Village brought together hundreds of participants for workshops and discussions. This day of exchange allowed participants to forge bonds and collectively prepare for the big day of mobilization the following day.
On October 18, the streets of Quebec City were filled with vibrant energy as nearly 20,000 women and allies marched to denounce violence against women, poverty, and the destruction of our environment.
A cycling contingent, composed of a dozen women who had traveled nearly 300 kilometers from Granby, also made a lasting impression — a vivid symbol of perseverance and solidarity. In their speeches, the spokespersons gave voice to the anger, courage, and vision that have driven feminist struggles across generations and continents.
Asia/Oceania
The World March of Women expresses its deep solidarity with the people of Nepal and honor the ones who lost their lives in these protests. The parallel protests in the Philippines also shows that these injustices are structural. The injustice gets deeper under the oppressive governments: excessive violence used against youth protesters, communication platforms are censored, inequality is deepened through corruption and neoliberal policies.
It was a year full of challenges. The terrible events in Nepal in September forced us to suspend the closing event that we had planned. More than 100 World March of Women activists had to cancel their journeys, but we did not falter. Our regional coordinating bodies rose to the occasion, organising a programme of events that was just as powerful, if not more. These are dark times, but the World March of Women has proven that it is capable of adapting and rising to the challenge.
1. Philippines
Reminding that WMW Philippines continues its resistance to the corruption in collusion with private contracting companies in the face of constant flooding and displacement of poor women and their families with the slogan:
On October 17th, the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, WMW Philippines staged a surprise action in front of the Independent Commission on Infrastructure in Bonifacio Global City to demand full transparency of hearings and processes in the Philippines. The action condemned massive corruption in flood control projects, the misuse of public health funds, and the billions in confidential funds. The action condemned massive corruption in flood control projects, the misuse of public health funds, and the billions in confidential funds.
2. Bangladesh
WMW Bangladesh held a meeting to discuss gender equality and how patriarchy creates barriers to women’s employment. Participants shared their experiences and emphasized that patriarchy operates both structurally and socially.
The meeting concluded with a strong consensus that gender equality in employment cannot be achieved without addressing the root causes embedded in patriarchal systems.
The standing rally titled “Stop War and Ensure Peace” was organised to raise awareness about the devastating impacts of war and to promote the urgent need for peace, justice, and conflict resolution across the world. The event aimed to show solidarity with people suffering from armed conflicts and to call for peaceful, diplomatic solutions over violence and militarization.
3.Nepal
On the occasion of World Food Day (October 16), the World March of Women NCB Nepal organized a grand rally and program in Kuntabeshi.
A total of 191 rural women farmers, along with representatives from the local government and women from agricultural cooperatives, participated in the event. They highlighted the significance of celebrating World Food Day, the importance of food sovereignty, the current condition of Nepali farmers, and the impacts of the climate crisis on food systems.
Women farmers also spoke about the vital role women play in ensuring food and nutrition security and in managing household and community food systems. The event concluded with a colorful rally in the Kuntabeshi area. Overall, the celebration reaffirmed the commitment of rural women and the World March of Women Nepal to promoting sustainable agriculture, food rights, and gender equality in the struggle for a just food system.
Middle East and North Africa
The genocide in Palestine and the apartheid in Western Sahara were two causes where World March of Women puts into its agenda in all actions. War is taking hold, the war economy is imposed, governments are entangling armed conflicts behind the legal paravanes of ‘’an issue of national security’’ along with a shocking international silence and inaction.
Today, louder than ever, we chant, “From the river to the sea, Palestine will live”. We condemn the silent genocides perpetrated against the people of Haiti and Western Sahara, among others. As a grassroots feminist, internationalist, antisystemic movement, we will always continue to defend peace – not just any peace, but peace with dignity and sovereignty.
1. Iraq
On October 17, 2025, NCB Iraq for the World March of Women organized a dialogue seminar to mark the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty. The seminar discussed the impact of neoliberal economic policies on the status of women in Iraq. Under the slogan “Global Feminist Struggle: Our Path to Eradicating Poverty Against Women,” the seminar addressed the impact of neoliberal economic policies on the status of women in Iraq.
Women in Iraq are disproportionately affected by poverty due to obstacles such as a lack of employment and educational opportunities, as well as exacerbated social problems such as early marriage of girls, unfair laws against women, the control of religious clerics over state resources, and the power and control of political parties over women.
2. Jordan
The Jordanian Women’s Association (RAMA) and the Jordan Coordination of the World March of Women held an awareness lecture titled “Breast Cancer: Prevention is Better than Cure” on Saturday, October 18, 2025, at the Association’s headquarters, marking Pink October and the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty.
The lecture was delivered by Dr. Ibtehal Saud, a specialist in early cancer detection and tobacco addiction treatment at the King Hussein Cancer Center. Dr. Saud emphasized the importance of early screening and its vital role in preventing breast cancer, highlighting the need to spread awareness among women in our communities — especially given the low participation rates in regular checkups.
3. Morocco
The Moroccan Coordinating Committee’s activities on Poverty Day, in the frame of 6th International Action. A meeting was held with female farmers on the occasion of the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, which falls on October 17, and the International Day of Rural Women, which falls on October 15.
4. Tunisia
On October 17, 2025 – on the occasion of the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty which this year coincides with two important national events, namely National Rural Women’s Day (October 15) and Pink October (the month of the national campaign against breast cancer), the National Coordination Committee for the World March of Women in Tunisia organized a symbolic protest in front of the headquarters of the Presidency of the Government in Kasbah, to express the deterioration of the social, economic, and health conditions of Tunisian women, especially female agricultural workers.
The acute shortage of medicines in hospitals and pharmacies threatens the lives of thousands of women, especially those suffering from breast cancer and other chronic diseases.
Wage discrimination and the lack of social protection for female workers, with thousands of women working on precarious or no contracts.
Denial of women’s right to inheritance and land ownership as a result of discriminatory social customs, despite the ongoing civil society campaign for equal inheritance and the related draft law.
The protest took place in a tense atmosphere with a heavy security presence, with participants forced to stand in an isolated area away from passersby, which limited the message’s reach to the general public. Nevertheless, the coordinating committee was able to make its voice heard through banners and statements summarizing the deteriorating social situation of women.
Europe
Neoliberalism and political economic history shaped and deepened injustice and inequality among global south and global north. We denounce the UN and European countries’ inaction for the Palestinian cause. The global south is facing the vital conclusions of the climate crisis, while the global north may be in denial of the fact. Considering these, the actions of the World March of Women in Europe are crucial for the systemic transformation, making an awareness which may come as a shock, encouraging people to call to account the governments they live under.
The rising far-right policies especially in the European context, abandoning the laws protecting fundamental rights of LGBTQİ+’s, fundamental laws against gender-based violence, the corrupted government system has turned into a pattern. Excessive violence is performed by the governments, all kinds of repression on freedom of speech and communication platforms aimed to narrow down the political possibilities of a subject. Yet the struggle will continue, as our comrades in Turkey resist precariousness in work space, for almost a year.
1. Turkey
Women workers have been resisting for 276 days!
World March of Women Turkey organized a solidarity action with the women workers of Digel Textile on the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty. The women workers are striking against union busting, low wages, gender-based harassment, unsafe working conditions, and unjust dismissals — demanding dignity, fair treatment, and their right to organize.
Africa
The 6th International Action has started in Western Sahara, on the day of 18 February: International Day of Solidarity with Saharawi Women, this is the day to honour Sahrawi people’s struggle for liberation and show solidarity. The World March of Women supports the struggle of the Sahrawi people for self-determination and their right of sovereignty over their territory, their culture, their natural resources, and their ways of life; we are calling on everyone to strengthen international feminist solidarity with Western Sahara. Western Sahara is the last colony in Africa. Being at the crossroads of all social reproduction processes, they organized life from scratch. Against apartheid and colonialism, feminists will always continue to struggle.
1. Burundi
On October 25, 2025, WMW Burundi joined forces with the ABANIKI associationin the frame of closing actions of 6th International Action.
Women who mainly live off rice and soybean farming are known for having played a major role in bringing peace to their neighborhoods after ten years of civil war in the country.
An award of merit was presented to the organization’s president, Georgette Mahwera, by the President of the Republic. During the session, the history of WMW and the four action areas are discussed.
1. Western Sahara
Under the leadership of Sini Aja, Secretary General of the National Union of Sahrawi Women, the Executive Bureau held its regular meeting to address a number of important issues, including the preparation for the sixth event of the World March of Women and the monitoring of the situation of our sisters in Nepal. During the meeting, the Executive Bureau emphasized the importance of strengthening solidarity among the women of the world, as a fundamental way to confront the complex challenges faced by women in contexts of wars, occupations, and conflicts, where women and children are always the main victims. In this regard, the National Union of Sahrawi Women expresses its unconditional solidarity with our sisters in Nepal, as well as with the women of Palestine, Sudan, our sisters in African countries affected by conflicts, and our resistant women in the occupied part of Western Sahara. The Sahrawi woman: commitment and loyalty on the path of the martyrs.
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