“Feminism is revolution”: the 3rd National Meeting of the World March of Women Brazil took place in Natal-RN

“Overthrowing this system with strength and rebellion, organizing women without losing our courage: dreaming and fighting like Nalu Faria”.

The 3rd National Meeting of the World March of Women in Brazil took place from July 6th to 9th, bringing together more than thousand women militants guided by the hope and collective strength from 23 states across the country to address problems women are facing and to discuss the political agenda for organization and mobilization for a just and equal World.  

In a 4-day meeting, militants of the World March of Women emphasize the revolutionary and political essence of feminism in achieving popular sovereignty and autonomy over women’s bodies while defending self-organization to transform women’s lives, uniting diverse groups to challenge patriarchy and fascism. The meeting highlights both the fundamentality of the mobilization of women in the fight against Bolsonaro and in Lula’s electoral victory and the need for continuous resistance against the conservatism linked with neoliberalism and the far-right, which perpetuate misogyny and attacks on women’s rights.

The movement underlines the importance of a feminist push to increase women’s presence in political decision-making, striving for structural changes and radicalizing democracy. Their agenda includes expanding public services, health, education, and fighting for a National Care Policy to address social reproduction and the sexual and racial division of labor.

The WMW Brasil condemns the exploitation and expropriation by capital, privatization, militarization, and the encroachment of transnational corporations on territories, particularly affecting indigenous communities. It criticizes false solutions to climate change and advocated for climate justice and environmental justice.

The movement demands the legalization and decriminalization of abortion, rejects the commodification of women’s bodies, and promotes a feminist economy rooted in agroecology and popular agrarian reform. It is also stressed the need for popular sovereignty, encompassing food, energy, technological sovereignty, and bodily autonomy.

The declaration calls for solidarity against imperialism, support for the free Palestine movement, and the continuous fight for freedom and equality through a massive grassroots women’s movement. They affirmed that socialism and feminism are interconnected in their vision for societal transformation, continuing their march until all women are free.

Their agenda refuses capitalism’s societal model, affirming principles of women’s self-organization and strategic alliances with grassroots movements. Learning from their allies, they build anti-imperialist processes and struggles for the integration of peoples. They affirm socialism as a horizon for transformation, convinced that without feminism there can be no socialism. This event was a significant step in uniting women across Brazil. The discussions and outcomes of this meeting will guide the movement’s actions in the coming years, reinforcing their commitment to justice and equality.

WMW will continue to march until all women are free, with Nalu Faria present in our spirit.