Regional Meeting of the World March of Women Americas Nalú Faria, More than 23 women from all regions of the Americas are meeting in Santiago de Chile from 21 to 24 November with the rallying call “With the strength of…
Women on the March: News from Africa
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WMW Asia-Oceania Supports Indonesia’s Fisherfolk in the Fight Against Ocean Grabbing and the Blue Economy
WMW Asia-Oceania Supports Indonesia’s Fisherfolk in the Fight Against Ocean Grabbing and the Blue Economy During the two terms of President Joko Widodo, ocean grabbing has surged across Indonesia under the guise of the Blue Economy, a framework ostensibly aimed…
Congratulations to the Tunisian Association of Democratic Women and President Raja Dahmani
Congratulations to the Tunisian Association of Democratic Women and President Raja Dahmani The Tunisian Association of Democratic Women concluded its 14th Congress on Sunday, November 3, 2024, in Tunis. The congress culminated in the election of a new national board…
Solidarity with the People of Mozambique during this political turmoil
Solidarity with the People of Mozambique during this political turmoil The World March of Women stands in unwavering solidarity with the WMW Mozambique during this time of political unrest and turmoil. We extend our support to all Mozambican women, peasant…
World March of Women International Committee Meets in the Tagaytay, Philippines
World March of Women International Committee Meets in the Tagaytay, Philippines The World March of Women International Committee (IC) gathered in the Philippines from October 21 to October 25 for the IC meeting. From the Americas, Alejandra Laprea and Norma Cacho;…
World March of Women NCB Pakistan Holds Protest in the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty
World March of Women NCB Pakistan Holds Protest Against IMF-Driven Policies Lahore, October 17, 2024 — As part of the ongoing Global Week of Action for Debt Cancellation and the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, the World March…
WMW MENA: Statement of Solidarity with the Lebanese People
Statement of Solidarity with the Lebanese People The MENA Regional Coordination is following with great concern the brutal aggression launched by Israeli occupation forces against brotherly Lebanon since October 8, 2023, which has intensified in the past two weeks. The…
WMW Declaration of Support for Palestine after One Year of Genocide
Declaration of Support for Palestine after One Year of Genocide The World March of Women stands in unwavering solidarity with the Palestinian people, particularly the women and children, who have been enduring an ongoing genocidal assault under Israeli occupation. The…
World March of Women Statement of Solidarity with the Sahrawi people
World March of Women Statement of Solidarity with the Sahrawi people The World March of Women stands in full solidarity with the Sahrawi people following the devastating floods that struck the Wilaya of Dakhla in the Sahrawi refugee camps on…
New Brochure: World March of Women – Feminist Strength to Transform the World!
WORLD MARCH OF WOMEN: FEMINIST STRENGTH TO TRANSFORM THE WORLD! *You can download and disseminate our brochure below* In 2023 we celebrated the 25th anniversary of the 1st International Meeting of the World March of Women where our feminist action movement was born in…
MENA Statement of solidarity with the women and girls of Jenin/Palestine
The coordination of North Africa and the Middle East acknowledges and values the courage of Palestinian women in the face of ongoing war crimes and genocide perpetrated by the Zionist occupation for over 75 years, continuously leaving behind devastating human…
World March of Women South Africa Webinar: Standing in Solidarity with Women from Congo and Sudan
World March of Women South Africa Webinar: Standing in Solidarity with Women from Congo and Sudan Date: 14th September 2024 Time: 5:00 PM Turkey, Tanzania 4:00 PM South Africa, Sudan 2:00 PM Mali In a continued effort to raise awareness and…
Nyando/Nambokana Branch of the World March of Women Launched in Kenya
Nyando/Nambokana Branch of the World March of Women Launched in Kenya 31st September 2024, Kenya We are thrilled to announce the launch of the Nyando/Nambokana branch of the World March of Women (WMW) in Kenya, with 101 enthusiastic participants from…
MENA Statement of Support for the Release of Palestinian Activist Prisoner Khalida Jarrar
Statement of Support for the Release of Palestinian Activist Prisoner Khalida Jarrar And All Female Prisoners in Occupation Prisons As the world awaits the results of the ongoing negotiations between the Palestinian resistance in Gaza and the occupation authority through…
Iraqi Women Face New Legal Threats as Parliament Moves to Reinstate Extremist Sharia Laws
Iraqi Women Face New Legal Threats as Parliament Moves to Reinstate Extremist Sharia Laws In a troubling development for women’s rights in Iraq, the Iraqi Parliament has announced its intention to implement amendments to Civil Status laws under pressure from…
Online Webinar: Tribute to Nana Aïcha Cissé
Online Webinar: Tribute to Nana Aïcha Cissé Date: August 24th Time: 4:00 PM Turkey | 2:00 PM Benin | 1:00 PM Mali Languages: English, Spanish, French (Interpretation available) Registration: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0tdumhqjMtGdzpJg08VXEqsVMdi062-Pp6 It is with profound sadness that we announce the passing of our beloved sister, Nana…
With Heavy Hearts, We Mourn the Loss of Our Sister Nana Aicha Cisse
With Heavy Hearts, We Mourn the Loss of Our Sister Nana Aicha Cisse t is with profound sadness that we announce the passing of our beloved sister, Nana Aïcha Cissé (Mali), yesterday evening. Nana was a cherished member of our…
Declaration of support for the Lebanese people: We continue to march to defend our bodies, our lands, and our territories!
The World March of Women calls on all defenders of freedom in the world, men and women, to stand by the Lebanese people, who have been subjected to war and violent attacks by the Zionist entity for 60 years, subjecting…
“Feminism is revolution”: the 3rd National Meeting of the World March of Women Brazil took place in Natal-RN
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…
International Webinar: Call from Kanaky/New Caledonia: SOS! Stop the Genocide!
International Webinar: Call from Kanaky/New Caledonia: SOS! Stop the Genocide! World March of Women invites you to join an urgent international webinar to shed light on the critical situation in Kanaky/New Caledonia. Date: July 5Time: 20.00 Kanaky Time Webinar Highlights: Speakers: WMW…
World March of Women Brasil Prepares for its 3rd “Nalu Faria” National Meeting in July
The World March of Women (WMW) in Brazil is preparing for its 3rd National Meeting, “Nalu Faria,” scheduled from July 6 to 9 in Natal, Rio Grande do Norte. This event is set to gather a thousand women from twenty…
Women in the reconstruction of Rio Grande do Sul with feminism and socio-environmental justice
The space where the Periferia Feminista group operates, in Morro da Cruz, in Porto Alegre (Rio Grande do Sul); movement, which maintains a community garden on site, has distributed around 900 lunch boxes per day to those affected by the…
A Call for Radical Transformation in Times of Crisis
June 5 – World Environment Day
World March of Women Mourns the Loss of Esteemed Sister Naama Nsiri
It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of our esteemed sister Naama Nsiri, a valued member of our international committee representing the MENA region. Naama’s unwavering dedication to women’s and human rights, coupled with her sincere compassion,…
WMW International Committee Holds Its First Internal Training in Edremit, Turkey
WMW International Committee Holds Its First Internal Training in Edremit, Turkey Edremit, Turkey – The World March of Women (WMW) International Committee recently concluded its first internal training session held in Balıkesir, Turkey, from May 7th to May 9th. This…
Invest in Life, not War!
Invest in Life, not War! 24 April 2024, International Day of Feminist Solidarity against Transnational Corporations 24 April marks the International Day of Feminist Solidarity with the women who resist Transnational Corporations. Since the collapse of Rana Plaza, killing more…
Feminist Organizing SchoolAnglophone Africa (FOSA), Dar Essalam 4 – 9 April 2024
Feminist Organizing School Anglophone Africa (FOSA) Dar Essalam 4 – 9 April 2024 “Feminist Organizing School of Anglophone Africa (FOSA) Started in Dar Es Salaam” The inaugural session of the Feminist Organizing School of Anglophone Africa (FOSA) commenced on April 4th…
Women on the March until Palestine is Free from River to Sea!
24-hour Feminist Solidarity Action for Palestine 📍New Caledonia 📢24 hours of feminist solidarity action has started from New Caledonia. ❗Over the course of 24 hours, we will circle the planet, spanning continents and time zones, to stand alongside Palestinian women…
Women are on the March Until Palestine will be Free from River to the Sea!
24-hour Feminist Solidarity Action for Palestine March 30, 12:00-1:00 pm AN INJURY TO ONE IS AN INJURY TO ALL! 24-Hour Feminist Solidarity Action in Pursuit of the Sun! As the sun rises and sets in different parts of the world,…
We Women will March until Palestine is Free from River to Sea!
International Webinar on Palestine on March 22 We Women will March until Palestine is Free from River to Sea! We, as World March of Women, are inviting all sisters to join us in the international webinar which we will hold on…
#8M2024: Resist the exploitation of our bodies, lands and the imposition wars!
Resist the exploitation of our bodies, lands and the imposition wars! For the last 25 years, under the umbrella of the World March of Women, women from all over the world have been weaving resistance to a system that is…
We Women will March until Palestine is Free from River to Sea!
24-hour Feminist Solidarity Action for Palestine 30 March, 12:00-1:00 pm AN INJURY TO ONE IS AN INJURY TO ALL! 24 hours of feminist solidarity action in pursuit of the sun! As the sun rises and sets in different parts of…
18th February: International Day of Solidarity with Saharawi Women
We will continue to march until all our territories are free! The Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR), better known as Western Sahara, is a region in Northwest Africa bordered by Algeria to the East, Mauritania to the South, Morocco to…
The WMW has kicked off its preparation process for the Nyéléni Forum
Watch the video: “Together We Build a Feminist Economy” The World March of Women’s Working Group on Agroecology and Food Sovereignty has kicked off its preparation process for the Nyéléni Forum. The World March is a member of the International…
Sign the Letter In Support Of Genocide Case Against The State Of Israel
The newly-formed International Coalition to Stop Genocide in Palestine (ICSGP) issued a sign-on letter on January 3, 2024, that garnered over 800 organizational endorsements from around the world in less than one week. WMW signed the letter in support of…
8th La Via Campesina conference: we continue to build alliances
8th La Via Campesina conference: we continue to build alliances From December 1 to 8, the 8th conference of La Via Campesina – LVC was held in Bogotá, Colombia, under the slogan “In the face of global crises, we build…
International feminist Solidarity with Palestine: The WMW war on gaza newsletter
International feminist Solidarity with Palestine: The WMW war on gaza newsletter * For more than 45 days, the genocidal Israeli war on Gaza has resulted in more than 12000 deaths, the majority of which are children and babies. Images of…
Preparatory meeting for the IFOS- Africa was realized on the 13th and 14th of November, in Tanzania
On the 13 and 14th of November, the organizing committee from Mozambique, South Africa, Kenya, Tanzania, and Zimbabwe met in Dar Essalam, to strategize and put together the final proposal for the International Feminist School of AFRICA. This sub-regional school…
On the International Day of Struggle for the Elimination of Violence Against Women – For the Defend of our Bodies, Labor, Lands and Ocean
On the International Day of Struggle for the Elimination of Violence Against Women – For the Defend of our Bodies, Labor, Lands and Ocean. While the occupying Israeli forces continue to commit genocide against Palestinians in Gaza, demolishing homes, lands, and…
WMW MENA stands in solidarity with Maryam Abu Daqqa
Maryam Abu Daqqa, one of the pioneers of the feminist movement in Palestine, was one of the first Palestinian women to be subjected to captivity at the age of fifteen. She is still carrying the cause of her people and…
International Declaration of the WMW: Call to an end to the genocidal onslaught of the Israeli occupation against the Palestinian people!
The World March of Women joins the demand for an end to the genocidal onslaught of the Israeli occupation against the Palestinian people The World March of Women joins the demand for an end to the genocidal onslaught of the…
Solidarity statement for Palestinian people and food sovereignty: End the illegal occupation of Palestine
We call upon the global community to actively support the Palestinian people and we urge all governments and the UN to use their influence to halt this escalation, to call for an immediate cease-fire and a de-escalation of the conflict, and act swiftly…
Declaration of the 13th International Meeting of the WMW: Bread and Roses…
Here is the declaration of the 13th International Meeting of the WMW which was held in Ankara, Turkey in October, 2023. Bread and Roses… Bread to bring an end to women’s hunger and roses to allow them to live peaceful,…
Summary of the 13th International Meeting of the WMW in Ankara, Turkey
Since October 7, the 13th International Meeting of the WMW has been taking place in Ankara, Turkey. Below is a summary of what has happened over the last few days: 8th of October On Sunday, October 8, delegations from all…
Nalu’s light will accompany us and illuminate the future that we dream of
Today, the World March of Women received terrible news while we are together about to start our 13th International Meeting in Ankara, Turkey. Nalú Faria, our regional coordinator and lifelong activist in Brazil, has left us after a hard battle…
13th International Meeting Public Events Programme
The World March of Women is excited to release our schedule of public events happening this weekend in Ankara, Turkey as a part of our 13th International Meeting. We invite and welcome all sisters to join us in feminist solidarity from…
Countdown has begun for the 13th International Meeting of the World March of Women: 6th-12th October 2023, Ankara, Turkey
There are only 3 weeks left until the World March of Women’s 13th International Meeting (IM)! From October 6th-12th, feminist organizers from around the world will join us in Ankara, Turkey under the slogan “World March of Women: Feminist Strength to…
Defending the Akbelen Forest in Türkiye
Defending the Akbelen Forest in Türkiye Residents of İkizköy, a village in Milas District, in the southwestern province of Muğla, have been engaged in a two-year-long struggle to protect the Akbelen Forest and its inhabitants. The local communities are leading…
The WMW Americas in Honduras: for the first face-to-face experience of IFOS
The WMW Americas in Honduras: for the first face-to-face experience of IFOS Together with The Continental Day for Democracy and Against Neoliberalism, around 100 militants from the Americas gather for a week of popular feminist training. On October 7th, the…
Workshops on Grassroots feminism and agroecology: women discussing alternatives
Workshops on Grassroots feminism and agroecology: women discussing alternatives From the 6th to the 9th of June, 5 members of the WMW International Secretariat (IS), organized a 4-day workshop in Georgia entitled “Together we build a Feminist Economy”. The members…
The World March of Women is getting ready for its 13th International Meeting in Ankara, Turkey
The World March of Women is getting ready for its 13th International Meeting in Ankara, Turkey. A meeting during which the movement will also celebrate its 25th anniversary. The 13th International Meeting (IM) of the WMW will gather feminist organizers…
“Together We Build a Feminist Economy”
June 6-9, our training titled” Together We are Building a Feminist Economy” took place at the farm of our host organization Elkana in Georgia. The training, which brought together women from Egypt, Iran, Georgia, Turkey, Moldova, Poland, Brazil, Mexico and…
The Vertbaudet Strike Ended in an Unprecedented Victory!
Since March 20, 2023, seventy-two women workers at the Verbaudet factory in northern France have been on strike to fight for dignified jobs and wages. For many of them, this was their first experience of strike action, and they represent…
“Together We Build a Feminist Economy” training will be start on 6th June 2023 in Georgia.
In May 2022, the feminist organization World Women’s March (WMW) organized the Balkan Feminist Organizational School in Cappadocia, Turkey, attended by women’s organizations from Georgia, Sasomkheti, and Balkan countries and representatives of women involved in the agricultural sector. This was…
Solidarity to the people of the Democratic Republic of Congo (RDC) affected by floods
Solidarity to the people of the Democratic Republic of Congo (RDC) affected by floods In international feminist solidarity we call attention to the situation experienced by the Congolese people. Four hundred and one dead and several wounded is the balance…
Statement of the WMW: The new Zionist war on Gaza
Statement of the WMW: The New Zionist War on Gaza Since last Tuesday, and for four days now, Gaza has been subjected to a violent Zionist attack through hundreds of air and sea raids, which led to massacres against the…
WMW Statement – International Feminist solidarity to Sudan
WMW Statement – International Feminist Solidarity to Sudan the World March of Women is following with great concern the crisis in Sudan due to the fighting and violence between the military forces and the Rapid Support Forces, which have resulted…
Sub-regional meeting is taking place in Bali with East-Southeast Asia and Oceania regions
On 9-11 May 2023, a sub-regional meeting took place in Bali with East-Southeast Asia and Oceania regions. Within the scope of this three-day meeting, it is aimed to discuss the economic-political situation of women in the countries in the region…
International Committee meets in Tunisia in preparation for the WMW 13th International Meeting
International Committee meets in Tunisia in preparation for the WMW 13th International Meeting On the 26th of April, 2023, the International Committee of the World March of Women, representing the five regions, gathered for a face-to-face meeting in Tunisia. In…
WMW Statement: 24th April 2023, International Feminist Solidarity Day against Transnational Corporations
WMW Statement: 24th April 2023, International Feminist Solidarity Day against Transnational Corporations Following the WMW’s 9th International Meeting’s decision, the 24th of April has become the International day on which we stand in solidarity with the thousands of lives lost…
21st April: International Webinar – International Feminist Solidarity Day Against Transnational Corporations
Ten years ago, as you all know, the Rana Plaza building in Bangladesh collapsed, killing hundreds of workers, primarily women, who worked in the textile industry in highly precarious conditions. The date of April 24 as the International Feminist Solidarity…
International Declaration of the WMW: March 30th, 2023: Palestinian Land Day
On the 30th of March, Palestinian Land Day, we support the struggle of Palestinian peoples for their right to self-determination and their right to live on their land. This year, as the peoples of the world witness increasing capitalist exploitation…
Condolences: In memory of Dr. Ahlam Belhaj
We mourn the death of Tunisian feminist trade union activist Dr. Ahlam Belhaj, Former president of the Tunisian Association of Democratic Women and member of WMW. Belhadj led a march of thousands of women against President Zine El Abidine Ben…
WMW organizes webinar series on “Crisis and Feminist Alternatives, 2023”
As a start of the international activities of 2023, the World March of Women is organizing a webinar series on “Crises & Feminist Alternatives, 2023”. As capitalism entered the crisis, it began to restrict and narrow our lives more and…
WMW on Capire: Nature Is Not a Commodity: An Agenda of Feminist Struggles
Article by Natália Lobo, of the World March of Women, criticizes the corporate strategies of financialization of nature By Natália Lobo Around the world, we are facing a crisis of the capitalist model of development. Its environmental dimension has a…
WMW International Committee meets in the Basque Country
WMW International Committee meets in the Basque Country: Identifying challenges, resistance, and opportunities for our organization On October 24th, the members of the International Committee of the World March of Women representing the five regions gather for a face-to-face meeting…
Connecting women’s struggles: World March of Women holds first Balkan Feminist Organizing School in Turkey
In the last May 14, the Turkish NCB started with the Balkan Feminist Organizing School began with the participation of sisters from Bulgaria, Macedonia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Albania, Romania, Armenia, Georgia, and Turkey. The school aims to start a process…
March 8 2022: The World March of Women begins its year-long journey of struggles around the world
#WMW8March | Text under construction. To send us your CN activity log, please contact us at info@marchemondiale.org As every year on March 8th, International Women’s Struggle Day, we take to the streets and networks all over the world with our…
INTERNATIONALIST SOLIDARITY WITH PALESTINIAN CIVIL SOCIETY
We, the undersigned, stand in firm internationalist solidarity with Palestinian Civil Society and demand the Israeli Ministry of Defense and Israel Defense Forces (IDF) reverse their recent decrees against six of the most important rights-based organisations in occupied Palestine. On…
April 24, 2021: International Day of Solidarity Against Transnational Corporations
On April 24, the World March of Women organized once more the International Day of Feminist Solidarity Against Transnational Corporations. The date honors the more than one thousand women and men workers in the textile industry who lost their lives…
World March of Women International Declaration for March 8, 2021
One year on since the entire world faced the beginning of the first pandemic of the 21st century, we, women, see the coming of a new March 8, and in this year of 2021, it carries a different weight. For…
Feminist Economics and Environmentalism for a Just Recovery: Outlooks from the South
The World March of Women and REMTE Red Latinoamericana de Mujeres Transformando la Economía and Friends of Earth International made a new publication based on the webinar “Feminist Economics and Environmentalism for a Just Recovery: Outlooks from the South”, that happened on June 30.
Women in Turkey for a life with equality and freedom
The Women’s Platform for Equality of Turkey, formed by 312 women’s organizations and LGBTI+, released at the end of August five urgent demands for all provisions of the Istanbul Convention to be implemented in that country. The statement is a…
Ebru Timtik: a revolutionary lawyer killed by injustice in Turkey.
Ebru Timtik was buried today in Turkey. She was a member of Contemporary Lawyers’ Association and of People’s Law Office. Defensor of revolutionary people, she was arrested in 2017 along with other 18 colleagues. She was acquitted in the begging…
Solidarity with Venezuela and against neoliberalism
Today, February 27th, is the day of Solidarity with Venezuela. This date marks the 31st anniversary of the Caracazo, when popular protests were the first insurrection against neoliberalism in that country. Between February 27 and March 6, the army and…
11th International Meeting Bilbao – Final Declaration
We, women of the World March of Women, gathered at our 11th International Meeting in Euskal Herria, with representatives from 36 countries reaffirm ourselves as feminists, anti-capitalists, anti-patriarchal, anti-colonialists and anti-racists and in permanent march until all women are free.…
Violence No More! HloniphaniImizimba Yethu no Wethu! Respect our bodies and lands!
We are glad to share with you the statement of the Southern African women gathering at 2017 SADC people’s summit (Aug 17 -18), Johannesburg. The 2017 SADC people’s summit joined over a thousand delegates from all over the Southern African…
For our dead, not a minute of silence, but rather a whole life of struggle!
The World March of Women expresses its sadness and deep indignation at the murder of Marielle Franco, a feminist militant and city councillor of PSOL – Partido Socialismo e Liberdade in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She was…
Useful links or documents for delegates during the 12th International Meeting of the World March of Women:
Useful links or documents for delegates during the 12th International Meeting of the World March of Women: AGENDA OF THE MEETING Click to download in PDF ELECTION OF THE INTERNATIONAL SECRETARIAT OF THE WMWCALL FOR APPLICATIONS CONTEXT DOCUMENT This is…
2001: Appeal of the World March of Women for the Construction of a Just, Equal, Cooperative, Democratic and Peaceful World
In the wake of the attacks on New York City and Washington – October 2001, Montreal ■ ■ ■ We, women of the World March entered the third millennium marching against poverty and all forms of violence against women because these…