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European Meeting in Vigo (Galicia)

May 22 and 23, 2004
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First WMW Mobilization in Galicia
Europe for All Women: Different Yes, Unequal No!

Galicia will host a World March of Women international mobilization on May 22 and 23, 2004: discussion forums, feminist fair, concert and large demonstration.

Vigo will be the venue for the next World March of Women European mobilization. For two days, May 22 and 23, the Galician city will welcome, at the March’s initiative, women who want to raise awareness of feminist alternatives for another Europe. This will be the first of many mobilizations that will be held until 2005 to launch the Women’s Global Charter for Humanity.

Galicia is a small nation within the territory of the Spanish State that just suffered one of the worst ecological disasters in Europe in recent years. The oil tanker Prestige, carrying 77,000 tons of fuel oil, sank spilling its cargo along more than 80% of the Galician coast. The European mobilization, Vigo-2004, will discuss and present the World March of Women’s alternatives for sustainable development.

The mobilization is being held at a political point in time where European women are risking a lot. The patriarchal model in building Europe will be enshrined in a constitution. The model is defined by the interests of economic liberalism, social conservatism and a significant advance of more reactionary and fundamentalist political alternatives.

We feminists have countered this model with another:

We are marching for a pluralist Europe in terms of cultures, beliefs, languages and sexual options; a Europe where individuals and peoples are different but not unequal;

  • A Europe that opens its doors, is welcoming and hospitable; that doesn’t discriminate between native-born and immigrant women; that doesn’t throw out people seeking asylum; a place where citizenship is not a right reserved for a minority;
  • A Europe committed to the rest of the world, to the environment and development, to the redistribution of wealth and the fight against hunger; a place where profit is not measured in macroeconomic figures but in quality of life and sustainability;
  • A Europe respectful of peoples’ right to self-determination; committed to peace and the elimination of arms; with an active policy of preventing and stopping armed conflict;
  • A Europe where human rights include economic, social and political rights; where work, housing, education, health and resources are not governed by the economic interests of a minority;
  • A Europe committed to doing away with gender inequality;
  • A Europe where women’s sexual and reproductive rights, including the right to abortion, are guaranteed in law and in practice;
  • A Europe in which gender-based violence, sexist thinking, machismo, the division of labour, the double shift and discrimination disappear from women’s daily lives and governments make a firm commitment to eradicate these forms of injustice;
  • A Europe devoid of arrogance and preconceived notions, where equality, justice and solidarity become so common that they are no longer spoken of as distant aspirations;
  • A Europe whose priority is to facilitate a life of dignity for all citizens.

We will be visible in Vigo on May 22 and 23.

Program Outline

  • Discussion forums
  • Ecological sustainability, feminist alternatives
  • Feminist contributions to the origin and development of a European constitution
  • Women and spirituality, women’s bodies and resistance

Feminist fair: Interactive display on experiences of diverse feminist and women’s groups. The nine themes are: violence, education in equality, immigration, health, abortion and reproductive rights, anti-militarism, sexual freedoms, feminization of poverty and labour rights, young women, and ecology.

Concert with women performers such as Cantareiras de Trasancos, Uxia Senlhe, Pilocha, Mercedes Peom, Tucanas, Amparanoia and Las Niñas.

European women’s demonstration on May 23

Lupe Ces - World March of Women - Galicia

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