Newsletter, May 2007
« Dear friends,
We are aware of the fact that it’s been a long time since our last newsletter in October 2006. We are sorry for the lack of communication, due to our efforts to organize the new International Secretariat in Brazil and continue various projects of the World March of Women at the same time.
One of the fundamental tasks of this period was concluding our 2007-2010 strategic action plan. We sent this plan to all national coordinating bodies and it is available on our website as well.
We actively took part in the World Social Forum held in Kenya in January 2007 and in the Forum for Food Sovereignty – Nyéléni held in Mali in February 2007.
Many National Coordinating Bodies have been active, telling us what they have been doing. On March 8, 2007, once again, thousands of women hit the streets as World March of Women activists held either their own actions or organized countless demonstrations with other women’s groups.
In Pakistan women demonstrated against discriminatory laws and violence against women, demanding, above all, justice and punishment for rape cases. They went back to the streets on March 18 to demonstrate their solidarity with the women and peoples of Iraq, Afghanistan and Palestine, and to protest against Bush and his military and imperialist government.
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