January 2008 News
26TH JANUARY 2008 - GLOBAL DAY OF MOBILISATION AND ACTION!
WORLD SOCIAL FORUM PROCESS
On the 26th January 2008 thousands of women, men and children will occupy the streets to denounce injustices and affirm the economic, political and cultural alternatives that they are creating. Once again, the World Social Forum is asserting that neoliberalism is not the only means to manage the world, and furthermore, has shown itself to be the most tragic.
We, from the World March of Women, are united to assert that a world based on the values of equality, freedom, solidarity, justice and peace is possible. We affirm our resistance to the commodification and privatization of our territories, the environment, women’s bodies, and relationships between peoples.
We will be on the streets on the 26th January in solidarity with women who are prevented from doing so. We are drawing attention to the human rights violations in
Further information
- Newsletter – November 2007 (check article number 6)
- Social Movements Call for Action
- World March of Women blog: 26th January
- Website of the Global Day of Mobilisation and Action – World Social Forum 2008 process
MEETING OF THE ZAPATIST WOMEN
The Meeting of Zapatist Women was held from 28th to 31st December
Read the full text of the declaration in which activists of the World March of Women and Via Campesina express their solidarity for the Zapatista struggle and denounce the intensification of the aggressions towards that movement.