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April 2002 - Snapshots of Home and Elsewhere - Europe

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Snapshots of Home and Elsewhere - Europe

Contents
By way of introduction
Marching On for Bread and Roses
Demands
Actions to Revolutionize the World
How We Said It: Building Solidarity
Snapshots of Home and Elsewhere
2001: A March-to Be Continued?
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Put feminism into practice

"Our rights appear on paper, but not in our lives," was the message of German women. One woman was more specific: "We want to live longer, but not in poverty!" A Dutch woman added, "In the Netherlands, people believe that women's liberation has been won"-which is far from true.

Turkish women demonstrate on March 8, 2000 in Istanbul.

In Western and Eastern Europe, the World March of Women revived or generated new feminist action. The gains women have won during the past three decades are increasingly under threat. More than ever, vigilance is called for and the struggle must be renewed.

Greek women appreciate that the March elicited "a strong current of spirited resistance throughout the planet."

"The March allowed us to train ourselves and learn to take action. It demonstrated the power of collective action and a growing solidarity," said Russian women from Perm, who presented the government with a report about violence against women in their region. Russian women explained the scanty participation in their country by the lack of a protest tradition and division within the women's movement. Romanians also mentioned the difficulty of building unity among women.
On the European March, October 14, 2000, in Brussels, Belgium

In 2000, European women organized local and national marches in many countries (Spain, France, Italy, Portugal, and Switzerland). There was tremendous participation on October 14: 35,000 women arrived in Brussels for the European march, some crossing the border on foot.

In 2001, they continued meeting together, expressing particular concern about mounting violence in the Palestinian territories. Once again, they demanded the right to abortion and contraception, fought for immigrant women's rights, against sex trafficking and in defence of social rights.


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