What is your pandemic story? On the other hand, the pandemic also is exposing people who have remained ‘neutral’ or silent in the past against capitalism, patriarchy, fascism, casteism, racism. Women are taking a stand and transforming their experiences into action, uniting their communities, and rising up as leaders to build solidarity and movements.rld areContinue reading “Pandemic Stories”
Category Archives: Statements
Let’s build our spaces of freedom against the pandemic of masculine violence!
All around the world we witness a rise in annihilation attacks against women, with the aim of suppressing and undermining our pursuit for freedom. This dreadful increase in violence against women is directly related to the crisis of the patriarchal capitalist system. This system continues its existence mostly by exploiting women; the crisis and chaoticContinue reading “Let’s build our spaces of freedom against the pandemic of masculine violence!”
IWA Condemns the Arrest of Leyla Güven
The International Women’s Alliance (IWA) strongly condemns the arrest of Parliamentarian Leyla Güven, last June 4,2020. Leyla Güven was arrested in Diyarbakir, Turkey, together with two other Parliament members, HDP Musa Farisoğulları and CHP MP Enis Berberoğlu. On the morning of June 4, 2020, the immunity of the three Parliamentarians were lifted followed by theirContinue reading “IWA Condemns the Arrest of Leyla Güven”
IWA is in solidarity with those protesting the murder of George Floyd!
International Women’s Alliance is in solidarity with the international community demanding justice for the brutal murder of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and Ahmaud Arbery and countless others. We wish to express our deepest sympathies to their families and extend the same to the people around the US whose outpouring of grief and indignation is firstContinue reading “IWA is in solidarity with those protesting the murder of George Floyd!”
IWA Condemns Illegal Arrest of Sagip Kanayunan Volunteers
The International Women’s Alliance (IWA) strongly condemns the arrest and detenion of seven volunteer relief workers of Sagip Kanayunan (Relief Countryside) and Tulong Anakpawis (Help the Toiling masses) and former Representative Ariel Casilao last April 19,2020. The relief workers were on a humanitarian relief mission to deliver relief goods and food packs to residents of StioContinue reading “IWA Condemns Illegal Arrest of Sagip Kanayunan Volunteers”
IWA joins WOMEN AROUND THE WORLD RISING for JUSTICE AND SOLIDARITY, against MILITARISM, FASCISM AND VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN
On 8th March, International Working Women’s Day 2020 International Women’s Alliance calls on all its members and allies to engage in strikes, demonstrations, marches, and other militant activities to mark International Working Women’s Day this Sunday, March 8. Around the world we are witnessing and participating in, an unprecedented number of popular movements where womenContinue reading “IWA joins WOMEN AROUND THE WORLD RISING for JUSTICE AND SOLIDARITY, against MILITARISM, FASCISM AND VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN”
International Women’s Alliance says Fight the Politics of Misogyny with the Politics of Resistance!
On November 25, the International Women’s Alliance views with alarm the rise of neo-fascist and right-wing regimes and the spread of reactionary ideology, from the US and its European allies to the regimes it supports in Brazil, India, the Philippines and elsewhere. Women’s hard-won rights are being rolled back or questioned as heads of stateContinue reading “International Women’s Alliance says Fight the Politics of Misogyny with the Politics of Resistance!”
Communique on the Women for Peace and Justice Conference in Hong Kong
International Women’s Alliance Asia Pacific successfully launched with 32 organizations represented by 56 individuals from 16 countries. Following a successful two-day conference and a CSO-Parliamentarian dialogue on June 21-22, 2019 in Hong Kong. The conference, Women for Peace and Justice: Engaging stakeholders as advocates and peace builders to forward the call for peace and socialContinue reading “Communique on the Women for Peace and Justice Conference in Hong Kong”
Solidarity with Kashmir
Today around eight million Kashmiris under Indian Occupation face torture, incarceration, and brutal suppression of all their political and human rights, including, very fundamentally, the right to life and liberty. Though Kashmiris have faced repression, violence amounting to crimes against humanity, in the midst of whittling down of the constitutional guarantees for more than 70Continue reading “Solidarity with Kashmir”
NO TO IMPERIALIST WARS OF AGGRESSION! NO TO ANOTHER GENERATION OF COMFORT WOMEN!
The International Women’s Alliance and all its allied organizations call on women of the world to commemorate August 14, the end of World War II, with renewed energy and commitment to fight imperialist aggression and war. We call on all justice and peace loving women and people around the world to especially honor the womenContinue reading “NO TO IMPERIALIST WARS OF AGGRESSION! NO TO ANOTHER GENERATION OF COMFORT WOMEN!”
