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  1. Putting women in the big picture

    achieve equality. Since the first IWD, the anti-colonial, civil rights and women's liberation ... the protest marches and rallies on IWD this year are so important and necessary. Without an organised, ... eventually be broken. The visions and goals of the women who initiated IWD so many decades ago — of gender ...

  2. Resistance and repression continue in Kurdistan

    organised the IWD events. In the city of Izmit, east of Istanbul, 90 people were detained on March 7 after ... with IWD. Turkish authorities claim that IWD protests in the past have become pro-Kurdish processions. ...

  3. Action updates

    against the government's attacks. IWD fundraiser CANBERRA — Around 100 people attended a performance ... dancers and comedy acts donated their talent and time to the event, which raised $400 for the IWD march ...

  4. 20 years of Reclaim the Night

    Adelaide in 1978, nearly 1000 women marched against rape the night before a similar-sized march for IWD at ... attended an IWD march and 150 a Reclaim the Night on the same day. The common ground between the two views ... was acknowledged in a 1982 IWD broadsheet produced in Sydney, which included demands on state and ...

  5. Ireland: Momentum for change grows ahead of abortion vote

    action, the abortion rights movement in Ireland held a women’s strike on International Women’s Day (IWD ... referendum. On IWD (March 8), the Irish government successfully introduced the legislation to hold the ... Melbourne’s IWD march last year. In the countdown to the referendum, Stanley said, the campaign focus is on ...

  6. How 91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳ backs women’s rights

    International Women’s Day (IWD) march around the country since 1991. Tens of thousands of women mobilise in ... involved, and discusses the issues and demands to be put forward. GLW reports on IWD as a community event ... basic wage for the unemployed and annual holidays on full pay. Last weekend, March 6-7, the annual IWD ...

  7. Radio highlights

    Sydney IWD march and rally — Women Out Loud will be broadcasting the speeches to all capital cities. ABC ...

  8. Radio highlights

    Women's Day edition — To mark IWD, the Coming Out Show explores the ideas, perspectives, work and ...

  9. Palestinian women bear occupation’s brunt

    around the world prepare to celebrate International Women’s Day (IWD) on March 8 and continue the ... arrested Palestinian man to be told that his female relatives will be detained and assaulted. As IWD nears, ...

  10. 'Women unite!'

    Women's Centre told the rally that "IWD has a very black history and a very militant history". ...

  11. Marxist feminism in action

    role each year in the IWD march and rally organising collectives, in which we continue to argue for ...

  12. Upcoming discussions on feminism sponsored by the Democratic Socialist Party and Resistance — all welcome

    Newcastle West. Ph Erin 4926 5328. SYDNEY Voices of Protest. IWD special. 91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳ Weekly current affairs ...

  13. Lesbians win access to sperm banks

    be raised at the IWD march and rally on March 8. February 12, 1997 262 ...

  14. Action updates

    theme of this year's Newcastle International Women's Day. The theme was chosen by the IWD ...

  15. Adelaide women discuss challenges

    activists who felt that the large attendance at IWD and Reclaim the Night marches, as well as a general ...

  16. ... and ain't i a woman?: No longer invisible

    by me and never know I'm there. Ms Cellophane should have been my name." The Sydney IWD ...

  17. A woman's place is in the struggle: Indonesia: An anti-neoliberal women's movement is born

    commemorated March 8, International Women's Day (IWD), by condemning increases to fuel prices and calling ... IWD, involving some 1000 people. The demands raised at these protests were advanced from the demands ...

  18. Egypt and the global fight for women’s rights

    IWD protest. It was organised in support of the right to vote and equal pay for women. Through ... a campaign by weareequals.org to celebrate IWD and discuss the inequalities that still exist. In Australia, ...

  19. Fighting for women's rights — defend the right to choose

    Kimberly Yu This year, International Women's Day (IWD) coincides with the Labour Day weekend ... Every March 8, it's traditional for different organisations to hold IWD rallies, brunches, or other ...

  20. and ain't i a woman?: Winning allies in the fight for women's liberation

    Perth's IWD march this year. Objecting to the organisers' decision to welcome all supporters of ... the 2001 IWD rally in Perth, separatist feminists marched enclosed within a purple ribbon of ...

  21. ... and ain't i a woman?: Allies

    feminist movement — IWD organising collectives, for example — must be led by women. The decisions about ... solidarity with the movement (by marching on IWD to show their support for the demands of the event, for ...

  22. Fighting for women's liberation in Trump's America-- interview with International Women's Strike USA organiser

    garment workers. In 1917, demonstrations by women workers on IWD in Russia sparked the revolution that ... brought down the Tsar. IWD is marked globally, but in recent years the politics has often become ... Committee for the International Women’s Strike USA, talked to US Socialist Worker about the IWD protests. ...

  23. Feminists discuss how to fight back

    demands for the 1998 IWD rally. Shannon Murphy, a year 11 high school student, said it was important for ...

  24. A new women's prison — no way!

    the Women's Jail campaign to address the Parramatta IWD rally. Opposition to a new women's ...

  25. Radio highlights

    Sunday, March 5, 8.30pm. IWD programming on 3CR, Melbourne, March 8 — 6am: Women's Breakfast Show. ...

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