Women

25th November – International Day For Elimination Of Violence Against Women

November 26, 2016 Lakshmi Puri, www.ipsnews.net Create! Violence, Women

By Lakshmi Puri for IPS - NEW YORK, Nov 25 2016 (IPS) - Each year on November 25, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women is commemorated. A commemoration in essence is an opportunity to reflect on the challenges, prove that progress can be made and celebrate victories. It is also a reminder of the obligations and the responsibility we all must own at both the private and the public level to ensure that every woman, every girl, in all corners of the world lives in a world free of violence and fear.

A Huge Women’s March On Washington Is Taking Shape

November 24, 2016 Tex Dworkin, www.care2.com Organize! Washington, Women

By Tex Dworkin for Care 2 - On January 21st, one day after Donald Trump’s inauguration, thousands of women and their allies from around the country are expected to march on Washington, D.C. Here’s why, plus details for those interested in participating. Originally dubbed the “Million Women March on D.C.”, the “Women’s March On Washington” is taking shape as we speak.

A Women’s Economic Agenda For The Next President

November 2, 2016 Elise Gould, www.epi.org Create! Economic inequality, Economics, President, presidential elections, Women

By Elise Gould for EPI - Progress on closing the gap between men’s and women’s wages in the U.S. economy has been glacially slow in recent decades—and gender wage parity has become a top priority for those committed to ensuring the economic security of American women. This priority is absolutely essential. No matter how you cut it, the gender wage gap is real and it matters (link to paper). That said, pay parity cannot be the only goal for those looking to improve the economic lot of American women.

Thousands Of Women In Iceland Walked Off The Job At 2:38 P.M.

October 31, 2016 Eric March, www.upworthy.com Resist! Iceland, Women, Workers Rights and Jobs

By Eric March for Up Worthy - Women in Iceland make roughly 18% less than their male counterparts, according to the latest European Union data. Which is good, compared to a lot of other countries — including the United States (which ranks 28th on the World Economic Forum's Gender Gap Report; Iceland is first). But still pretty unfair. Unless, of course, their work day was 18% shorter. Which means they'd get out at 2:38 p.m. This isn't the first time women in Iceland have gone on strike.

We Strike Too: Joining Latin American Women’s Strike From US

October 28, 2016 Erika Almenara , Ivonne del Valle, Susana Draper, Ludmila Ferrari, Liz Mason-Deese and Ana Sabau, www.truth-out.org Resist! Latin America, Strikes, Women

By Erika Almenara , Ivonne del Valle, Susana Draper, Ludmila Ferrari, Liz Mason-Deese and Ana Sabau for Truthout - The October 19 strike was a powerful first: Thousands of women across Latin America, from Argentina to Mexico, interrupted their daily routines to take to the streets and plazas and join the first women's strike in the region. Bringing together their voices, bodies and minds, they chanted "ni una menos" (not one less), "vivas nos queremos" (we want us alive) and "nosotras paramos" (we strike).

Women In Iceland Protest Country’s 14% Pay Gap

October 27, 2016 Staff, www.nytlive.nytimes.com Resist! Iceland, Inequality, Protests, Women

By Staff of WITW - Even in Iceland, the country many experts consider the world’s leader in gender equity, the gender pay gap persists. Women employees make 14 to 18 percent less than men in Iceland — a discrepancy that unions and women’s organizations say means women effectively work for free after 2:38 pm. On Monday, in protest of the pay gap, thousands of Icelandic women decided to work the hours their pay merited — by leaving their workplaces promptly when the clock struck 2:38.

Visionary, Defiant And Resilient: Bahrain’s Dissenting Women

October 25, 2016 Semanur Karaman, www.huffingtonpost.com Resist! Bahrain, Women

By Semanur Karaman for The Huffington Post - The Gulf State of Bahrain is known for its extravagance. Gloating over multi-million dollar investments in tourism, sports and banking, the kingdom does not shy away from showing off with the Grand Prix races, or celebrity visitors the likes of Kim Kardashian. This alone, makes the Kingdom look like a miracle of some sort to many who associate the Middle East with subsequent failures, instability and conflict.

Why I Am On The Women’s Boat To Gaza

September 24, 2016 Lisagay Hamilton, www.counterpunch.org Resist! Blockades, Gaza, Women

By Lisagay Hamilton for Counter Punch - Sunday night, September 18, 2016. As my “industry” colleagues attend Emmy parties and dress for the red carpet, I stand on the chilly docks of Ajaccio, Corsica, in the wee hours of the morning awaiting the arrival of a small sailboat called the Zaytouna-Oliva. The boat arrives just after 2AM, and the passengers and crew, all women, disembark. The trip from Barcelona was rough. Everyone had gotten sick and it showed on their faces.

Women’s Boat To Gaza Prepares A New Challenge To Israel’s Blockade

August 20, 2016 Joe Catron, www.truth-out.org Resist! Blockade, Gaza, Israel, Women

By Joe Catron for Truthout - When two dozen women sail from Barcelona on September 14, mounting the latest international challenge to Israel's naval blockade of the Palestinian Gaza Strip, their boats -- the Amal, or "hope," and Zaytouna, or "olive" -- will confront a seemingly intractable impasse. "There is no freedom of transport or travel owing to the closure of cross points and borders, which led to the death of a score of patients [from Gaza] who were unable to receive their treatment abroad,"

A Triumph Long In Coming In Fair Pay Fight

August 4, 2016 Shirley Leung, www.bostonglobe.com Resist! Jobs and Wages, Women

By Shirley Leung for The Boston Globe - At first, Dorothy Simonelli didn’t want to come, or see her name or photo in the newspaper. The wounds still stung two decades after losing a bitter case that was the first legal test of the state’s equal pay law. She was among 41 lunch ladies who sued the Everett Public Schools alleging their work was comparable to the male custodians yet the women were paid only half as much.

The Women Who Are Taking On Wal-Mart

June 6, 2016 Annelise Orleck, www.theconversation.com Resist! Walmart, Women

By Annelise Orleck for The Conversation - Pico Rivera is a dusty working-class Latino suburb of Los Angeles. After the school district, Wal-Mart is the city’s largest employer and the source of 10 percent of its tax revenue. More than 500 families in the town depend on income from the store. The town is also the epicenter of activism by Wal-Mart workers in the United States. Walmart associates have been fighting for four years to pressure the world’s largest private employer to grant its workers decent conditions, a living wage and regular hours.

Northern Irish Women Ask To Be Prosecuted For Taking Abortion Pills

May 24, 2016 Amelia Gentleman, www.theguardian.com Resist! Abortion, health, Ireland, Women

By Amelia Gentleman for The Guardian - Three women have handed themselves into a police station in Derry, stating they have procured and taken illegal abortion pills and requesting that they be prosecuted, in protest at Northern Ireland’s restrictive abortion laws. Dozens of pro-choice campaigners gathered at Derry police station in support of the women as they handed themselves in for questioning. The women hope to trigger a trial to showcase the archaic nature of the 1861 Offences Against the Person Act – the legislation which makes abortion in Northern Ireland illegal except in extremely rare circumstances.

CODEPINK Hosts Mother’s Day Peace Festival

May 10, 2016 John Zangas, www.dcmediagroup.us Resist! Mothers, Women

By John Zangas for DC Media Group - Washington, DC – Peace activists, bands, music, art and community unity made a perfect recipe for a peace festival on Mothers Day weekend at the White House on Saturday. The theme was creating a society free of violence so families could thrive. Several hundred took part in the event hosted by CODEPINK: Women for Peace. Other sponsors included Institute for Policy Studies, Washington Peace Center, and over 20 other groups. A half dozen bands performed various peace songs, while others painted or danced as activists spoke about peace initiatives, read poetry, or sang songs.

Mothers In Resistance – ¡Berta Cáceres Vive!

May 7, 2016 Lydia Simas, www.grassrootsinternational.org Resist! Activists, Mothers, Women

By Lydia Simas for Grassroots International - Berta Cáceres – indigenous, environmental, and human rights defender and fierce feminist who was assassinated in Honduras on March 3rd, 2016 – was, among so many other things, a mother in resistance. She inherited this from her mother, who was an inspiration to her, and she passed this down to her own daughters and son. Berta’s mother, Austra Bertha Flores Lopez, worked as a midwife and served as mayor of their town and then governor of their state.

May 9, 1858: Mother’s Day For Peace

May 7, 2016 Julia Ward Howe and Gary Kohls, www.zinnedproject.org Educate! History, Mothers, Women

By Julia Ward Howe and Gary Kohls for Zinn Education Project and Common Dreams - Mother’s Day began as a call to action to improve the lives of families through health and peace. Ann Jarvis of Appalachia founded Mother’s Day in 1858 to promote sanitation in response to high infant mortality. After the Civil War, abolitionist Julia Ward Howe made a Mother’s Day call to women to protest the carnage of war. To explore the history and purpose of Mother’s Day, beyond the textbooks and commercial media, we offer below the original proclamation by Julia Ward Howe, a short film called Mother’s Day for Peace...

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