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will end with a dance and cabaret at Diva's nightclub. The IWD collective meets weekly at ...
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Should men participate in women's rights marches?
than for many years. There was also an unusually large number of supportive men, as the IWD organising ... leave. Men's participation in IWD was welcomed by most rally participants, and it was certainly ... chance of final victory. Explaining its decision in a position paper of its own, the IWD collective ...
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A life in the struggle
rights, and we gave out leaflets which gave the history of IWD", she told Â鶹´«Ã½ in an interview ... on February 27. For her generation of activists, IWD was "always a tremendous day. It was a day ... kept the torch of IWD alight, and now this was it." As a young crusader (she was dubbed "the ...
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Feminist marches oppose war
organised the first ever IWD breakfast. Sixty women came to hear the keynote speaker, Textile, Clothing and ... led by women drummers, protesting war on Iraq. The turnout — much larger than at previous IWD protests ... white flowers in the march in memory of poet Connie Frazer, a founding member of the IWD collective who ...
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Anti-war activist notebook 3
Wollongong’s peace train and IWD plans BY MARG PERROTT WOLLONGONG — After the 5000-strong February ... mobilisations as February 8. For the first time in years, Wollongong will hold it's IWD march on the same ... day as Sydney. IWD will be a march of women and men, the organisation, marshalling, and speakers are ...
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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. ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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How Â鶹´«Ã½ 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 ...
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Radio highlights
Sydney IWD march and rally — Women Out Loud will be broadcasting the speeches to all capital cities. ABC ...
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Radio highlights
Women's Day edition — To mark IWD, the Coming Out Show explores the ideas, perspectives, work and ...
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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, ...
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'Women unite!'
Women's Centre told the rally that "IWD has a very black history and a very militant history". ...
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Marxist feminism in action
role each year in the IWD march and rally organising collectives, in which we continue to argue for ...
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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. Â鶹´«Ã½ Weekly current affairs ...
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Lesbians win access to sperm banks
be raised at the IWD march and rally on March 8. February 12, 1997 262 ...
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Action updates
theme of this year's Newcastle International Women's Day. The theme was chosen by the IWD ...
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... 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 ...