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  1. News briefs

    IWD planned ADELAIDE — A meeting here on August 3 began planning the 1997 International ... Women's Day (IWD) march, which will mark 25 years since the first women's liberation march in ... original demands of the movement. An IWD collective member told Â鶹´«Ã½ Weekly: "While we have much ...

  2. Our struggle for liberation is far from over

    activists what they will be marching for when they mark International Women's Day (IWD) for 2004. Lyn ... sovereignty of Iraq." Fidan Yildirim, Kurdish feminist and member of the Melbourne IWD collective, said ... rhetoric [but] doing little". Kenny agreed: "As well as marching on IWD, we need to join others ...

  3. Meeting debates abortion reform

    collective grew out of the International Women's Day (IWD) Committee and the meeting was organised in ... waited until three days after IWD this year to announce its no-change policy. At the meeting, Jennifer ... quality submissions supporting the repeal of the abortion laws, including one from the IWD Committee. ...

  4. Action updates

    for their Liberation" — the first IWD march in Adelaide. The 1997 march will take place on March ... 8, and a speak-out is being planned for February to enable participants in the 1972 IWD activities to ... revive their memories and reclaim that history. For more information about IWD collective meeting times, ...

  5. International Women's Day 1998

    a spirited rally at Emma Miller Place. The rally was chaired by Ruth Radcliffe from the IWD Collective and ... under the Howard government's attacks. Justine Kamprad from the IWD Collective outlined the demands ... legislation around the country. Brewer announced a meeting called by the IWD Collective for March 18 at 5.30pm ...

  6. Action updates

    present. To get involved, phone ASIET on 4226 2010. IWD 2000 organising kicks off HOBART — The Hobart ... for IWD 2000. The issues raised as potential demands for the march included ending sexual assault and ...

  7. Pakistani women workers march

    Women's Day (IWD) on March 8. Despite prevailing fear among the people of Lahore after an early morning ... and embellishment workers, made their way to observe the IWD. To show solidarity with victims of the ...

  8. 'Our feminism is anti-racist and internationalist'

    socialist Left Party and the Green Party. Early this year, the city declared International Women’s Day (IWD ... ) a public holiday. Internationally, the call for a women’s strike on IWD has been gathering momentum. In ...

  9. Women to protest against war

    Women's Day (IWD) call to action. For a century, protests, marches, toasts and festivals have been held on ... across the world, IWD will be marked by large protests against the US war on Iraq. In Canberra, protest ... organiser Kerryn Williams has been circulating the IWD call to action. "Within an hour of emailing it ...

  10. Latinas: Our Origins, Our Voices

    This cultural event will celebrate International Women’s Day (IWD) on March 8. Colectivo Mujer is ...

  11. Rallies mark International Women's Day

    laws which can see women jailed for having an abortion date back to before women even had the vote. IWD ...

  12. International Women's Day: 'Control of our lives'

    one pro-choice bill has ever been presented to the state parliament." Chairing the rally, IWD ...

  13. Pro-choice campaign takes to streets

    morning, collective members took over the entire front entrance to the state ALP conference. Colourful IWD ...

  14. Write on: Letters to the editor

    Gareth Smith Byron Bay NSW Perth IWD rally In response to the and ain't i a woman column titled ... Women's Day (IWD) march in Perth this year was poorly attended by WA's feminists. It is a decision ... no one ideology that characterises supporters of women-only space at IWD. Men need to be included in ...

  15. Action updates

    IWD march and rally, "Women fighting for global justice against corporate tyranny". Speakers ...

  16. Women debate parliament

    women". The forum followed an IWD speak-out involving about 30 women at Salamanca Lawns on March 9. The ...

  17. Write on: letters to the editor

    9. IWD is one of the most important events for the women's movement each year, and the women in ... the IWD collective and their supporters put a lot of energy and activists' money into producing ... campaign, to sabotage IWD is inexcusable. This sort of sectarianism (whether censoring feminist or any other ...

  18. Alissar Gazal

    positive things about being a feminist was the experience of my first IWD march in Sydney. I felt supported ...

  19. More people get Â鶹´«Ã½

    outlying towns and regional centres. This IWD issue, for example, is being sold in the streets of Dubbo, ...

  20. Feminism and Socialism

    of the IWD edition being sold at marches around the country. Â鶹´«Ã½ is a broad and accessible ...

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