What's new this week: to survive is to fight against exploitation, violence, militarism
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::: The Life and Struggles of Victim-Survivors of Prostitution in the Philippines
Capire spoke with Myles Sanchez and Jean Enriquez of CATW-AP about sexual violence, war on drugs, and other struggles faced by philippines. "No one of us would want to be used by many men we don’t know" | Experience
::: Political Killings, Femicide, Plunder: An Overview on the Situation in Colombia
The Confluence of Women shares an overview on the challenges for grassroots struggles in Colombia in face of Iván Duque’s policies. "Mobilization efforts continue despite unfavorable conditions" | Analysis
::: Peasant Women Nurturing Feminism and Agroecology
Video by La Via Campesina shows experiences of grassroots feminism and agroecology promoted by women from different parts of the world. "The development of agroecology allows us to regain this fundamental value that we, women, have in the process of building a society based on human values" | Experience
::: Feminist Call for Entries for Photographs: the history of March 8
The history of women self-organizing is long, militant, and radical. The feminist movement is creative and irreverent, with different forms of expression in different contexts and historical moments. March 8, International Women’s Day of Struggle, is a day marked by great demonstrations to change the world, since its inception through to current times. Our history is long and lively. So we at the international portal Capire are opening a call for entries for photographs about the history of March 8. We want to organize a virtual gallery, where contributions will come together to help brighten the living, collective memory of feminism.
Choose your photographs and send them to us using the form by March 3rd, 2021.
...And, since you are here, access also last weeks' content:
::: “Until Our Territories Are Free”: Women From Western Sahara in Ceaseless Struggle
To mark the International Day of Solidarity with Sahrawi Women, we spoke with activist Chaba Seini Brahim. "Any exploration of natural resources in Western Sahara without the consent of the Sahrawi people is illegal and plunderous" | Interview
::: “Sister Outsider,” by Audre Lorde
Audre Lorde was an African-American poet, author, professor, and lesbian activist. If she were alive, she would be turning 87 on this February 18th, 2021! | Culture
::: “To the Masters of Countries with a Cold Climate”, by Kishwar Naheed
"Don’t teach me to hate my torrid country/ Let me dry my wet clothes in these courtyards". Read the translation of this anticolonial poem by Pakistani Kishwar Naheed. | Culture
::: In Africa, Women Denounce Violence and Abuse in Industrial Oil Palm Plantations
Watch the video exposing the violence suffered by African women in oil palm plantations. "Violence inherent in the colonial plantation model does not spare systems of reproduction of life" | Multimedia
::: Peasant Struggles in India, a Feminist Perspective
Archana Prasad spoke with Capire about women’s work and lives in India and the struggles against corporate power and right-wing policies. "When capitalism and fundamentalism come together, we have a really highly lethal combination" | Interview
::: Solidarity, an Internationalist Practice
The solidarity experience of grassroots movements to fight violence and authoritarianism around the world. In order to write this text, we spoke with Nalu Faria and Miriam Nobre, of the World March of Women; Karin Nansen, of Friends of the Earth International; and Tchenna Maso, of La Via Campesina. | Experience
::: Women Water Defenders in the Mountains of Argentina
Text by Natalia Salvático. In Argentinian frontline communities, women are saying, “How could we not fight? Do we dry with the land?” | Experience
::: Lélia Gonzalez: A Brazilian Thinker
Raquel Barreto looks back on Lélia Gonzalez’s contributions to Black women’s struggles. | Analysis
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Capire’s written and multimedia materials are organized into six pillar themes: movement, feminist economics, environmental justice, food sovereignty, demilitarization, and autonomy. All our content is available in English, Spanish, French, and Portuguese.
Capire is an initiative by the World March of Women, in dialogue with women of ally movements, such as La Via Campesina and Friends of the Earth International, and organizations that are part of the Strengthening Grassroots Feminisms project.
