What's new this week: we have a new world to build in our hands
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Capire is a media tool to echo the voices of women in movement, to publicize the struggles from different territories, and to strengthen local and international references of anti-capitalist, anti-racist, grassroot’s feminism. To learn more, watch the video or read our presentation.
::: Popular Peasant Feminism: We Have a New World To Build in Our Hands
Read and listen to the words of Yolanda Areas Blass, of La Via Campesina, from her contribution at the “Challenges of Grassroots Feminism” Webinar. “We are women who farm the land, we are fisherwomen, we are working women in the rural world. Our identity is the struggle for emancipation" | Analysis
::: #FeministSchool: Launch Celebrates the Legacy of Berta Cáceres
Online event paid tribute to women’s struggles in their territories and illustrated the importance of education for grassroots feminist international organizing | Multimedia
::: Grassroots Organizing To Tackle Life-Threatening Systemic Crises
Read and listen to the words of Karin Nansen, chair of Friends of the Earth International, from her contribution at the “Challenges of Grassroots Feminism” Webinar. "there is no way for us to express and strengthen ourselves as collective political subjects if we don’t dismantle these systems of oppression" | Analysis
Call for Posters: Anti-Imperialist Feminism To Change the World
To strengthen this revolutionary feminism, we call all women to express their artwork in our Call for Posters organized in partnership with the Capire portal, the International Peoples’ Assembly, and the International Week of Anti-Imperialist Struggle. The posters may include illustrations, photographs, collage works… What matters is the creativity and the will to make a contribution. We will use the materials submitted to organize an international virtual gallery to be launched on May 1st, Workers’ Day!
More information, reading references, selection requirements, and the application form are available on the Capire website.
"The feminist resistance and solidarity around the world" will take place through the Zoom platform, on March 23. Attention to time zones: 10AM (USA), 5PM (Kenya), 7PM (Pakistan). There will be simultaneous translation into Portuguese, English, French and Spanish. Register here: bit.ly/23-03-2021
...And, since you are here, access also past weeks' content:
::: Feminist Struggle for Freedom and Sovereignty in Palestine
This is an edited version of a speech Khitam Saafin gave in October 2020. Khitam is currently detained by the Israeli occupation. Free Khitam! | Analysis
::: The Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on African Grassroots Women
Read and listen to the words of Sophie Dowllar, of the World March of Women of Kenya, from her contribution at the “Challenges of Grassroots Feminism” Webinar | Analysis
::: Removing Bolsonaro From Office Is a Feminist Task in Brazil
Read the article by Maria Fernanda Marcelino. "There is only one way to stop the death, hunger, and unemployment that haunt us, a reality for thousands of Brazilian households: Bolsonaro and all his corrupt, militarized government must be immediately impeached" | Analysis
::: 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 | 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 | 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 | Experience
::: “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 | Interview
Gallery: Living Memory of March 8
The gallery “Living Memory of March 8” is Capire’s first contribution to build and keep our collective memory, gathering a snippet of the strength of March 8 across the world. We feature 133 pictures by 44 women from 40 places (cities, territories, countries) who have submitted their photographs. Please, access, see the photos and share!
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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.
