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Labour Day Solidarity Message from Committee for Asian Women
On 1st May when workers of the world celebrate International Labour Day, Committee for Asian Women joins in extending greetings and solidarity to all workers, especially women workers, to all defenders of rights of workers, to trade unions and human rights organisations all over the world. CAW extends solidarity to all its 43 member organisations in Asia. [...more]
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Cordillera Day 2008:
Resist Mining Plunder and State Terrorism!
22-25 April 2008
We gather this Cordillera Day 2008 to strengthen our unity, reaffirm
our commitment and carry on the militant struggle of our people in
defense of land, life and resources. We mark the 24th
Cordillera Day with greater resolve to resist mining plunder and
state terrorism and to fight for and secure our individual and
collective human rights against the backdrop of a regime clinging to
power through state terror and hell-bent on the sellout of our
national patrimony.
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RURAL WOMEN'S DECLARATION
RIGHTS, EMPOWERMENT AND LIBERATION
6-8 March 2008
Arakkonam, Tamil Nadu, India
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International Fact Finding Mission investigated displacement and destruction of livelihoods in Nellore district, Andhra Pradesh (India) due to SEZ and expansion of port
23 February 2008
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Tirupati, India - An International fact-finding mission, comprising eminent civil society representatives from Thailand, Malaysia, Philippines and India, visited Nellore district of Andhra Pradesh (India) and expressed great concern over the displacement and loss of livelihoods of poor and landless tribal communities in those districts due to construction of Special Economic Zones (SEZ) and expansion of a Port in Krishnapatnam. [...more]
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Rural Women's SRHR: Knowing the Complexities for Strengthening Strategies
ARROWS For Change, Vol. 13 No.1 2007
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Unheard Voices - DALIT WOMEN
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ABOUT THE CONFERENCE
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The RIGHTS, EMPOWERMENT AND LIBERATION: ASIAN RURAL WOMEN'S CONFERENCE will take place on a vast field in Arakonam, Tamil Nadu, India from MARCH 6-8, 2008.
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More than a thousand rural and indigenous women from various sectors of peasants, agricultural workers, fisherfolk, Dalits, pastoralists, informal workers, child labourers and minorities all over Asia will take part in this exciting and momentous conference! Women's organisations, regional networks, public interest groups and support NGOs are also invited to support the activities. [...more]
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CONTACTS for co-organizer
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Pesticide Action Network Asia and the Pacific (PAN AP):
Sarojeni Rengam,
Email:
Marjo Busto Quinto,
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M E D I A
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Rural Women March and Rally on International Women's Day!
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International delegates join the Women's Caravan and Public Rally calling for Rights, Empowerment and Liberation
8 March 2008 / Tamil Nadu-The first ever Asian Rural Women's Conference came to a successful conclusion with bang as participants traveled in vans, buses and lorries on the Women's Caravan through the main highway to Chennai. Vibrantly decorated vehicles carried international and local delegates who chanted slogans and calls for women's rights, liberation and empowerment to curious passersby, who were given pamphlets about the issues raised at the conference. [...more]
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Empowering Ourselves Against Fundamentalism!
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ARWC Feature- 7 March 2008
On the second morning of the ongoing 1st Asian Rural Women's Conference at Palavoy, Arakkonam, the collective voices of the women gathered from 20 countries in Asia came out strongly against the rising fundamentalism throughout the region, and agreed that such fundamentalism was directly or indirectly engineered or encouraged by the state. [...more]
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Rural Women's Voices Take Centre Stage at First Ever Asian Rural Women's Conference
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Women from over 20 countries in Asia gather in Arrakonam, Tamil Nadu, India to Assert Calls for Rights, Empowerment and Liberation [...more]
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Stories of Despair and Hope - A Focus on Dalit women
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Asian Rural Women on Women's Day 2008: "Because Women Are Still Not Equal"
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