Because women are still oppressed and exploited;
Because women are still raped, terrorized, displaced and poisoned;
Because women suffer the most with globalization, militarization and fundamentalism;
Because women are still invisible;
Because women still do not enjoy their full human rights;
Because women are still not on equal footing in societies…
We mark the International Women's Day as a day to declare our strongest condemnation and resistance against imperialist globalization that sows poverty and hunger in Asia, affecting rural women.
The global economic crisis, brought about by the neoliberal policies of globalisation has further disempowered us and aggravated the violations of our economic, political and socio-cultural rights.
We will continue to fight against all forms of exploitation and oppression. We will fight for freedom and justice in our homes, our lands and workplaces. We are not cowered by fear to demand changes.
Because women are still not equal, we collectively raise our voice for
RIGHTS, EMPOWERMENT AND LIBERATION!
Asian Rural Women's Coalition (ARWC)
Steering Committee Members: Tamil Nadu Women's Forum (TNWF) and Society for Rural Education and Development (SRED) in India; Tenaganita in Malaysia; Human Development Organisation (HDO) in Sri Lanka; GABRIELA National Alliance of Women's Organisation in the Philippines; All Nepal Women's Alliance (ANWA) in Nepal; Asian-Pacific Resource and Research Centre for Women (ARROW), Committee for Asian Women (CAW), Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law and Development (APWLD), Coordination of Action Research on AIDS and Mobility (CARAM Asia) and the International Movement Against All Forms of Discrimination and Racism (IMADR), and Pesticide Action Network Asia and the Pacific (PAN AP)
Contact
Marjo Busto Quinto
Pesticide Action Network (PAN) Asia and the Pacific
P.O. Box 1170, 10850 Penang,
Malaysia
Tel: 604-6570271 or 604-6560381
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