No woman is free until all women are free
safety, equality, public services
Rally and march
Saturday March 10, 1pm
Queens Park (George St, behind Casino)
March to Kurilpa Hall for festival
(174 Boundary St, West End)
* End the NT Intervention
* Equal pay now: increase funding to public services
* Repeal all anti-abortion laws
* No "income management"
* Refugee rights now: end mandatory detention
* Repeal all anti-abortion laws
* No "income management"
* Refugee rights now: end mandatory detention
For over a century, International Women's Day has been marked by protests organised to highlight and build the campaigns for women's rights. These days, the history of IWD is too often hidden behind the dazzle of corporate funded luncheons and government sponsored talk-fests. But that was never what the women's liberation movement was about. The movement that founded International Women's Day was one that set out to liberate all women. As long as sexism, misogyny, racism, queerphobia, transphobia, ableism and exploitation continue to oppress women here and around the world, then we need a women's liberation movement. Because no women is free until all women are free.
This year's IWD rally will highlight some of the many issues and campaigns that are being waged by women for justice and equality. It will demand an end to the NT Intervention; equal pay and an increase in funding to public services; a repeal of all anti-abortion laws; an end to "income management" and an end to mandatory detention. There will also be speakers to address issues faced by women prisoners; the campaign for the rights of transgender and transsexual women and the campaigns against sexual assault.
The only way to keep the real history and traditions of International Women's Day and the struggle for women's liberation alive is through taking our message to the streets in protest. Through collective protest action, we can inform and empower ourselves, create awareness and an understanding that we don't just have to accept the injustices that society creates - there is something that we can do about it. As a new tide of protest is sweeping the world, people are awakening to the strength of their collective power. Now more than ever we need a movement that can raise the demands of women and join with this rising wave of protest to build the struggle for true women's liberation. Join us!
