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  1. 100 years of International Women's Day

    women's liberation movement, IWD became a day to raise demands centred on full legal, social and political ... oppression and how to overcome it. The struggle took different forms, however the one unifying event was IWD ... , with political marches and a variety of political and social events. Today IWD tends to be celebrated ...

  2. Thousands march on International Women's Day

    watch the long march go by. Speakers from the Sydney IWD Collective and the Committee in Defence of ... the Anglican church, which is located on one side of the square, had refused IWD permission to use the ... encouraged the crowd to stay active after IWD by getting involved in these campaigns against corporate ...

  3. International Women's Day lunch with Pakistani socialist feminist Sonia Qadir

    Rachel on 0403 517 266 or Pip on 0412 139 968. piph59@gmail.com 0412 139 968 IWD lunch FB event ...

  4. Women against war and racism

    meeting since November last year, has voted overwhelmingly to organise an IWD march and rally on March ... discussion about how to involve more women in IWD, how to oppose war and racism, and campaign for paid ... Brear, an union activist with the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union and member of the Sydney IWD ...

  5. and ain't i a woman?: Social life or social change?

    "second wave") were born, flourished and made real advances for women, IWD has taken on more the ... women in these countries, there is much to celebrate on IWD. Over the last century, women have won the ... together as feminists every March 8 is itself cause for celebration. But an honest celebration on IWD ...

  6. ... and ain't I a woman?: Why we march

    I've never missed an IWD march since. This Saturday, thousands of women and their supporters will again ... a strike by women textile workers in the US, in 1908, for better pay and working conditions, IWD has a long ... a focus for women internationally to organise for their rights. The first IWD was held in 1911 in Germany, ...

  7. Feminism in the age of neoliberalism

    Feminism Myjenta Winter sexism International Women's Day (IWD) March 8 right to vote ... International Women’s Day (IWD) — originally called International Working Women’s Day — was first proposed in ... 1910 as an initiative of the socialist women’s movement. The following year, on March 19, 1911, IWD was ...

  8. Women protest against IR attacks

    people's rights!" was the theme of the March 8 International Women's Day (IWD) demonstration at ... Melbourne IWD rally was supported by community radio station 3CR; the Australian Services Union; the Liquor, ... of many rallies, marches, breakfasts, public forums and other IWD activities around the country last ...

  9. International Women's Day

    arrested when police dispersed activists assembling in Manila. Pictured: IWD in Palestine From 91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳ ...

  10. International Women's Day

    to the march with Resistance members afterwards. We also organise post-IWD public forums, seminars, ...

  11. International Women's Day marked by huge strike in Spain, global protests

    Feminism Workers & unions Kerry Smith International Women's Day (IWD) About five million ... across Latin America also marched on IWD, as can be seen in the huge demonstration from Uruguay below ... March 9, 2018 1172 Huge demonstration as part of the women's strike for IWD in Madrid, March 8. ...

  12. 'If we stop, the world stops': Behind the millions-strong women’s strike that shook the Spanish state

    Feminism Julian Coppens Dick Nichols International Women's Day (IWD) International ... Women's Strike Merida & Barcelona Of all the International Women’s Day (IWD) demonstrations in an ... performance by the often anti-capitalist collectives that have kept IWD alive, but with no power of attraction ...

  13. Palestinian women are defying Israel — even as Israel jails them

    Feminism Lisa Gleeson political prisoners International Women's Day (IWD) If we are serious ...

  14. Darwin's International Women's Day plans

    — The International Women's Day (IWD) 2000 collective here is building on the gains made over the ... future, has discussed the history of IWD, feminism and why some women do not identify as feminists, and ...

  15. Philippines: Women workers call for system change

    Marikina and members of the Labour Party (PM) celebrated International Women's Day (IWD) on March ... led by the PM commemorated IWD with a mobilisation that denounced corruption in government and called ...

  16. Women in revolutionary movements

    domestic violence, world politics, cuts in women's services, the importance of marching on IWD ... Chiapas women who marched in IWD this year. All the participants were enthusiastic about meeting again in ...

  17. Action updates

    MELBOURNE — The International Women's Day Collective has begun meeting to plan IWD '95. Every year ... organising for IWD '95. The march will be on March 11 and will raise demands for choices for women ...

  18. Action updates

    January 19 and February 2, and then weekly until IWD. Child-care is provided. Contact Chris, 277 6990, or ... enthusiasm to make IWD 1995 the biggest and most successful yet. Meetings of the Sydney collective are being ...

  19. Action updates

    6.30 pm at the Resistance Centre, 23 Abercrombie St, Chippendale. Phone 9690 1977. IWD fundraiser a big ... the early hours of the morning. The IWD march, rally and festival will take place on Saturday, March ...

  20. Action updates

    Ruddock from entering the venue. Four protesters were arrested. IWD committee to be launched MELBOURNE ... Day 2001 march and rally. The first meeting of the IWD 2001 march organising committee will be held at ...

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