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Message in Memory of Aixa Lopez
The Socialist International Women is extremely sad to communicate that on 14 July 2023, in the city of Caracas, Venezuela, the comrade Aixa López, National Women’s Secretary of Democratic Action, passed away. The precariousness, the lack of medicines and the destroyed health system in Venezuela, were determining factors after suffering fractures in both feet when…
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Message in Memory of Miguelina Vecchio
Socialist International Women is extremely sad to announce that, after a long battle with cancer, our comrade Miguelina Vecchio, President of Labour Women Action of the PDT of Brazil, passed away. Miguelina was a dear friend, a lifelong companion, a defender of the causes of women and a fighter against the injustices of the world.…
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SIW Panel Event at IUSY World Festival 2023
At the IUSY World Festival 2023 in Panama City, the Socialist International Women had the honour to host a panel event on the ‘History of Socialist Women in the World’. The event took place on 28 June 2023 and our speakers were Janet Camilo, SIW President; Arelys González, SIW Vice-President and Sharon Pringle, Popular Feminist Consultant…
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SIW Regional Meeting – Latin America and the Caribbean
The SIW Region of Latin America and the Caribbean met in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic on 26 March 2023 to discuss the topic of ‘Democracy and Women’s Political Participation in Latin America and the Caribbean’. The Dominican Revolutionary Party (PRD) was the host party. For more information, please read our programme and summary below: Programme…
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Message of Solidarity with the Women of Israel
In Israel, dozens of women, led by the singer Efrat Gosh, marched dressed in the red dress from the dystopian ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’. These women, who are now known as the women in red, have become one of the most powerful symbols of the fight for the judicial system as a guarantor of the rights…
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International Women’s Day – 08 March 2023
This 8th March – International Women’s Day – we recall that equality between women and men is still far from being achieved and that the rights won by women are not permanent, but must be defended and promoted so as not to take steps back. To read our full declaration, please click on the link…
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Women and New Technologies – A Challenge towards Equality
At the 67th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) which took place at the United Nations in New York, from 06 to 17 March 2023, the Socialist International Women (SIW) in collaboration with the Socialist International (SI) held a parallel event on Monday 06 March 2023. The title of the event was ‘Women…
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Season’s Greetings!
As 2022 comes to an end, we take this opportunity to wish you all Peace and Equality in 2023!
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Spain’s Constitutional Court Rejects Abortion Law Challenge
The Socialist International Women (SIW) applauds the decision by the Spanish constitutional court on Thursday 09 February 2023 to reject a challenge lodged more than a decade ago against a law allowing abortions in the first 14 weeks of pregnancy. SIW firmly believes that women have the right to self-determination and to decide freely about…
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International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women
25 November 2022 In these intensely turbulent times the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women creates a powerful focus on the continuing unacceptable levels of physical and mental suffering of women and girls and the urgent need to intensify our responses to the global scourge of gender based violence. In support of…
International Women's Day
This 8th March we recall that equality between women and men must be defended and promoted so as not to take steps back…