Celebrating
International Women’s Day
March 3, 2007
No to Fundamentalisms! No to Imperialism!
Another World is Possible!
On International
Women’s Day (March 8), We say:
Another World is
Possible!
♀ Do you hear the voice of Iraqi women demanding
unconditional end
to occupation? Do you hear their
call to end the violence inflicted on
them by the Islamic
fundamentalist groups, the occupying forces,
and the corrupt Iraqi government?
♀ Do you hear the protests of Afghan women whose bodies and
souls
are the
battleground of various Islamist forces, the Taliban, warlords, and
Western occupiers?
♀ Do you hear the screams of Iranian women who have suffered
whiplashes, are forced to wear the veil, have faced death by
stoning,
and now demand an end to the gender apartheid Islamic regime?
♀ Do you hear the cries of American women facing the rape
of one of
their sisters every 6 seconds?
♀ Do you hear the voices of black, poor, aboriginal and
immigrant
women in
militarization, poverty, and racism?
♀ Do you know about the rise in patriarchal-racist violence
against
women in European countries?
♀ Do you know about millions of women and young girls in
Latin America, East Europe, and
sex trade, slavery, HIV/AIDS, militarization, and war?
We,
Canadian-Iranian women, will continue the struggle started last
year, seeking to create Another World where,
♀ war in not an option; we say loud and clear NO WAR on
IRAN!
♀ any form of violence against women is considered a crime
not a
tradition,
♀ no woman will be subjected to ‘honour killing,’
♀ no woman is forced to commit suicide or set herself
ablaze in order
to escape patriarchal violence,
♀ no woman is punished or faces stoning to death for
loving someone,
♀ homosexuality is not a crime,
♀ women control their own bodies and will make their own
decision on
sexuality and reproductive rights,
♀ women can freely and fully decide their life choices
♀ women and men are truly equal in life.
These are not illusions; we women
and men of the world are capable of envisioning and creating the world
we want.
No to
Fundamentalisms! No to Imperialism! Another World is Possible!
March and Rally
(Saturday, March 3, 2007)
March: 3:00 p.m.
Rally: 5:00 p.m.
Persian Dance
Theatrical
Pieces
Music
Performance
Short
Speeches
Solidarity
Messages
Refreshments
will be provided
Organizers:
The Campaign for Abolition of all Misogynistic Legislation
& Islamic Penal Codes in Iran