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Argentina: hundreds of thousands of women set to protest against violence

Report of Uci Goni from Buenos Aires Organizers urge women to stop work and other activities for an hour in Wednesday ‘women’s strike’ following rape and torture of a 16-year-old girl Hundreds of thousands of women in Argentina are expected to join a national protest over violence against women on Wednesday, after a horrifying attack …

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Women’s boat to Gaza: 13 women kidnapped, the boat intercepted

Photograph from departure, Italy, 27 September This afternoon at 15:58 (CEST) on 5 October, the Israeli Occupation Navy surrounded the Zaytouna-Oliva in International Waters and kidnapped the 13 human rights activists on their way to Gaza. A list of all the women on board can be found here https://wbg.freedomflotilla.org/participants-on-board-messina-to-gaza The IOF began to intercept the …

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Black Protests – Women’s rights in Poland under a huge threat

A protest in Kraków in April 2016 against plans to tighten the law on abortion in Poland. Photograph: Łukasz Kamiński/Agencja Gazeta/Reuters European Women’s Lobby in solidarity with women in Poland! Women organisations in Poland and Europe are reacting strongly against the decision taken by the Polish Parliament on 23th of September to move ahead with …

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Zaytouna-Oliva departs for Gaza – Amal-Hope II to follow soon

Photo from dockside this morning, credit: Freedom Flotilla Italy. September 27, 2016 Messina, Italy:  This morning at 9:50 am, women representing 13 countries spanning five continents began their journey on Zaytouna-Oliva to the shores of Gaza, which has been under blockade since 2007. On board are a Nobel Peace Laureate, three parliamentarians, a decorated US …

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Thousands of protesters in Dublin and Irish expats demand referendum on Ireland’s abortion laws

Regulations on abortions in Ireland are among the strictest in the world Thousands of protesters marched in Dublin, and Irish expatriates joined in demonstrations around the world on Saturday, to put pressure on the Irish government to hold a referendum to repeal restrictive abortion laws. Regulations in the once stridently Catholic Ireland are among the …

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