Archive for November 2015
Global Women’s Strike Conference 2015
CARING, SURVIVAL & JUSTICE vs. THE TYRANNY OF THE MARKET INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S CONFERENCE 14-15 NOVEMBER 2015 Watch videos of the conference here: www.gwsconf15.weebly.com/
Read MoreWomen of Colour Often Ignored in the Fight Against Rape
Does UN Women’s figure of ‘one in three women have experienced physical or sexual violence’ include the majority of women and girls in the world who are of colour and grassroots, and the millions risking their lives to flee war? From the Democratic Republic of Congo to Haiti, from Iraq to Uganda, from India to Peru,…
Read MoreFrom Lima to London: the Common Struggles of Rape Survivors
Coming together across international borders, we can win our rights — for everyone. And we will. The Morning Star this week hosted a double page spread focused on the work of anti-rape groups based at the Crossroads Centre. In this piece, Lisa Longstaff of Women Against Rape talks to the general secretary of Peruvian domestic…
Read MoreOur Conference in the Morning Star
Between panels that regularly provoked tears, belly-laughs, chants and standing ovations from the audience, hundreds of buzzing chats took place. Becka Seglow Hudson reports on our international conference for the Morning Star. The opening panel of the conference, with Selma James and Professor Alison Wolf discussing class, care, and the women’s movement, is available to…
Read MoreThe Political Case for Caring Inside the Academy
“Academic institutions are not built for caring” Writes Aliya Yule, volunteer with Women of Colour in the Global Women Strike and Black Women’s Rape Action Project in a piece published both on Media Diversified and the Ain’t I A Woman Collective website. Aliya, who is taking time off from studying at Oxford University, describes the uncaring…
Read MoreWomen Carers Fighting for the Right to not be Impoverished and Overworked
“Women face a dilemma. If we do the caring, men do not become carers with us but consumers of the care we provide. And if we refuse to care, those who need care suffer neglect and worse.” Selma James, coordinator of the Global Women’s Strike had an article published in Open Democracy this week, reviewing…
Read MoreWoman’s Hour: Swedish Mothers Refusing to Work a Double Day
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06nnqq9 Woman’s Hour this week had a section dedicated to Swedish mothers who are refusing to work the double day in work and at home. These women are staying at home and living off sick pay in order to take care of their children and to get a little respite from the mental exhaustion that 70,000 women…
Read MoreThe Struggle to Care in the Face of Cuts
From 2,000 caring institutions – hospitals, schools, social services, housing, have been encroached upon by an expanding police force. Becka Seglow Hudson writes on the replacement of care with neglect, violence, and discipline in the Camden New Journal
Read MoreGlobal Women Strike in Red Pepper
“The campaign for a living wage has taken off internationally led by cleaners, McDonald’s employees, caretakers, hospital and other workers. But will mothers and other carers be included or will we continue to be treated as ‘workless’ scroungers?” http://www.redpepper.org.uk/blog/
Read MoreDo We Value Women’s Work?
“While the 1% more than doubled their income in the last 10 years and the arms trade has risen by 22%, 1 billion children worldwide live in poverty, 3.7m in the UK and 176,565 surviving on food banks.” The Global Women Strike discuss the deepening sexism of austerity and the market. Do we value women’s work?
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