#iwd2013

[defendwomensrights]

"Since the Europeans came here, Native women have lost their historic positions under the matriarchy as leaders and decision makers, all due to the brutal and genocidal influx of the European colonial ideas of patriarchy and racism.  Still today, Native women suffer disproportionately from alcoholism, drug abuse, and sexual and domestic violence. That is why the struggle for women's rights must include the fight against colonialism, racism and imperialism. All of us need to unite to fight back and win."

- WORD organizer Bethany Woody at the International Women's Day rally to Stop Violence Against Women Everywhere! in Albuquerque, NM.

[greenleftmedia]

Hundreds of people marched in Sydney for International Women's Day on March 9.

The demands of the rally were:

- STOP VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN - END BREASTFEEDING HARASSMENT AND DISCRIMINATION - AFFORDABLE CHILDCARE NOW - RATIFY THE MIGRANT WORKERS' CONVENTION Photos: Peter Boyle

[wordnyc-blog]

Deputy chief of #Damayan speaking out about working women's struggles under US imperialist policies. #standupfightback #IWD2013

[wordnyc-blog]

Marching to the triangle shirt waist factory #iwd2013 #nyc #standupfightback #fem2

[made-in-italy]

"Congratulations on being a woman" said the German male cashier as he gave me this rose #IWD2013 (at Berlin)

[cdndrugpolicy]

Globally, women are imprisoned for drug offences more than for any other crime

One in four women in prison in Europe and Central Asia are incarcerated for drug offences, with levels as high as 70% in some countries

From 1986 to 1996, the number of American women incarcerated in state facilities for drug offences increased by 888%, surpassing the rate of growth in the number of men imprisoned for similar crimes

In Eastern Europe, women who have experienced domestic violence can be refused entry into women’s shelters if they are active drug users 

In Russia, opioid substitution therapy – which is an important and internationally recognised treatment option for pregnant women who use opioids – is not available and is actively opposed by the government