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:
♀ 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 Canada and the US shouting: stop violence, war,
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 Africa,
Latin America, East Europe, and Asia who are victims of trafficking,
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. Dundas Square
Rally: 5:00 p.m.
Ryerson University; 350 Victoria Street; Room LIB 72
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
karzarezanan_intoronto@yahoo.ca and www.karzar-zanan.com