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GLOBAL LEFT MIDWEEK – MARCH 13, 2024  
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March 13, 2024
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_ Women rock the world _

, Paulina Veloso, Chile/Capire

 

* This Year’s International Women’s Day
* IWD Call for Myanmar
* France Enshrines Abortion Rights
* Against Femicide in Kenya
* Women in the UK Cleaning Industry
* Argentina: Women Strike Against Inflation
* The Movements in Pakistan
* Ukraine’s Feminist Workshop
* India: IWD Meets the Farmers’ Protest
* Women’s Rights and Marx’s International

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THIS YEAR’S INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY
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Associated Press (New York)

Women around the globe marked International Women’s Day on Friday,
taking part in strikes, marches and demonstrations that underscored
efforts to combat discrimination and accelerate the drive for gender
parity. The story was summed up by a banner unfurled on the streets
of Pamplona, in northern Spain. “So much has been achieved,” it
said. “There is so much to achieve.”

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IWD Call for Myanmar
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_Women's Peace Network_ / Europe Solidaire Sans Frontières (Paris)

Over three years since its attempted coup, the Burmese military
continues to commit atrocities in an attempt to expand and reinforce
its unlawful and illegal control over the country. The military
continues to use foreign-funded arms supplies and airstrikes to kill
civilians and destroy civilian objects – murdering at least 822
women. 

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FRANCE ENSHRINES ABORTION RIGHTS
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_Editors_ / Le Monde (Paris)

A few days before International Women’s Rights Day on March 8,
women's freedom to control their own bodies should be anchored in
French law. It also comes at a time when abortion, once thought to be
a widely accepted procedure, is being undermined in a number of
democracies, most notably the United States.

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AGAINST FEMICIDE IN KENYA
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_Jacqueline Kubania_ / Truthdig (Santa Monica)

A grassroots movement for change from organizing across Kenya. The
Valentine’s Day vigil followed rallies in 10 provinces overseen by
End Femicide Movement Ke [Kenya]. Organizers note that murder is only
the most extreme form of gender violence plaguing the country and have
called for wide-ranging legal and social reforms to better protect
women.

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WOMEN IN THE UK CLEANING INDUSTRY
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_Ana Aguirre_ / Red Pepper (London)

The Cleaners and Allied Independent Workers Union represents workers
at the sharp end of oppression and exploitation: our 1,900 members are
predominantly migrant workers largely from Latin American backgrounds,
and almost entirely employed under various outsourcing arrangements
within London’s cleaning industry – composed disproportionately of
women.

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ARGENTINA: WOMEN STRIKE AGAINST INFLATION
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_Angelina de los Santos_ / openDemocracy (London)

Argentinian women took to the streets nationwide on International
Women’s Day, as part of a feminist strike calling for an end to the
country’s growing poverty. The protesters’ “most important
demand” is a solution to Argentina’s “food emergency”, said an
activist from La Poderosa, a group that defends the rights of the five
million people living in the country’s 6,500 _villas
miseria_ (misery villages).

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THE MOVEMENTS IN PAKISTAN
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_Asma Aamir_ / Capire

Young feminists face death, rape and acid throwing threats, while they
exercise their constitutional right to assembly and right to freedom
of speech. Raising a slogan has troubled and distressed the
patriarchal mindset in Pakistan. Women are facing opposition, but we
follow our march on the streets, in connection with the International
Women’s Struggle Day and other agendas.

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UKRAINE’S FEMINIST WORKSHOP
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Municipio Zero (Bologna)

It appears that feminist practices and the feminist movement are
gaining momentum in Ukraine, potentially becoming more mainstream.
Previously, Ukrainian women tended to look towards the West or Russian
feminism. The invasion seems to have shifted the focus back to the
local context, with Ukrainian feminists becoming figures of influence,
even gaining attention from media and influencers. 

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India: IWD Meets the Farmers’ Protest
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_Kaisar Andrabi _/ South China Morning Post (Hong Kong)

Baljeet Kaur, a farmer from Punjab, led a group of 200 women to join
the ongoing farmers’ protest in India on International Women’s
Day. “If today, people across the globe are celebrating Women’s
Day, I joined our ongoing protest to convey a message that bolsters
our legitimate struggle for the welfare of thousands of women
farmers who toil on farms, enduring sunburns to sustain their
livelihoods.” 

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WOMEN’S RIGHTS AND MARX’S INTERNATIONAL
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_Laurent Ripart_ / Verso (London)

The minutes of the conference of the First International, held from 16
to 23 September 1871, record an instructive debate on the possibility
of creating women’s sections within the International. Marx invoked
the Paris Commune, where women’s organisations had played a
fundamental role. These committees defended the Commune while
advancing their own social and political demands. 

* International Women's Day
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* Myanmar
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* France
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* abortion rights
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* Femicide
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* Kenya
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* cleaning workers
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* United Kingdom
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* women workers
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* Argentina
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* inflation
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* Pakistan
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* women's movements
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* India
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* Farmers
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* Karl Marx
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* International Workingmen’s Association
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