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NEWS & LETTERS, March-April 2005Women World Wide
by Mary Jo Grey On International Women's Day 2005, the World March of
Women began a global relay to send the Women's Global Charter for Humanity
around the world for discussion and enactment. Adopted in Rwanda in December,
the Charter proposes to build a world where exploitation, oppression,
intolerance and exclusion no longer exist and integrity, diversity, and the
rights and freedoms of all are respected. Its demands include elimination of
poverty and violence against women. The relay began March 8 in Sao Paulo,
Brazil, and will stop in 53 countries before concluding in Quagadongou, Burkina
Faso on Oct. 17. * * * The Organization of Women’s Freedom in Iraq (OWFI)
held a conference in Baghdad in March. With the "victory" of the Iraqi
United Alliance, composed mainly of Shi'ite groups, the demand for the
Islamisation of Iraq and its constitution will grow. The conference, "Women
and the Constitution," demands a constitution based on secular values, full
equality between women and men, and the abolition of all discriminatory articles
and laws. We call on all to support the conference politically and financially
to help women win a secular constitution in Iraq that will allow them a voice in
shaping our own future. To send letters of support, and donations: E-mail: houzan73@yahoo.co.uk
Tel: 079 56 88 3001 www.equalityiniraq.com —From: Houzan Mahmoud, UK representative of OWFI |
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