Wimmin’s Voices – Feel the Rising!
“I want to feel safe! It is my right! And the right of my children!”
“It is a crying shame that we still have to campaign for the basic human rights of all women and girls everywhere to live with dignity and in peace, free from male violence and economic exploitation. We can never rest until this work is done”
“Strong and united women never defeated. Thanks for taking a stand against VAW in all its forms including commercial sexual exploitation. Not easy because feminists all over the world are bending under the pro sex work lobby, but absolutely necessary if we see feminism as about freeing all women”
“We support the March and our sisters in the struggle! Let's educate our husbands, brothers and sons for a positive future for all women! Peace & Blessings”
“Feel this sound of women rising,
Feel the pulse of women near,
Listen to this song we're singing
One in heart - with minds, and souls, sincere.
ONE MILLION women transcending all differences
ONE HEART that beats to an age old sound
ONE VOICE resonantly calling out for justice
UNITED in a belief that peace is possible…and now!”
“This campaign is of the utmost importance for me and all women. I suffered from domestic violence ~ physical/verbal abuse and intimidation from my father when I was growing up. Three of my friends have been raped and one was sold to be used in child pornography repeatedly whilst growing-up, including torture and repeated rape”
“If a man hits a man in the street, he is sent to prison. If a man hits a woman (partner, wife) behind closed doors at home, he is applauded and gets custody of the children. Sadly speaking from personal experience myself (currently involved in a horrific battle about residence of my three children with my violent husband who is trying to declare me mentally ill and an "unfit mother" - don't they all do that and get away with it?). The chapter "Mother-blaming in the Courts" in Marianne Hester's book "Mothering through domestic violence" could have been written about me.
Never give up!!!”
“We have come to far as a species, have too much evidence and historical record behind us now, to accept responsibility for only our finest achievements. We must also and equally give effort to righting our wrongs. And the wrongs against women, so long as they continue, discredit any achievement we have made or wish to make in the future”
“We're getting as many women there as we can... doing it ourselves... raising money...raising passion... raising support... raising our fists in the old symbol of women's liberation. Love to womanists, feminists and women's liberation activists everywhere!”
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