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Leaflet Number 1 On 8th of March 2007, International
Women’s Day united and in harmony let us
call for ‘another world’! Do
you hear the screams of Iraqi women, crying out against honour killings by
Islamic groups or against being raped by American/British troops? Do
you hear the protests of Afghan women whose body and soul is the battleground
in the rivalry between Taleban, other Islamic forces and Western occupiers
and their protégés? Do
you hear the screams of that Iranian woman who has suffered from whip lashes,
was forced to wear a veil and is now facing death by stoning? Do
you hear the protests of American women who face the rape of one of their
sisters every 6 seconds? Are
you a witness to the rise in patriarchal violence against women in European
countries? The
perpetrators of repression against women are on the one hand patriarchal imperialist
powers who try and justify their aggressive wars by claiming to defend
‘women’s rights’ and ‘human rights’ in the region as well as reactionary
Islamic fundamentalists who have enslaved women. The
murder of thousands of women and children under napalm, phosphor and cluster
bombs, the rape of Iraqi women by US soldiers, the imposition of misogynist
Islamic constitutions by fundamentalist forces, helped by US and Western
advisors in Iraq and Afghanistan are only part of the ‘women’s liberation’ heralded
by imperialist forces. Reactionary Islamic forces, on the other hand,
increase repression and destitution on women using their political programme.
Legislation confirming inequality as well as Islamic punishments against
women and the forced veil are all manifestations of the masculine Islamic
power structure. Rape and execution of women and young girls in All
these events teach us, women of the We,
Iranian women, will continue on the path we started last year, seeking to
establish ‘another world’ based on the participation and authority of all
human beings, those who have no interest in maintaining the power structures based on exploitation and
injustice. We seek a world where maiming women is considered a crime not a
tradition. We seek a world where no
female child will go to the ‘matrimonial’ rape scene, where no woman will
face ‘honour killings’ , where no
woman is forced to commit suicide or to set fire to herself to escape
patriarchal violence, a world where no woman is punished or faces stoning by
death for loving someone or for sexual relations. We seek a world that does
not consider homosexuality a crime, a world where a woman’s identity is not
determined by her marriage or motherhood. We are fighting for a world where
no one can force women to stay in the kitchen or indoors, where no one can
deprive women of the right to participate in social production and in
politics. In such a world women will control their own bodies and will make
their own decision on whether they want children, a world in which men and
women are truly equal in all aspects of life.
These
are some aspects of the horizon for
our liberation, a horizon that must be within the reach of millions of oppressed
women, A horizon that gives us hope, a hope that gives us courage and
strength to continue our struggles for emancipation from all forms of sexual
and class oppression. On
the 8th of March 2007 we will raise the slogan “No to reaction, No
to Imperialism, we are in the process of creating another world!” to unite
and widen our ranks. In the current world situation, women’s emancipation
sets a clear demarcation line between the world’s oppressed and an assortment
of imperialist and Islamic fundamentalist reactionaries. Our march will take place On 8th March 2007, 10 am in The Campaign for Abolition
of all Misogynist Gender Based legislation & Islamic Punitive Laws
in 9th Jan 2007 Karzar2005@yahoo.com www.karzar-zanan.com |