Actualidad
“ It is no longer a choice between violence and non-violence in this world; it is non-violence or non-existence. And that's where we are today ”. Martin. Luther king
There is a constant in the history of women: oppression. There is another constant in the history of women, and it is that of the tireless fight for their rights.
Currently we continue to face a complex reality where the majority of women are in situations of profound vulnerability. From femicides, which do not decrease (327 in Argentina in 2019), to the most subtle forms of violence, there is a long list of reasons why an International Strike is called again on March 9. Although each region has particular demands, there are some that are common in all countries: decent work and fair wages; end gender violence; fair access to resources, power and opportunities; food sovereignty for all and climate justice. In the world, 70% of women have suffered physical and / or sexual violence by an intimate partner in their life. More than three-quarters of the total amount of unpaid care work is done by women and girls. The global wage gap could take more than 200 years to close.
There is not a single area of life that for women does not represent a possible scene of violence: the street, work, institutions and the home. These are not isolated events. Inequality, which brings with it violence and discrimination, constitutes the structure of a society that operates under a logic in which some are privileged before the submission of others: free or poorly paid care work, paid domestic work that it is usually carried out in precarious conditions with very low wages and labor flexibility, mainly affecting women. Who cares for the grandparents, the children, the sick in the families? How much independence and autonomy do those who have informal jobs, are precarious, and also in many cases are heads of the family? We cannot think about equality in certain areas and ignore others. Inequality, in any of its forms, implies that one person has power over another. How can children who are victims of violence and / or sexual abuse defend themselves? What about trafficked women and girls?
The institutions are complicit in this system that reproduces violence and revictimizes those in the worst situations.
Latin America is the most unequal region on the planet. Many women are forced to leave their countries to survive. In Colombia, women social leaders are being tortured and murdered. In Chile, women detained for the repression reported beatings, abuse and sexual violence.
Twenty-five years have passed since the Fourth World Conference on Women held in 1995, known as the Beijing Platform for Action, where the governments of the world made a formal commitment to women's rights. It is clear that violence against women persists and that a transformation of society becomes urgent. "The life we want is not a biological survival, it is a desire for dignity" expresses the convocation of Ni Una menos to the organizational assembly of the strike. Social movements, communities and organizations unite and call for the International Women's Strike seeking to make this reality visible and urging governments to take action.
In Argentina, the Ministry of Women, Gender and Diversity was recently created with the aim of generating public policies, responding to the collective cry of the feminist and dissident movement that for years has demanded the elimination of sexist violence and equal opportunities. A door opens. We all have the opportunity to go through it and accompany this process of cultural change that we need to guarantee the right to live a life free of violence.
Actualidad
“ It is no longer a choice between violence and non-violence in this world; it is non-violence or non-existence. And that's where we are today ”. Martin. Luther king
There is a constant in the history of women: oppression. There is another constant in the history of women, and it is that of the tireless fight for their rights.
Currently we continue to face a complex reality where the majority of women are in situations of profound vulnerability. From femicides, which do not decrease (327 in Argentina in 2019), to the most subtle forms of violence, there is a long list of reasons why an International Strike is called again on March 9. Although each region has particular demands, there are some that are common in all countries: decent work and fair wages; end gender violence; fair access to resources, power and opportunities; food sovereignty for all and climate justice. In the world, 70% of women have suffered physical and / or sexual violence by an intimate partner in their life. More than three-quarters of the total amount of unpaid care work is done by women and girls. The global wage gap could take more than 200 years to close.
There is not a single area of life that for women does not represent a possible scene of violence: the street, work, institutions and the home. These are not isolated events. Inequality, which brings with it violence and discrimination, constitutes the structure of a society that operates under a logic in which some are privileged before the submission of others: free or poorly paid care work, paid domestic work that it is usually carried out in precarious conditions with very low wages and labor flexibility, mainly affecting women. Who cares for the grandparents, the children, the sick in the families? How much independence and autonomy do those who have informal jobs, are precarious, and also in many cases are heads of the family? We cannot think about equality in certain areas and ignore others. Inequality, in any of its forms, implies that one person has power over another. How can children who are victims of violence and / or sexual abuse defend themselves? What about trafficked women and girls?
The institutions are complicit in this system that reproduces violence and revictimizes those in the worst situations.
Latin America is the most unequal region on the planet. Many women are forced to leave their countries to survive. In Colombia, women social leaders are being tortured and murdered. In Chile, women detained for the repression reported beatings, abuse and sexual violence.
Twenty-five years have passed since the Fourth World Conference on Women held in 1995, known as the Beijing Platform for Action, where the governments of the world made a formal commitment to women's rights. It is clear that violence against women persists and that a transformation of society becomes urgent. "The life we want is not a biological survival, it is a desire for dignity" expresses the convocation of Ni Una menos to the organizational assembly of the strike. Social movements, communities and organizations unite and call for the International Women's Strike seeking to make this reality visible and urging governments to take action.
In Argentina, the Ministry of Women, Gender and Diversity was recently created with the aim of generating public policies, responding to the collective cry of the feminist and dissident movement that for years has demanded the elimination of sexist violence and equal opportunities. A door opens. We all have the opportunity to go through it and accompany this process of cultural change that we need to guarantee the right to live a life free of violence.