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8M 2023

8M: For a socialist revolution against unemployment and gender violence

8M: For a socialist revolution against unemployment and gender violence

By PT Costa Rica In Costa Rica, we have identified a general regression in our country’s women’s movement as a result of a decrease in the international movement for the struggle for women’s rights. This is also due to the defeat of the PAC (Partido de Acción Ciudadana, Citizens’ Action Party) and progressivism in general […]
8M 2023
<strong>#8M Colombia | The Working-Class Woman Resists</strong>

#8M Colombia | The Working-Class Woman Resists

The situation for women in Colombia is daunting. We often see cases of femicide in the news, and according to the National Institute of Legal Medicine,[1] a woman is killed every eight hours. Even if not all cases are considered femicides, that is, motivated by the fact that the victim is a woman, the majority […]
8M 2023
El Salvador | Working women suffer under the government of Nayib Bukele

El Salvador | Working women suffer under the government of Nayib Bukele

Women in El Salvador suffer under some of the most draconian and harsh laws pertaining to sexual and reproductive health. An abortion or complications during birth, such as a miscarriage, can land women in jail for 50 years. In addition to a lack of autonomy over our bodies, the Salvadoran government of Nayib Bukele and […]
8M 2023
Türkiye | Women, LGBTQI+ and refugees doubly victimized post-earthquakes

Türkiye | Women, LGBTQI+ and refugees doubly victimized post-earthquakes

On February 6, 2023, two major earthquakes centered in Kahramanmaraş occurred. The earthquakes were felt strongly in the provinces of Antep, Maraş, Adana, Hatay,  Amed, Osmaniye, Adıyaman, Kilis, Malatya and Urfa. After the first earthquake, which struck during the night, some areas were practically destroyed and hundreds of thousands of people trapped under the rubble […]
8M 2023
<strong>The Situation of Poor Women in Peru</strong>

The Situation of Poor Women in Peru

Poor and working women, especially in rural areas, find themselves in the struggle against the murderous government of Dina Boluarte and the Congress, suffering the repression unleashed by it. However, in addition, they carry on their backs the weight of the economic, social and political crisis that envelopes the country, subjected to lower paid and […]
8M 2023
The Fight Against Women’s Oppression in the United States

The Fight Against Women’s Oppression in the United States

In the U.S., we are experiencing a moment of reactionary upsurge against women and the LGBTQI+ community. These frontal attacks have the most immediate and devastating effect on the most oppressed sectors of the country, in particular working-class, immigrant, Black, and indigenous peoples. The disintegration of democratic rights happens within a context of a heightened […]
8M 2023