Conference emphasizes women’s struggle for
liberation
Special to Workers World
Brooklyn, N.Y.
The Women's Anti-Imperialist League (WAIL)
held a one-day conference on March 27 entitled "Uniting Women's
Response Against Wars of Aggression and Globalization." It was
held at the Audre Lorde Project, located in Brooklyn. The
keynote speaker was Ninotchka Rosa, a Philippine-born writer
and activist. Other speakers included Aseel Sawalha, who spoke
on the plight of Palestinian and other Arab women in the Middle
East; Monique Laurent, a Haitian lawyer who spoke on the
situation of Haitian women in light of the Feb. 29 U.S.-backed
coup that ousted President Jean-Bertrand Aristide from office;
Monica Moorehead, a leader of Workers World Party, who tied in
the struggle of African women to imperialism; and long-time
activist Judith Mirkinson. WAIL was founded in 2003 by Gabriela
Network, a Philippine-U.S. women's solidarity mass organization
that came together 20 years ago. A number of concrete plans of
action were adopted during the discussion groups, including
organizing a women's rally in May in New York and a 2005 WAIL
international summit in San Francisco.
Reprinted from the April 8, 2004, issue of
Workers World newspaper
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