Posts Tagged ‘International Women’s Day’
Mujeres, Mothers, Movement(s) : A Personal Reflection
7:49 am By Maegan La Mala · Women · 6 Comments
8 Mar 2011In all honesty, there was some internal resistance to writing this post. Today is International Women’s Day and part of this woman just wanted to take the day off but instead, I would like to acknowledge where the multiple struggle(s) for justicia are and their relationship to mujeres and yes giving space, creating space, opening space for women to step back to rest, heal, and conserve energy for the battles to come.
It is interesting, I spent the weekend going through documents of my personal 16 year history doing various work. When I was a baby activist, my mentors and role models were all men and I functioned in a hyper-masculine world where struggle was about long meetings, long actions and preparing for those long meetings and actions. There were plenty of women around : mothers whose children had been killed by racist violence, including police brutality, independent journalists, loyal partners, and other young energetic mujeres like me. What there wasn’t was alot of talk about taking care of ourselves, unless we were forced to.
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Rediscovering Self Induced Abortions
8:34 pm By la Macha · Women · 12 Comments
8 Mar 2010In honor of International Women’s Day and Women’s History Month, I’ve been doing a lot of research on Latinas and health. I’m planning on posting the huge amount of resources that I’ve discovered–I hope you find them interesting!
Latinas are, in general, an understudied population. I think it’s largely due to the facts that “Latina” is such an unstable identity marker (i.e. it can mean so many different populations of women) and that especially in the US, Latinas are still a migratory people. That is, while there are stable settled communities that Latinas exist in–even in those settled communities, a large population of women have only been there one or two generations.
So, some of the resources I’ve found may not be directly about Latinas–but it will always be information that Latinas can use.
The first resource I want to focus on is a zine put out by Sage-Femmes called Rediscovering Self-Induced Abortions.
Latinas already utilize a lot of their own resources in self-inducing their own abortions. Many women can get chemicals and medicines from their home countries without a prescription. But once they get to the US, it is difficult to near impossible to find those same resources. This zine is amazing in that it covers everything from herbs (which often *can* be found at local stores and co-ops) to acupressure points to actual penetration of the uterus.
I do not recommend or disagree with self-induced abortions–but I am totally and completely for women having the right to understand and access their bodies in a way that is based in community knowledge, history and experiences that other women have had. I think it’s an interesting read just for that quality alone!
The zine can be found here and can be downloaded free of charge (it’s 497 pages–a little long to print off, but free!).
Feliz Dia de La Mujer : Still Holding Up Half the Cielo
9:14 am By Maegan la Mamita Mala · Women · 3 Comments
8 Mar 2010The United States does not officially recognize International Women’s Day (IWD), celebrated globally today, and that’s probably because of its socialist roots. In the U.S , socialist = evil. Just ask Obama, the Tea Party peeps, and of Cuba. What people fail to recognize is that International Women’s Day (aka International Working Women’s Day because all women are working women) doesn’t go the way of sentimental hearts and flowers the way Mother’s Day does. IWD, ever since I first learned of it as a teenager, is has been about recognizing the role of mujeres in political and social struggles. It’s not about a mujer as mother or wife, because those statuses do not define mujer. It is about the difficulties in working together across mujer’dad and how we do it anyway and become stronger and wiser in the process.
This year the International Red Cross has dedicated International Women’s Day to displaced women globally, especially timely if you think of the disasters in Haiti and Chile.
Feliz Dia de la Mujer!
8 Mar 2007
There is a saying that women hold up half the earth. Here at VivirLatino, mujeres represent everyday as my fellow editor and I come daily to the page to share our interpretation of Latino life. Today is International Working Women’s Day. Why international? It is celebrated world wide even with its origins dating back to 1909 and the Socialist Party here in the US. So yes, its political. Why working? Created at the height of the industrial revolution, women in the US and globally, especially those working in factories were demanding equal pay for equal work, safe, and fair working conditions. But really, all women are working women, no matter if we work in a factory or raising a family.
International Women’s Day : Comandanta Ramona
2:39 pm By Maegan La Mala · Activism|Justice|mexico · 1 Comment
8 Mar 2006
She left the world too soon, after a struggle with kidney cancer. She was petite in stature but powerful in her strength of character and commitment. Comandanta Ramona left a legacy because of her struggle in Chiapas that Latinas and all mujeres can look up to. She was the founding member of the Clandestine Indigenous Revolutionary Committee (CGRI), the leadership body of the Zapatista Army of National Liberation (EZLN). She consulted indigenous Zapatista communities about the exploitation of women and subsequently penned the Revolutionary Laws of Women which were passed on this day in 1993. During the 1994 uprising in San Cristóbal, she was placed in charge of the military. Comandanta Ramona was the first Zapatista representative to speak during peace talks with the Mexican government subsequent to the uprising.
La Patria es Una Mujer: Lolita Lebron
1:33 pm By Maegan La Mala · Activism|Justice|Puerto Rico · 10 Comments
8 Mar 2006
With all the discussion here on VL around Jen’s post : Is Puerto Rico Latin America?, and in light of today being International Women’s Day I thought it would be appropriate to highlight Latina mujeres who have impacted the world. One of my personal sheros is Lolita Lebron.
Mujeres on the Radio
9:20 am By Maegan La Mala · New York City|San Francisco · Comments Off
8 Mar 2006
If you like your mujeres with sound, some Pacifica radio stations are having special programming all day today to celebrate International Working Women’s Day. For those in my hood, New York City, you can tune into WBAI, 99.5 FM. For those in the Bay Area, you can tune to KPFA, 94.1 FM. If you don’t live in either coast, thanks to the wonder of the internet you can also listen online.
International Women’s Day
8:50 am By Maegan La Mala · Activism|Events|Justice|Latin America · Comments Off
8 Mar 2006
Today is International Working Women’s Day, a day to recognize the struggles of mujeres, our histories, our struggles, and our victories. While we, as a society, should always acknowledge the trabajo done and trabajo that still needs to be done by our mothers, hijas, hermanas, abuelas, tÃas, and amigas, it’s always positive to take a step back and look where we have come from, where we are going and where we need to go. There is a saying that those who do not know their history are bound to repeat mistakes of the past so today I would like to acknowledge some mujeres de ayer y de hoy who are luchadoras, not just for Latinas, but for women as a whole. Stay tuned and join us as I look as influential Latina women.
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