Women on the March Until We are All Free! 4 th International Action of the WMW 8 March-17 October 2015

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1 Women on the March Until We are All Free! 4 th International Action of the WMW 8 March-17 October 2015 We have been organising our 4th International Action Year in a time of crisis and nonconventional warfare at global level. However this will not constrain us from taking to the streets and strengthening our international movement. Confronting with this capitalist, patriarchal and colonialist system, we will expose and denounce all forms of violence against women and identify the actors promoting oppression, namely fundamentalist religious groups and sectors and neoliberal, multilateral and financial institutions and governments destroying social services and rights. We will make the resistances already existing everywhere visible and develop alternatives to today s dominant accumulation model based on appropriation of nature, control over women s bodies and lives, appropriation of rights, violence, militarisation and criminalisation of social movements. We will show the World that as women we have power to change and alternatives to share. Launch of European Feminist Caravan on 6-16 March 2015 in Turkey Feminists from all over Europe and the world will gather on 8 March 2015 in Kurdish territory of Turkey for the launch of European Caravan as part of the 4th International Action of the World March of Women. European Feminist Caravan is to launch from Turkey on 8 th March and after crossing Europe from one resistance place to another it will reach its final point in Coimbra (Portugal) on 17 th October The launch of European Feminist Caravan in Turkey is being organised by local coordinating bodies and participating groups of the WMW in a way that highlights different realities women live in each region. It will proceed uniting one resistance to another, adding one struggle to another, challenging borders that divide our bodies, struggles and land, from rural to urban, from beaches to mountains, from war-torn territories to ancient sites. You may see on-line map of our action program which is updated regularly: Popular Feminist Training Popular feminist training, as an ongoing process which enables us to recognize our power to act and to be, independently from the system, and to learn and to build a world for women, communities, and nature with others, is a part and parcel of our 4 th International Action Programme. As it is seen this action programme includes wide range of activities from public debates to forums, from musical and theatrical forms to reinvention of history and culture of humanity.

2 What to Bring with You You may bring feminist books for Women s Academy in Diyarbakır and preferably English books for women s libraries in Kobane. For solidarity with women and girls in refugee camps we advise you to send your support to this bank account: Ziraat Bankası Diyarbakır Şubesi (91) IBAN: TR Do not forget bring seeds with you! Travel, Local Transport and Accommodation The 4 th International Action Program starts on 6 th March 2015 Friday at 9:00 am in Nusaybin (one-hour distance from Mardin), therefore arrivals should be at Mardin Airport preferably before 6 March. There is airport in every city where our caravan will pass through: Mardin, Diyarbakır, Antakya, Antalya, Muğla and Đzmir. According to your availability you may arrange your return from one of these cities. For international and national delegates, we arrange buses from Mardin to Thessaloniki. They will be free of charge. In Mardin and Nusaybin we will stay in houses where hosting women cook traditional foods. But for those who ask hotel accommodation, affordable hotel lists will be provided soon. In some places we will stay in affordable hotels but solidarity accommodation will be available in case of need. After receiving registrations we will send you detailed programme and practical information. Foods also will be offered by local women who host our actions. For any inquiry, please contact: info@dunyakadinyuruyusu.org In feminist solidarity, World March of Women Coordination of Turkey

3 4th International Action Programme, 6-16 March 2015, Turkey (Last Updated on 24 February 2015) Friday March 6, Nusaybin 09:00-11:00 Panel Discussions 1. Democratic Confederalism and Rojava Revolution Under Leadership of Women 2. Appropriation of Nature and Ecological Struggles 11:00-13:00 Lunch Break 13:00-16:00 Panel Discussions 3. Gyneology Debates 4. Women s Work and All Forms of Violence Against Women 18:00 Music Recital by Mizgin Tahir (Accommodation in Nusaybin) Saturday March 7, Nusaybin-Mardin 09:00 Rally in Nusaybin (Meeting with Women from Cizre Canton at the border) 12:00 Depart from Nusaybin 16:00 March in Mardin 18:00 Dance Performance and Music Recital (Accommodation in Mardin) Sunday March 8, Diyarbakır (Amed) 09:00 Departure from Mardin 11:00-16:00 8 March Rally in Diyarbakır 17:30 Dinner Cigerxwin Culture Center 19:00 4 Kapı 40 Makam Dance Performance Cigerxwin Culture Center Woman, Labour and Mystery Art Exhibition (Accommodation in Diyarbakır) Monday March 9, Diyarbakır (Amed) Activity to Protect the Tigris (Dicle) Valley Lunch and Free Time (Depart for Antakya)

4 Tuesday March 10, Antakya (Antioch) War in Syria directly affects daily life of women who felt humiliated by trafficking in girls in refugee camps and are under reactionary siege. Besides international solidarity with women under fundamentalist oppression, we will also meet with women of Gezi movement in Antakya. Morning Arrival at Sevgi Resistance Park. Breakfast in tents. Reinventing History: St. Pierre Church and Mosaic Museum 15:00 Forum and Public Demonstration for Peace Concert 20:00 Departure for Mersin (Accommodation in Mersin) Wednesday March 11, Mersin 08:00-09:30 Arrival, Breakfast and Rest 10:00-11:00 Visits to Tombs of Leyla and Ögecan 12:00-13:00 Visit to Özgecan s Family 20:00 Arrival in Alanya (Accommodation in Alanya) Thursday March 12, Antalya 08:00 Breakfast and Exchange of Experiences in Ahmetler Village 1. 13:00 Open-air Exhibition on Women s Daily Life in City at Cumhuriyet Square Protest the Lay-off Women Workers from Metropolitan Municipality and Solidarity with Women Workers 18:00 Panel Discussion: Women and City (Accommodation in Antalya) Friday March 13, Antalya Morning Afternoon Evening Press Release on Women s Beach and Project of Konyaaltı Visit to Alyazma Monument, a monument on femicide Reinventing History: Guided Visit to Kaleiçi (Castle) Carnival 1 A villlage where peasants are in resistance against Hydroelectric Power Plant:

5 Saturday March 14, Muğla 08:00 Arrival in Dalyan to Meet with Iztuzu Beach Resistance 2, Exchange of Experiences 11:00 Departure for Muğla 13:30 Marching to the Square of Borderlessness to Nail WMW Plaquet. Marching to Old Bus Terminal 3, a Fair with Speaker s Corner and Public Forum. Dinner together Departure for Didim (Accommodation in Didim) Sunday March 15, Didim Breakfast in Cemevi :00 Marchin to the Park of 8 March Working Women, Planting Tree Afternoon Reinventing history: visiting Temple of Artemis 5 and Meryem Ana 6 Sunday March 15, Đzmir 15:00 Workshops 18:00-18:30 Welcoming and Meeting Caravan and Marching to Gündoğdu Square. 19:30 Concert (Accommodation in Đzmir) Monday March 16, Đzmir 11:00 Visit to a Neighbourhood Where Gaziemir Nuclear Waste is Stored 13:00 Visit to Selçuk Gökçealan Village (Picnic) 15:30 Visit of Şirince 7 Village 17:30 Depart for Đzmir 21:00 Depart for Thessaloniki a public space which people struggle against construction of shopping mall

6 Tuesday March 17, Thessaloniki Welcome Caravan at Aristotelous Square Press Release with Women Cleaners Fired from Municipality March in the City Dinner in the Women s Solidarity Venue Wednesday March 18, Thessaloniki 11:00-12:00 Press Conference with Feminist Caravan (Actions in Turkey, Crisis and Problems of Women in Resistance) Joint Meeting on How to Coordinate Joint Actions and Cooperation in Future 19:00 Forum with Social Movements in Thessaloniki Thursday March 19, Edessa Visit to Vergina Meeting with Women s Initiative of Edessa (Textile workers are expected to attend) Demonstration