Blanca Eekhout and María Fernanda Barreto Blanca Eekhout is the Minister of People’s Power for the Communes and Social Movements of Venezuela and a woman linked to revolutionary militancy long before President Hugo Chávez came to power, whose team she was part of. Eekhout has been a member of parliament, leader of the United Socialist…
Category: REVOLUTIONARY WOMEN
October 15th: Why Commemorate International Rural Women’s Day?
Carolina Cruz The first International Day of Rural Women was celebrated 11 years ago. It was established by the UN General Assembly on 18 December 2007 to recognize the contribution of rural women in promoting agricultural development, food security and poverty eradication in their development spaces. Rural women represent more than a third of the…
Black Women With Guns
From Harriet Tubman to female members of the Black Panther Party, Black women have always played a role in armed resistance in the United States, said Jasmine Young, a doctoral fellow at the University of California’s Department of African American Studies. Young is working on a manuscript titled, “Black Women with Guns: Armed Resistance in…
First International Women’s Forum Seeks to Move Away from Hate and Confrontation
Marco Teruggi The First International Women’s Congress in Caracas brought together representatives of 110 organizations from 23 countries from all continents. Its development is part of the agreements reached during the Sao Paolo Forum, held in July in the Venezuelan capital. “It is one of the sectoral events to conduct debates because within the framework…
The Women of the CRBZ Condemn the Vile Murder of Revolutionary Militants
From the Plataforma Junt@s, the women of La Corriente deeply reject the horrendous and vile crime committed last Saturday, July 27, against our militants José Gerardo Rojas, Manuel Cordero Benítez, Alexis Ontiveros Mora, Eudis Jhoncley Rojas Peña, Kevin Alirio Navas Rodríguez, Milagdi Oliday Garrido Navas. We know that their lives will not be in vain,…
Rebel Manifesto of Honduran Women
In the rebellious Garifuna territory of Vallecito, Iriona, Colón, Honduras, with the presence of the elements of nature that make life grow and the hopes of those of us who walk to arrive at the Encounter, where more than 1200 women and approximately 350 girls and boys were embraced by the gathering as the continuity…
Socialism Has to Be Feminist or It Won’t Be Emancipatory: A Conversation with Indhira Libertad Rodriguez
Cira Pascual Marquina Indhira Libertad Rodriguez is a feminist researcher and sociologist. A member of the Araña Feminista (Feminist Spider network), she does human rights advocacy for women and sexually dissident groups. In this interview with Venezuelanalysis, Rodriguez discusses the specificity of the feminist struggle in Venezuela and the need for Bolivarian socialism to combat…
No Revolution Without Feminism: Weaving Together Venezuela’s Feminist Movements
Ricardo Vas Alejandra Laprea speaking in Plaza Bolívar on March 8. The banner seen on the left was woven together collectively during several days of meetings and discussions. (Ketsy Medina Sifontes) International Working Women’s Day, March 8, landed this year in the midst of a complex scenario in Venezuela, with an ongoing coup attempt and…
On March 8, Women All Over Brazil Honor Marielle Franco and Denounce Bolsonaro
Lu Sudré and Juca Guimarães Demonstration in downtown São Paulo gathered approximately 50,000 people this Friday / Marcelo Cruz Thousands of Brazilians took to the streets this Friday, March 8th, to celebrate International Women’s Day. With the motto “For women’s life, we are all Marielle,” they marched in cities all over the country to protest…
Communiqué from the Women of COPINH
On March 8th we commemorated the great struggles of women around the world. With the strength of the spirit of Berta, the women of COPINH have raised our cry of rebellion against the structures that seek to destroy our rivers, mountains, and lands. We reaffirm our commitment to continue protecting our natural resources and to…
Cuba: A Revolution Within the Revolution
Carolina Aguilar Ayerra Fidel Castro Ruz and Vilma Espín Since the days in the Sierra Maestra, Cuban women have always played a leading role in the Revolution. “Federation members! Women of this worthy and invincible land! (…) With the satisfaction of the overwhelming achievements in the battle for the full exercise of women’s equality, and…
Another Defeat for Imperialist Feminism in Nicaragua
Nora McCurdy and Stephen Sefton The World Economic Forum reckons Nicaragua could reach gender equality within 16 years Thanks to Sandinista government policies of the last eleven years, Nicaragua is on track to become the first country in the world to achieve gender equality, according to the World Economic Forum. But the unrelenting counterfactual attacks…
