…MEMPA is a powerful name, full of strength. This same strength and energy is transmitted by the Central Women’s Committee known as My Name is Mujer Perla Amazónica (Mi Nombre es Mujer Perla Amazónica – MEMPA), Continue reading “My name is Woman (Mujer) Perla Amazónica”…
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“We are women small-scale farmers, beautiful, courageous, part of the struggle”
On 8 March 1908 in New York, a group of women who were fighting for their labour rights and calling for fairer wages were killed in a fire, in the factory where they were working[1]. Continue reading “We are women small-scale farmers, beautiful, courageous, part of the struggle”
“Regardless of all we have suffered, we have won the battle”: Agripina Sierra
The women of the “Nueva Esperanza” (New Hope) Humanitarian Zone said that don’t know about March 8th’s historical intricacies: who decided that it would be celebrated as Women’s Day, why that day and not another,… Continue reading “Regardless of all we have suffered, we have won the battle”: Agripina Sierra