Women in Latin America Part 1-2

Direct Action Seminar March 27, 2010 Everywhere women are bearing the brunt of the global economic crash and increasing social inequality - wars & occupations, lost jobs, more discrimination, and an unrelenting cultural tide aimed at reversing the gains of the feminist movement. But women are not simply on the frontline of government and corporate attacks, they are also on the frontline of resistance - leading major struggles against war, occupations, poverty and discrimination. This seminar will bring together feminist activists to discuss these experiences of resistance and consider ways of reinvigorating the struggle for women's liberation. The keynote speakers will introduce the discussion by drawing on their specific experiences with various resistance struggles including Palestine, Latin America and Australia. Speakers Include: Kim Bullimore, recently returned from working in the Occupied West Bank as a human rights volunteer, Direct Action journalist. Lourdes Garcia, Centre for Latin America Studies & Solidarity, Mexican activist recently returned from Mexico. Zely Ariane, National Network for Womens' Liberation (JNPM) in Indonesia & Committee of the Politics of the PoorPeoples Democratic Party (KPRM-PRD) For more information: Tel 0439 454 375 or 0403 943 529 www.rsp.org.au www.directaction.org.au