{"id":1010,"date":"2017-03-09T16:35:59","date_gmt":"2017-03-09T16:35:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.iransos.com\/en\/?p=1010"},"modified":"2017-03-09T16:35:59","modified_gmt":"2017-03-09T16:35:59","slug":"8-march-in-the-face-of-the-attacks-and-the-setbacks-fighting-back-for-womens-rights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iransos.com\/en\/?p=1010","title":{"rendered":"8 March: In the face of the attacks and the setbacks, Fighting back for Women\u2019s rights!"},"content":{"rendered":"

08\/03\/2017-FIDH-<\/span> \u00a0<\/span>For International Women\u2019s Day, FIDH produced a video clip in several languages to illustrate the scope and diversity of mobilisation currently underway. The song \u201cStood up\u201d by John Hiatt is performed by Ang\u00e9lique Kidjo. The daily threats and attacks on women\u2019s rights around the world are being met with new and unprecedented initiatives. No more complacency; it is time for action.<\/p>\n

The January 21st Women\u2019s March, joined by millions of people in the United States and around the world, protested against the new president whose ideology and sexist statements deeply marked the presidential election campaign. This unprecedented march \u2013 never before had so many people demonstrated together in the U.S. \u2013 however, did not prevent the passing of an executive order cutting off funding for NGOs that include abortion as part of their family planning counseling services two days later.<\/p>\n

In many countries, women\u2019s rights have been attacked during the last few years by populist, reactionary and religious movements. In Russia, marital violence is no longer considered a criminal offence. In Turkey, the Islamist party in power proposed a bill by which men accused of sexual assault on a minor could avoid prosecution by marrying their victim. In Ireland, a 19-year old woman was sentenced to three months in prison for having taken a \u201cmorning after\u201d pill. Abortion is still illegal in Chile, even in the case of a rape or if it endangers the life of the woman or the f\u0153tus.<\/p>\n

The reaction in the face of the attacks and discrimination and set-backs on all continents has been to increase mobilisation in 2016, sometimes in most unexpected ways: abandonment of post in Iceland; creation of a fund in The Netherlands to offset the loss of funding for NGOs proposing abortion procedures following the American decree; a law against domestic violence following pressure from civil society organisations in Pakistan; campaigns that went viral and a protest march in India to fight for the place of Indian women in public areas; defeat of a draft law banning abortion in Poland, etc. In The Hague, the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued its very first sentence for crimes of sexual violence against Jean-Pierre Bemba. This warlord had his troops systematically use sexual violence in DRC and CAR. Lastly, the demonstrations against feminicide in Latin America startled everyone by their unprecedented scale. In Argentina, in Chile, in Mexico, in Peru and in Uruguay, thousands of women chanted \u201cNi Una Menos\u201d (\u201cNot One Less\u201d), following the rape and murder of a 16 year-old high school girl.<\/p>\n

By presenting this video today, FIDH, which is composed of 184 organisations across the world that are fighting for women\u2019s rights, wishes to pay tribute to this type of mobilisation. This video was made, free of charge, by the Agence Babel, with the captivating background music of John Hiatt\u2019s Stood up, interpreted by Ang\u00e9lique Kidjo for FIDH. It shows activists from Afghanistan, Colombia, Nigeria or yet again The Philippines which prove that when women\u2019s rights are attacked and threatened, as they are today, there is no time for complacency. It\u2019s time for action! Fighting back for women\u2019s rights!<\/p>\n

Press contacts:\u00a0<\/strong>
\nSamuel Hanryon (French, English) : +33 6 72 28 42 94 (Paris) shanryon@fidh.org
\nAudrey Couprie (English, French) : +33 6 48 05 91 57 (Paris) acouprie@fidh.org<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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