3. World Women's Conference in Tunis, 3. – 10. September 2022

It is with joy and pride that the Tunisian Preparatory Committee informs us:

The 3rd World Women’s Conference of Grassroots Women will take place
at theMahmoud Messadi Cultural Centre and the adjacent Habib Bourguiba High School on Avenue Habib Thameur in Tunis! We congratulate our friends for this success.

The conference will start on Sunday 04.09. at 10:00 a.m. with a big opening demonstration. The rally and starting point is the square of 14 January in Avenue Habib Bourguiba in front of the big clock, in the direction of Avenue Med 5.

It will end at the Cité Culturelle (Avenue Mohamed 5 Tunis). The opening ceremony will take place there afterwards.

“Challenges will not stop us, only together we are strong.” (Africa Coordinators)

To the participants of the 3rd World Conference of Grassroots Women in September 2022 in Tunis. Unfortunately we have to inform you that the World Women’s Conference cannot take place in the University of Manouba.

Contrary to previous firm commitments and good cooperation, the management of the university has completely unexpectedly withdrawn its commitment.

BUT: The World Women’s Conference will certainly take place in Tunis! Our friends in the Tunisian preparatory committee have already identified two possible alternatives. More will be visited later this week.

The new venue will be announced early next week (starting 8/15) via the homepage.

Attention, unfortunately the students dormitory is also no longer available to us. Currently, the Tunisian preparatory committee is working hard to find affordable alternatives. We will inform you as soon as possible.

Furthermore, we advise all participants who have made a reservation in Manouba to cancel it and to look for accommodation in Tunis. The Tunisian preparatory committee is also looking for more accommodation.

“Women of the world scaled the highest mountains – standing together in tougher times!
Manouba or elsewhere – Tunis we come!”

Tunisian Preparatory Committee and World Coordinators

August 11, 2022

01.08.22

Let’s make this day a day of struggle for world peace!

World Women demand: No second Hiroshima! No second Nagasaki!
Destruction of all nuclear, biological and chemical weapons!

Hiroshima reminds: on 06.08.1945 the imperialist USA threw the first atomic bomb and destroyed at one blow about 250.000 people. Until today the radiation affects man and nature. Worldwide, imperialist governments are actively preparing for the possibility of a nuclear third world war. In 2022, there are about 12,700 nuclear weapons in nine countries worldwide. The U.S. and Russia are the two largest nuclear powers in the world.
World women, together with the workers-‘, peoples’, indigenous and youth movements, are building a front across national and continental borders against imperialist warmongering with the threat of nuclear contamination and destruction of people and nature!

We stand up and say NO! No nuclear war!
We demand from all nuclear powers the obligation never to carry out a nuclear first strike.

Answers from Continental Coordinators:

Chères collègues,
Sans hésiter je réponds favorablement à cet appel pour la journée d’Hiroshima contre la guerre nucléaire !
Nous devons éviter à notre Monde déjà croupissant sous les effets néfastes antérieures
des précédentes guerres d’en subir une autre car nulle n’en serait épargné !!
Marie -Paula

Translation:

Dear colleagues,
Without hesitation I respond favourably to this call for the Hiroshima Day against nuclear war! We must prevent our World, already languishing under the previous harmful effects of previous wars, from suffering another one because none would be spared!
Marie -Paula

Compañeras;
Buenas tardes, desde Lima – Perú la ASDEMULP lanzamos nuestra voz de protesta ante todo hecho de ataque nuclear que afecten y peligren la vida de los seres humanos y a su vez en contra del medio ambiente.
Nuestra posición es NO AL ARMAMENTISMO Y GUERRA NUCLEAR en contra de nuestros pueblos hermanos.
Saludos.

Edith Castro M.
LIM – PERU

Translation:

Comrades;
Good afternoon, from Lima – Peru the ASDEMULP launches our voice of protest against any nuclear attack that affects and endangers the lives of human beings and at the same time against the environment.
Our position is NO TO ARMAMENTISM AND NUCLEAR WAR against our brother peoples.
Greetings.

Edith Castro M.
LIM – PERU

Agreed.
Joly Talukder
Bangladesh

Info for delegations to the 3rd World Conference of Grassroots Women

Dear women, as delegates of your country you represent the women’s movement at the General Assembly of the 3rd World Women’s Conference of Grassroots Women. The General Assembly is the decision-making body of the World Conference on Women, it is composed of the elected delegates and the global coordinators. There is 1 delegation per country, which has five votes, regardless of its actual size. The General Assembly discusses core issues of women’s situation and struggles and decides on its outcomes according to a consensus principle. An essential basis of the discussion are your country reports which are summarized into continental reports by the continental coordinators.

1. Brief presentation of the country, the situation of the mass of women, their working and living conditions, size and scope of the women’s movement
z. E.g. Is there industry? Agriculture? Do the women work full time, part time, informal sector? What is the social situation of the mass of women? How big is the women’s movement and what political currents does it include?

2. What are the struggles of the women’s movement, as well as other struggles, and what are their demands?

3. The form of the reports
the reports should be max. 2 pages long; it would be nice if you send us 2-3 photos in addition. We would like to make the continental reports with your pictures as Powerpoint – presentation.

4. Deadline for the country reports
Please send your reports to your coordinators by August 15:
Asia: Joly Talukder <joly_talukder@yahoo.com> or Durga Paudel <durgadamdame@yahoo.com>
Middle East: Meral Çiçek <meralcicek@outlook.com>
Africa: Marie-paula Logosu-teko <princessepaula@yahoo.fr> or Nancy MBUAKANIA <manaccia1990@gmail.com>
Latin America: Edithluz Irene Castro Muñoz <edithluzirenec@gmail.com>
Europe: Halinka Augustin <halinka@luna.nl> or SusanneBader-ek@web.de <susanneBader-ek@web.de>

Now we wish you a lot of fun and success in writing the reports. If you have any questions or need help, please contact the coordinators.

Greetings, your preparation group.

European Coordinators of the World Women’s Conference:

We World Women have heard about your struggle for your jobs and send you solidarity greetings to Greece! When you march to Athens on Friday 29.7.22 we will report about your march and struggle in many countries.

Your struggle for your jobs, your housing and the future of the whole region is a signal for many workers not to bend but to fight! We are thrilled that you have formed struggle committees in your region; women, children, traders, are with you in the struggle. No job should be destroyed!

Solidarity with the Larko workers’ fight for every job!

Tjhe Continental Coordinators of the World Women’s Conference of Grassroots Women from the Netherlands and Germany greet you in solidarity !

26.07.22:

In the meantime, we have received further approvals for the call for solidarity with the Larko workers and their families, which we have immediately forwarded to Greece.

From Durga Paudel/ Asia Coordinator of the World Women’s Conference:
“We, the Nepali women, fully support the movement of the Larko company of Greece and express our solidarity with them. In the same time, we agree with the declaration of solidarity.”

and from Edith Luz / Coordinator Latin America:

“Completamente de acuerdo desde Peru también haremos llegar nuestra solidaridad.“
Translation: In complete agreement, we in Peru will also send our solidarity.