It has continually been pressured by the pharmaceutical companies to stop its program. Other countries could follow Brazil's example and the pharmaceutical companies are being forced to reduce prices. They continue to resist in every way the global generic production of drugs which could prevent or alleviate greatly the expanding holocaust of AIDs. As a woman, as a delegate of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, I am firmly opposed to the FTAA and will do all in my power to stop it. Dakar We reject the logic wherein the free-market and money are considered the only measure of worth.
Globalisation reinforces a sexist and patriarchal system.
It increases the feminisation of poverty and exacerbates all forms of violence against women.