Women everywhere are the main victims of neoliberal policy. They are poor yet live on a rich planet. They are oppressed by patriarchal regimes. Some women are particularly discriminated against, for example, immigrants and lesbians. All of them wish to see their rights recognized, both in their countries and internationally.
Women also initiate, direct and participate in alternatives to poverty and violence.
They have set up cooperatives, human rights groups, community kitchens, unions and women's centres. Now they want to go further, and this is what the March represents for them. The World March resolutely takes issue with poverty and all forms of violence against women. It is proposing concrete solutions to both of these scourges. Its demands make up a program that is basic and no doubt necessary for many years to come.