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AF3IRM Rejects the Legalization & Protection of the Oldest Oppression in the World: Prostitution | A critique of the Amnesty International Draft Policy on ‘Sex Work’

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Ivy Quicho, AF3IRM National Organizing Director, [email protected] Barbra Ramos, AF3IRM National Communications Director, [email protected], 323-813-4272 Ninotchka Rosca, AF3IRM New York, [email protected] NATIONAL–As an anti-imperialist, transnational feminist organization, AF3IRM speaks from the legacy of anguish carried by its members who were born, raised in and connected to countries and cultures ravaged by the colonial imposition of prostitution as a … Continue Reading ››

Powerhouse Sessions for SSoWA 2015, Registration Still Open

NEW YORK--SSOWA’s final session on August 1st features the study and discussion of commonality and differences in women’s struggles in five cultural contexts. With a panel featuring human rights lawyer and activist Suzanne Adely of  Al-Awda New York, Palestine Right to Return Coalition and Arab-American Movement of Women Rising for Justice;  clinical psychologist Dr. Mayowa Obasaju of Black Women’s Blueprint, Radical … Continue Reading ››

Inaugural AF3IRM South Bay Summer School Brings Transnational Feminism to Wilmington This Summer

For Immediate Release July 9, 2015 Contact: Hazel Koons, AF3IRM South Bay, [email protected] SSoWA 2015Wilmington, CA--As the movement for women’s liberation grows, the transnational feminist organization AF3IRM continues to expand by hosting  its Summer School of Women’s Activism (SSoWA) for the first time in the South Bay of Los Angeles. The South Bay SSoWA … Continue Reading ››

Crossing Borders, Crashing Boundaries: SSoWA’S Final Session on Five-Continents Feminism

NEW YORK:  AF3IRM NYC’s Summer School of Women’s Activism will end on August 1st with a celebratory study and discussion of the global women’s struggle, its historical and cultural contexts, its main issues, the differences and similarities in women’s concerns the world over. To register for SSOWA, access www.SSOWA2015.EVENTBRITE.COM. The registration fee of $40 for employed women … Continue Reading ››