FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contacts: Ninotchka Rosca, AF3IRM NY/NJ Jollene Levid, AF3IRM National Chair | [email protected]
NATIONAL--We, the women of AF3IRM, recognize that the dismal fate of Brazil’s Dilma Rousseff, who characterized her impeachment as president of the country as “a political death penalty,” is an apt omen of what women will suffer under the rude, crude and deadly politics of right-wing toxic masculinity. … Continue Reading ››
AF3IRM Celebrates the Strength of Indigenous Women’s Resistance
As we mark Labor Day in the United States and the 27th anniversary of our organization’s founding, we especially take time today to recognize September 5th as the International Day of Indigenous Women. As transnational, women of color we in AF3IRM have witnessed our indigenous sisters and ancestors’ resistance against imperialism’s attacks on their lives, their sovereignty, and the land. … Continue Reading ››
Asian Women’s Groups to Discuss Prostitution and Imperialism at the World Social Forum
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August 9, 2016
MONTREAL--The relationship between imperialism and prostitution will be the focus of discussion between three leading Asian women feminist groups at the World Social Forum. Featured participants in the roundtable discussion include United States based transnational women’s group AF3IRM, the Philippine Women’s Centre of Ontario, and Asian Women for Equality … Continue Reading ››
AF3IRM Presents: Ending Anti-Blackness in Our Communities of Color/Strategizing for Liberation
TRANSNATIONAL/WOMEN OF COLOR FOR BLACK LIVES MATTER: AF3IRM Los Angeles humbly, with the blessing of Black Lives Matter LA, invites all people of color, especially our women-identified sisters of color, to an educational discussion on how to address and ABOLISH anti-black racism in our communities. As allies/accomplices/
SF Bay Area | Womxn of Color Discussion on Police Terror and Sexual Violence on Sunday, July 24th
Sisters - now is the time for Transnational/Womxn of Color to unite! We must love and protect one another. Our bodies, our children, our families, and communities continue to be under siege by colonialism, slavery, & genocidal processes of police terror, white supremacy, and hetero-patriarchy. Beyond dreaming about our collective liberation, we need to have real discussions on what transnational womxn’s freedom looks like. We must … Continue Reading ››