Tag Archives: Sexual Violence

AF3IRM San Diego’s Statement Against State Sanctioned Sexual Assault

Presented March 7, 2014 at: IV EXPOSICION INTERNACIONAL "MUJERES DE AYER, HOY Y SIEMPRE" 2014 at the  Centro Cultural de la Raza My name is Cathy Mendonca  and I am speaking to you today as a member of AF3IRM San Diego; a transnational feminist organization,  as a frontline worker in both crisis hotline calls and serving womyn in a safety house, as an advocate against law enforcement terror … Continue Reading ››

AF3IRM Marks Milestone 15 Years of the Purple Rose Campaign, Renews Resolve for Justice with Launch of Transnational Work Here and Abroad

1395312_582669758491666_489759508_n National Chair Jollene Levid at the "Relief, Rebuild & Remember" fundraiser in San Diego (Photo Credit: JoAnn Fields)

For Immediate Release February 14, 2014 Barbra Ramos AF3IRM | National Communications Director (323) 813-4272 | [email protected]

NATIONAL - 2014 marks the fifteenth anniversary of the Purple Rose Campaign. For fifteen years, we, the women of AF3IRM and previously … Continue Reading ››

AF3IRM Commits to Building Sexual Violence Relief Resources in the Philippines

For Immediate Release
December 10, 2013
Contact: Barbra Ramos, National Communications Director
(323) 813-4272
AF3IRM Commits to Building Sexual Violence Relief Resources in the Philippines
  Today, on Human Rights Days and the end of the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence, AF3IRM announces a partnership with the National Association of Asian and Pacific Islanders Ending Sexual Violence (NAPIESV) and Balik sa Dagat Bangka Journey to … Continue Reading ››

AF3IRM Responds to SlutWalk: The Women’s Movement Is Not Monochromatic.

From the moment the first call for a SlutWalk in the US went out, the AF3IRM membership – transnational women who are im/migrants or whose families are im/migrants from Latin America, Asia, and Africa – has been analyzing and discussing this burgeoning movement to address the issue of sexual violence and continuing victimization of rape victims by police, the justice … Continue Reading ››