WOMEN’S PARTICIPATION AT THE AMERICAS SOCIAL FORUM :
7 - 12 October 2008, Guatemala
7 - 12 October 2008, Guatemala
Correspondent: Claudia Gimena Roa - WOMEN AND LIFE ON EARTH - WLOE[1]
Woman’s activist in Fundaexpresión (Colombia)[2]
Woman’s activist in Fundaexpresión (Colombia)[2]
[1] Web-page: www.wloe.org
[2] Fundación de Expresión Intercultural, Educativa y Ambiental, email: roankine@telecom.com.co
As well as a planetary proclamation for: “Another world is possible”, the participants of the Social Forum of the Americas cried-out: “Another America is possible”, and added: “Another America is possible and necessary”. The 3rd Social Forum of the Americas in Guatemala was a very rich and diverse scenario, and permitted us to listen and dialogue with inhabitants of America and really appreciate what they express and reclaim as social, cultural, women’s movements, indigenous people, environmentalists and supporters.
The Forum in Guatemala held in October 2008, was indeed an open space to elaborate proposals, to be able to exchange ideas, to enable groups to meet and to coincide on what is our collective position against the neoliberal system which has shown its ever deepening crisis. This dominating system is built-upon a patriarchal society and forms of corruption at all levels, as well as its oppression of grassroots movements, and especially the discrimination of women’s groups.
The report that I am presenting on women’s participation at the Social Forum of the Americas, is an opportunity for me and for WLOE and Fundaexpresion to comprehend which areas of the social movement encompass and are being pushed forward by women, as well as the difficulties and priority issues that should be addressed. There are so many topics to be discussed, but here we try to concentrate on a few of them.
The Forum in Guatemala held in October 2008, was indeed an open space to elaborate proposals, to be able to exchange ideas, to enable groups to meet and to coincide on what is our collective position against the neoliberal system which has shown its ever deepening crisis. This dominating system is built-upon a patriarchal society and forms of corruption at all levels, as well as its oppression of grassroots movements, and especially the discrimination of women’s groups.
The report that I am presenting on women’s participation at the Social Forum of the Americas, is an opportunity for me and for WLOE and Fundaexpresion to comprehend which areas of the social movement encompass and are being pushed forward by women, as well as the difficulties and priority issues that should be addressed. There are so many topics to be discussed, but here we try to concentrate on a few of them.
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