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WOMEN IN BLACK CALL ON WOMEN WORLDWIDE TO PROTEST WAR!
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WOMEN IN BLACK CALL ON WOMEN WORLDWIDE
TO PROTEST AGAINST
THE IMPENDING WAR AGAINST IRAQ
http://www.arabdeclaration.com
Let us form a powerful worldwide movement of women
and together raise our voices against the war by:
*signing this call
*circulating the call to women or women's organizations in Arab countries
until February 3; thereafter to circulate two men world wide
*holding silent vigils
Organizing peaceful demonstrations
*writing letters to the US President and British Prime Minister
*lobbying politicians
*all other appropriate non-violent forms of pro THE IMPENDING WAR AGAINST
IRA Let us form a powerful worldwide movement of women and together raise our
voices against the war by: signing this call
*circulating the call to women or women's organizations in Arab countries
until February 3; thereafter to circulate to women world wide
*holding silent vigils
*organizing peaceful demonstrations
*writing letters to the US President and British Prime Minister
*lobbying politicians
*all other appropriate non-violent forms of protest
SIGN OUR PETITION to STOP THE WAR ON IRAQ
| http://www.arabdeclaration.com
EVENTS
15 February 2003, Cairo, Egypt. Along with demonstrations planned in London
and internationally, a No to War demonstration is planned in Cairo on 15
February. A second women's candle-lit vigil will be held alongside the main
demonstration.
15 February 2003, Cairo, Egypt
12.30 - 1.30 p.m. PROMPT, SAYIDA ZEINAB SQUARE
Along with huge 'No to War' demonstrations planned in London, the US and
elsewhere, we will be holding a SILENT vigil in Sayida Zeinab Square at
12.30 pm on Saturday, February 15.
We will form a distinct group of women, dressed in black, holding white
candles, and standing alongside the main demonstration, which is organized
by political parties and syndicates and is also planned to begin at 12.30pm.
The women's vigil is organized by members of Egyptian Women's NGOs and expat.
women living in Cairo, who together have formed a small committee to
coordinate joint anti-war protest. The vigil responds to an appeal
originally made by Egyptian women's organizations and taken up by women
throughout the Arab World and internationally for women to use all forms of
non-violent actions to protest this war.
PLEASE JOIN OUR VIGIL, IN BLACK AND IN SILENCE.
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17 January 2003, Cairo, Egypt
About 90 women dressed in black and with candles held a silent vigil as near
to the American Embassy as police and security forces would allow. This
began at midday and lasted one hour, and was organized by an informal group
of expat and local women. The vigil was held in response to a call from the
American women's caucus, Women Rising for Peace and Justice, for women to
hold candlelight vigils on 17 January to protest the war. The vigil gained
good coverage on Egyptian and regional television news, as well as in the
local Arabic and English press.
Signatures to letters protesting the imminent war, addressed to the US
Administration and the British Government ,were collected during the vigil.
Later in the week , small delegations of women met with the relevant
Ambassadors and presented them with the protest letters.
ARAB WOMEN CALL ON WOMEN WORLDWIDE
TO PROTEST AGAINST
THE IMPENDING WAR AGAINST IRAQ
Let us form a powerful worldwide movement of women
and together raise our voices against the war by:
signing this call
circulating the call to women or women's organizations in Arab countries
until February 3; thereafter to circulate to women world wide
holding silent vigils
organizing peaceful demonstrations
writing letters to the US President and British Prime Minister
lobbying politicians
all other appropriate non-violent forms of protest
http://www.arabdeclaration.com/
15 February 2003, Cairo, Egypt
12.30 - 1.30 p.m. PROMPT, SAYIDA ZEINAB SQUARE
Along with huge 'No to War' demonstrations planned in London, the US and
elsewhere, we will be holding a SILENT vigil in Sayida Zeinab Square at
12.30 pm on Saturday, February 15.
We will form a distinct group of women, dressed in black, holding white
candles, and standing alongside the main demonstration, which is organized
by political parties and syndicates and is also planned to begin at 12.30pm.
The women's vigil is organized by members of Egyptian Women's NGOs and expat.
women living in Cairo, who together have formed a small committee to
coordinate joint anti-war protest. The vigil responds to an appeal
originally made by Egyptian women's organizations and taken up by women
throughout the Arab World and internationally for women to use all forms of
non-violent actions to protest this war.
PLEASE JOIN OUR VIGIL, IN BLACK AND IN SILENCE. 17 January 2003, Cairo,
Egypt
About 90 women dressed in black and with candles held a silent vigil as near
to the American Embassy as police and security forces would allow. This
began at midday and lasted one hour, and was organized by an informal group
of expat and local women. The vigil was held in response to a call from the
American women's caucus, Women Rising for Peace and Justice, for women to
hold candlelight vigils on 17 January to protest the war. The vigil gained
good coverage on Egyptian and regional television news, as well as in the
local Arabic and English press.
Signatures to letters protesting the imminent war, addressed to the US
Administration and the British Government ,were collected during the vigil.
Later in the week , small delegations of women met with the relevant
Ambassadors and presented them with the protest letters.
share news of women's anti-war protests you are planning or have been
involved in
by sending an e-mail message to
info@arabdeclaration.com
. Your news will then be posted here.
Arab Women's Declaration to Stop the War on Iraq
We, the undersigned Arab women's organizations, call for a stop to the
planned military aggression against Iraq and for peace in our region. We are
convinced that a military attack against Iraq will destroy a whole nation,
including its women and children, and will result in an appalling
humanitarian tragedy. Women throughout the Arab world categorically condemn
American-led attempts that target the integrity of the Arab world by
undermining its sovereignty, and rupturing its national unity. The American
administration is attempting to create any pretext to justify its onslaught
on the Iraqi people and to occupy their land only to control their oil
fields, whilst totally disregarding the destruction and annihilation which
the Iraqi people will be exposed to. This, after the extreme suffering that
the Iraqi population has had to endure for the past twelve years as a result
of the suffocating economic sanctions. Infant and child mortality rates in
Iraq are the highest in the world. The mortality rate for Iraqi children
under five years old is 130 per 1,000, compared with 8 per 1,000 for
American children.
A military invasion would not stop at Iraq. Israel will seize this golden
opportunity to continue its Zionist plans for the transfer of the
Palestinian people from their lands. Moreover, Bush's plans will not stop at
regime change in Iraq but will go beyond this to re-map the entire Arab
region. Despite the fact that no evidence has been found to prove that Iraq
possesses weapons of mass destruction, the United States insists on
preparing for the invasion of Iraq.
How can the American administration justify the estimated cost of 200
billion dollars of a war against Iraq? How can this be justified at a time
when there are more than 1.2 billion people worldwide who live below the
poverty line (i.e. with a daily income of less than one dollar); at a time
when there are more than 149 million children in the developing countries
suffering from malnutrition; over 1.1 billion people who do not have access
to potable water, and over 2.4 billion people without sanitation? Arab women,
like all women of the world, act as safety valves for the protection of
humanity in general, and the children of the world in particular, against
the degradation of the world's natural resources which God has created for
all of us to safeguard, not to destroy. Women have always been in the front
line of calls for peace and for the protection of the environment and
natural resources. Thus, we, Arab women say NO to the war against Iraq
because we are certain that when armies invade, only destruction will
prevail. We appeal to all the women of the world to support us, Arab women,
in our call to stop the planned American-led aggression against Iraq. We
call on all women to voice their unequivocal condemnation of any military
attack on Iraq and the resultant inevitable killing of more innocent
civilians.
Alliance for Arab Women, Egypt
Egyptian Women's Legal Aid Centre, Egypt
Association for Support of Community Participation, Egypt
New Woman's Research Center, Egypt
Egyptian Democratic and Social Center, Egypt
Association for Women and Society, Egypt
El-Nadeem Center for Psychological Rehabilitation of Victims of Violence,
Egypt
Association for the Development and Enhancement of Women, Egypt
Forum of Associations for Women's Development, Egypt
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