Venezuelan Women International-Women's Solidarity Conference

Venezuelan Women International - Women Share Experiences at Solidarity Conference
By Sarah Wagner
Apr 19, 2005, 13:44


"Solidarity amongst nations, amongst people is fundamental. When the people of the world advance, everyone advances. When a country is defeated, we all take a step back."

- Carmen Morente, Granada Spain.

On Friday, April 15th, women from across the world met in Caracas to take part in "the Women’s Movement and its Important Role in the Revolutionary Process" discussion table as part of the Third Global Encounter in Solidarity with the Bolivarian Revolution.

While a few of the speakers focused on women’s struggles for equality within their countries, the majority placed women’s struggles within a larger picture, recognizing that peace, as defined by Yarira Kuper, member of the Federation of Cuban Women, can not be limited to the absence of conflict.

Solidarity was also a running theme in the conference. The Vice-Minister of Foreign Relations with North America, Mari Pili Hernández, spoke of Venezuela as an example for the world in terms of solidarity and tangible process for women’s rights, referring to her country as "a threat of a good example." -

"Venezuela is a threat of a good example. We are in part a good example because we have not copied anyone’s revolution and because we do not force our revolutionary model on any country. We have found our own path."

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