Speech by Monika Gärtner-Engel: 2011 in Venezuela at the 1st WWC

This history of the 1st World Women's Conference of Grassroots Women 2011 in Venezuela on behalf of the worldwide initiators' committee. It's the story of how women across the world crossed
borders.
The story of this World Women's Conference is the story of the women of the world standing up against imperialism. Imperialism is raging all over the world.

The story of the World Conference on Women is the story of how we women of the world come together and develop and realize a firm and clear basis for moving forward together.

The story of the World Women's Conference is the story of how it took deep root in strong women's movements around the world.

The story of the World Women's Conference is the story of how sustainability is created!

The history of WWC is the history of how we overcame challenges amid ridicule, defamation, and oppression of women.

The history of the World Women's Conference is the history of fight gender independent one

To strengthen the women's movement - and to look for and find reliable allies.

Let's make a piece of history with this first World Women's Conference of Grassroots Women.

Let's go into the future:

Long live the first World Women's Conference of Grassroots Women 2011 in Venezuela!

Long live the militant world women's movement!

Let's fight for the liberation of women in the 21st century!

2nd World Women’s Conference in Kathmandu (Nepal) in 2016

Resolutions:

We are on the way to an international movement of the world’s women since our principles – that is, 3/4

First: We work above party lines.

Second: We work and decide democratically.

Third: We are independent.

Fourth: We learn to work and think like internationalists.

Fifth: We practice a democratic culture of debate.

Let us improve our organizational work
Let us develop our communication by using all technical means without neglecting the security aspects!
Let us coordinate our struggles! In every struggle, women must feel certain that they will be supported and that their struggles are made known all over the world!
Let us develop our own identity and culture. We need to raise the consciousness of men and women against patriarchal structures and modes of thinking!
Let us promote examples of women’s self-defence as an effective and legitimate answer for women against any kind of violence against women!
Let us cooperate with other social movements, the movement of the workers, the peasants, the environmentalists, of peace activists, of activists fighting against oppression based on sexual orientation, caste, colour, race and religion, with revolutionaries, in short: With all those who are struggling for liberation!
Let us seek, discuss, find and struggle for alternatives to this capitalist system! There cannot be radical change in the situation of women unless a drastic change takes place in the political, economic, and social system. To achieve such a goal, the movement for the liberation of women should unite with the revolutionary
struggle of the people to change the existing system.
Let us develop as a militant movement of “world women” that cooperates continuously, effectively and with a vision!
Let us strengthen the young women in their resolve to take on responsibility as “young world women” for the future of the women’s movement!
We are guided by the success of the three joint days of action and struggle and are looking forward to the next World Women’s Conference in five years in 2021 in another continent!

3rd World Women's Conference in Tunis, September 3-10, 2022

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