Women
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On International Women’s Day 2025 Liberation stands in solidarity with women across the world fighting for peace, social justice and democracy.
Salam Ali writes on a pioneer of the Iraqi women’s movement and a prominent figure in the patriotic struggle for freedom, independence, democracy and social progress in Iraq for more than half a century. She was a co-founder and the first president of Iraqi Women’s League, the first woman minister in Iraq's modern history, and the first woman cabinet minister in the Arab world.
Sylvia’s decision to take up the cause of a little-known (in England) African country was much appreciated by Black activists in Africa, the West Indies, Britain, and America - and can only be understood in the context of her anti-racism and anti-imperialism, writes Mary Davis
Not only has there been no let-up in the terrible situation imposed upon the women of Afghanistan by the Taliban, but the situation is becoming acutely worse, writes Shukria Rahimi
Interview with Shireen Al-Adeimi, a Yemeni-American scholar and activist, 8 years into the Yemen conflict
Liz Payne celebrates the ‘Mother’ of Viet Nam whose remarkable life has been inextricably bound with the struggle for the peace and freedom of her country
At Liberation meeting in parliament women speakers called for solidarity with struggles for equality, freedom and justice
Women’s rights activist Shukria Rahimi issues a rallying plea not to let Afghanistan and the plight of its people under the Taliban slide into obscurity and be forgotten
In many countries, including former colonies of Britain and other powers, women’s movements continue to face the vicious attacks of dictatorial regimes, writes Anita Wright
Interviews with Annie Raja, Marie Nassif-Debs and Socorro Gomes - women leaders, nationally in Brazil, Lebanon and India, and internationally.
Vivienne Hayes, CEO of the renowned charity the Women’s Resource Centre on the UN convention known as Cedaw – and why it deserves a higher profile
