Our Bodies are not your Battlefield! Action week 3.-14. August
Our Bodies are not your Battlefield! Actionweek 3. – 14. August 2018 Women Unite Against Feminicide & Sexual Violence Initiated by “Internationales 8.März Bündnis” Friday 3 August 17:30: Pariser Platz (Brandenburg Gate) Demonstration of the Êzidische women and minute of silence Tue, 14 August 16:30 : Pariser Platz (Brandenburg Gate) Vigil for the 6th International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Sexual Enslavement ("Comfort Women") by the Japanese Military in World War II Your wars and your violence have been running through our bodies since immemorial time. For ten days, from August 3 to 14, we will remember the victims of organized femicide and militarized sexual violence. Two commemorative actions will frame our event: On August 3, 2014, the last genocide and femicide against the Ezidi Women was committed. On August 14th, we commemorate the so called "comfort women" who were forced into sexual slavery by the Japanese army in Asian Pacific War (1937-1945)...