ဖော်ပြချက်/အကြောင်းအရာ:
"This International Women’s Day, we, Women’s Peace Network, would like to express
our gratitude to all the women across the world who stand up for their rights and fight
for equality, peace, justice, and freedom. For a more just world, these women have
risked their lives to dismantle the system of patriarchy and oppression underpinning
our society. We take this day to remember them and remind ourselves of their legacy.
Today also marks over a year since the Myanmar military toppled an elected
government, intensifying its decades-long campaign of terror against our country’s
people. Despite losing more than 90 women to the junta, at least 1600 to arbitrary arrest
and detention, and hundreds of thousands more to forced displacement, we continue to
risk our lives for full equality and self-determination.
Ethnic minority communities know the Myanmar military’s hatred of us all too well: for
generations, its forces have committed mass atrocity crimes, including the most
egregious forms of sexual and gender-based violence, across our homelands. Amid its
genocide against Rohingya, the military has weaponized sexual violence to strategically
destroy our country’s ethnic minority and indigenous group. The victims and survivors
of such atrocities await justice to this day.
We are thus working tirelessly to defeat this patriarchal regime that only serves to
subjugate us. In Myanmar and beyond, many of us know that our collective future rests
upon a truly inclusive and democratic system that holds perpetrators of all forms of
injustice accountable.
This International Women’s Day, we ask you to remember and celebrate these brave
women not just today but every day. At Women’s Peace Network, we stand in solidarity
with our fellow women and fight to ensure that the Myanmar military is held
accountable for its heinous crimes. When this justice is served, we will embrace our
victory. Until then, we ask you to join our fight. We will never be free until all of us are
free..."
ရင်းမြစ်:
Women's Peace Network
Date of Publication:
2022-03-08
Date of entry:
2022-03-09
Grouping:
- Individual Documents
အကြောင်းအရာ/အမျိုးအစား:
Countries:
Myanmar
Language:
English, Burmese (မြန်မာဘာသာ)
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