translated from Spanish: Today began the “II Plurinational Meeting of Those Who Fight”

Women and sex dissidents came to USACH’s Aula Magna to set off for the three working days and cultural activities. The Women’s Orchestra thrilled those who participated on the first day of meeting, attended by representatives from all over the territory, as well as groups from 28 countries. Among the main activities that will be carried out is the discussion on the constituent process, the characterization of this 8 March and the role of the movement during 2020.” This meeting will be a constituent moment for the feminist movement and will allow us to project a plan of struggle and build in a democratic and broad way the definitions that will guide us in order to continue developing the outbreak, continuing its challenge during the year and opening canine with our feminist organization, from women and dissents, to a radically new reality,” said Alondra Carrillo, spokeswoman for feminist coordinator 8M. To participate in the meeting, more than 5,000 women and dissents were registered, so since the 8M they pointed out that the arrival of representatives from different parts of the country is fundamental to understand the diversity of experiences that are lived in the territory. Paola Palacios, spokeswoman for Negrocentricxes and the Secretariat of Immigrant Women stressed that it is essential for immigrants to be present at the meeting. “We are there with the aim and commitment to continue firmly on the road to the conquest of the rights we need to access a dignified life, so that we can converge together in a plural and equitable society.” Discussions on non-sexist education were organized on Saturday; work and social security, water, territories and food sovereignty, fight for abortion, human rights and migration, among others, as well as artistic interventions. For Sunday the three-day closing is expected with the musical interventions by different artists and the conclusions of each discussion. Three working days that project collective work: “We want to multiply feminist networks to strengthen the action of women and dissent sysents throughout the territory during 2020. The transformation we need is profound, structural and long-term. At the meeting we will take stock of our experience during the burst and think together the tasks that we will propose as feminists in a year that begins in the midst of a popular revolt,” said Constanza Cifuentes, spokeswoman for Coordinator 8M.

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