The eyes of the world are on the US uprising against racial injustice and police brutality, and the global movement is gaining strength.
We recognize the power of global solidarity in the defense of Black lives. Many of our partners and global feminist activists worldwide know well the devastation of racist state violence and of authoritarian attacks. This statement, signed by allies worldwide, shares their solidarity.
As feminist activists, grassroots organizers and human rights defenders from Africa, Asia, the Middle East, and Latin America, we stand with activists across the US marching and mobilizing for justice for Black lives.
We mourn the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Tony McDade, Ahmaud Arbery, Regis Korchinski, David McAtee, Sean Reed, Robert Johnson Jr., Ashlynn Lisby — and countless others — whose killings have revealed again the systemic racism and discrimination that Black people in the US have faced for generations. We say their names.
Our feminist struggles for justice, peace, and human rights are deeply tied to Black peoples’ struggles in the US.
Our solidarity is deepened by our own experiences of racist US wars and militarism. We live with the bitter legacies of the US occupation of Haiti and Iraq, and the training and funding of militaries and armed groups in Colombia, Guatemala and Nicaragua. We struggle for an end to US-backed occupation in Palestine and to bombing and blockade in Yemen. We see the same weapons on your streets and ours. And we continue to confront the harms of US support for security forces that threaten our lands and our bodies, from Brazil to the Philippines.
And we too have experienced moments like this one -- where people rise up to say ‘enough’ and to birth a new future. We know that, right now, the future hangs in the balance between possibility and peril.
The brutal police and military crackdowns on protests across the US reveal the measures that some are willing to take to maintain the status quo. Police have responded to protests with aggression, hurling tear gas, firing rubber bullets, and exploding flash-bang grenades into crowds. The US National Guard has been activated in at least 30 states and has already attacked activists by firing paint rounds and tear gas. Trump’s recent threats, to use the label of “domestic terrorism” and to send in the military to quell the protests, are a familiar strategy. We know all too well that the designation of “terrorist” can be used to silence dissent, quash political opposition, and prevent activism. The same tactics used to target activists in our communities are being used to oppress Black communities in the US.
But beyond danger, we know that there is possibility. It lies in each person who refuses racist authoritarianism and who takes collective action to demand justice.
And it lies in our organizing together for our joint liberation. As we share strategies across borders, honed by our experience facing down authoritarianism and oppression, we can build a movement that is all the more powerful. We can make changes that once seemed impossible — if we come together, mobilize, and demand transformational action.
To the protestors organizing tirelessly, putting your lives on the line: we are with you. We commit ourselves to the defense of Black lives. You have our love and solidarity to shape a more just, peaceful world.
In solidarity,
Organizations
Abductees’ Mothers Association - Yemen
African Indigenous Women Organisation Central African Network (AIWO-CAN)
African Indigenous Women’s Organizations (AIWO)
Anna Foundation - Uganda
Anti-Racism Movement - Lebanon
Assiwar - Feminist Arab Organization - Palestine
Association Tunisienne des Femmes Démocrates - Tunisia
Besme Group for International Assistance - Lebanon
CATWLAC - Mexico
Centro de Apoyo Solidario Documentación y Estudio AC - México
Centro de Estudios Afromexicanos Tembembe - México
Centro de Mujeres Afrocostarricenses - Costa Rica
Cnte Jubilados Yucatán - México
Coalition for Women Human Rights Defenders in the Middle East and North Africa Women Media and Development (TAM) - Palestine
CODEPINK - United States
Consorcio para el Diálogo Parlamentario y la Equidad Oaxaca AC - México
Democratic Women Org - Iraq
Desaparecidos - Philippines
ECO-RE - Honduras
El Nadim Center for Rehabilitation of Victims of Violence - Egypt
Empoderate - Peru
Espacio Mujeres para Vida Digna Libre de Violencia AC - México
Food 4 Humanity - Yemen
Fundacion Arcoiris por el Respeto a la Diversidad Sexual - México
Gaza Urban Agriculture Platform (GUPAP) - Gaza, Palestine
Global Network of Women Peacebuilders - United States
Grupo de Mujeres de San Cristóbal Las Casas AC - México
Haitian Women's Collective - Haiti
Hustisya - Philippines
Indigenous Information Network (IIN) - Kenya
Iniciativa Mesoamericana de Defensoras de DH (IM-Defensoras) - Mesoamérica
International Indigenous Women’s Forum (FIMI)
Iraqi Alamal Association - Iraq
Karapatan Alliance - Philippines
Legal Kuwait Society - Kuwait
Mano Amiga de la Costa Chica - México
Marcha Mundial de las Mujeres - Mexico
MUIXIL - Guatemala
Mujeres AC - México
Mujeres Guerrerenses por la Democracia Asociación Civil - México
Mujeres Indigenas por CIARENA - Mexico
Mujeres Libres COLEM A.C - México
Mujeres sin Maquillaje - México
National Indigenous Disabled Women Association Nepal (NIDWAN) - Nepal
National Indigenous Women Forum (NIWF) - Nepal
Nicte-Há Tovar. Colectiva Las del Aquelarre Feminista - México
Observatorio de Violencia Social y de Género en el estado de Chiapas - México
OFRANEH - Honduras
ONM - Mexico
Organization of Women’s Freedom in Iraq (OWFI) - Iraq
Palestinian Medical Relief Society (PMRS) - Palestine
Pastoralist Information and Development Organization (PIDO) - Tanzania
Peace Track Initiative - Yemen
Procesos de Comunidades Negras - Colombia
Quirón Derechos Humanos + Cultura A.C. - México
Red Nacional de Juventudes Afromexicanas - México
Red Nacional Género y Economía - México
Rede Nacional de Mulheres Negras no Combate a Violência - Brasil
Rede Social de Justiça e Direitos Humanos (Network for Social Justice and Human Rights) - Brazil
Redpar - México
Salon Plus - Palestine
Sawa Platform - The Netherlands
Servicios Humanitarios en Salud Sexual y Reproductiva, ac - México
Social Development Hodeida Girls Foundation (SDHGF) - Yemen
Syrian Women's League (SWL) - Lebanon
Syrian Women’s Forum for Peace - Syria
Taller de Vida - Colombia
Tanggol Bayi (Defend Women) - Philippines
The A Project - Lebanon
The Freedom Museum - Canada
To Be Foundation for Rights and Freedom - Yemen
Wangki Tangni - Nicaragua
Woman Leadership Institute (WLI) - Iraq
Women Now for Development - Syria/Lebanon
Women Solidarity Network - Yemen
Women's Centre for Guidance and Legal Awareness - Egypt
Women's Environment and Development Organization - United States
Women's Studies Centre - Palestine
XG Generación Si - México
Youth Speak - Iraq
Zenab for Women in Development - Sudan
Individuals
Abeer Abd Alghani
Abeer Arian
Adelaida Salas Salazar - México
Alejandro Guerrero - México
Alicia Yolanda Reyes Alexander - México
Aline Harika
Alma Rosa Colin - México
Amal Elmohandes
Ana María López - México
Argentina Casanova - México
Aurora Espinosa - México
Bertha Elena Munguía Gil - México
Cancel Bellur
Carine Jocelyn - Haiti
Carla Garcia - United States
Carme Clavel Arcas - Nicaragua
Carolina Paz - El Salvador
Cecilia Guadalupe Espinosa Martínez - México
Cesar Valera - México
Claudia Hernández Velázquez - México
Claudia Yolanda Gutiérrez Reyes - México
Consuelo Mora Benard - Costa Rica/Nicaragua
Cristina Palabay - Philippines
Dalia Qasem - Yemen
Denis Beatriz Andrade - Colombia
Dima Moussa - Syria
Dina Hayaani Edgar Cervantes - México
Elizabeth Ferreras - México
Elsa Conde - México
Eva Isaak - México
Farah Salka
Fatema Alhamied - Syria
Fatten Ajjan - Syria
Gloria Careaga Perez - México
Guadalupe Ortega Rodríguez - Mexico
Haidy Duque Cuesta - Colombia
Hind Aleryani - Yemen/Sweden
Irina Pérez Cabañas - México
Itta Prado - Cdmx
Jorge Antonio Gutiérrez - México
Jorge Dávila - México
Judith Ortega - México
Kamala Gurung - Nepal
Karina Rodríguez - México
Krishna Kumari Waiba - Nepal
Leticia Serrano - México
Lina Alhsny - Yemen
Lubna Alkanawati
Luis Antonio - México
Luz María Sánchez - Colombia
Luzbeidy Monterrosa Atencio - Colombia
Lydia Alpízar Durán - México
Ma del Pilar Sanchez Rivera - México
Ma. Rosa Rodríguez Parra - México
Magda Adly
Mais Omar
Manal Shakhashirou
Manar Haj Asaad
María Eugenia Núñez Zapata - México
Maria Luisa Martínez - Mexico
Mariam Jalabi - United States
Marta Mercado González - México
Martha Figueroa Mier - México
Marusia López - México
Mirna Alkhatib
Mohja Kahf - United States
Monia Ammar
Monica Soto Elízaga - México
Morhaf Khoulani
Muznah Aljundi
Nabieha Alhalabi - Syria
Nadia Gamal - Yemen
Nairouz Alzoubi
Nebal Jaafar
Nesmah Mansoor
Nevine Ebeid - Egypt
Nitzia Ruiz Zapatero - Mexico
Nour Altal Ola Al Jundi - Syria
Olivia Tena Guerrero - México
Otilia Lux de Coti - Guatemala
Patria Jimenez - México
Patricia Chávez Mena - México
Pilar Delgado - México
Rajy Aljondy - Syria
Rana Ghanem
Reem Abbas - Sudan
Remedios Uriana - Colombia
Rola Roukbi - Syria
Rosa María Cabrera Lotfe - Mèxico
Rosa María Trejo Villalobos - México
Rosaura Marlene Zapata Hernandez - México
Ruba Odeh - Palestine
Sabiha Khalil - Germany
Sabitra Chepang - Nepal
Sally Sami
Sama Aweidah - Palestine
Sara Sofía Carreño Neira - México
Silvina Contreras Capetillo - México
Soad Alaswad - Syria
Soraida A. Hussein - Palestine
Stella Duque Cuesta - Colombia
Suheir Farraj - Palestine
Suni Lama - Nepal
Suzanne Meriden - United States
Teresa de Jesús Manzanares - México
Wejdan Nassif - Syria/France (refugee)
Yanar Mohammed - Iraq
Yasmine Shurbaji
Yasso Kanti Bhattachan - Nepal
