{"id":18366,"date":"2024-05-28T20:00:31","date_gmt":"2024-05-28T20:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/uit-ci.org\/?p=18366"},"modified":"2024-05-28T20:00:31","modified_gmt":"2024-05-28T20:00:31","slug":"28m-international-action-day-for-womens-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uit-ci.org\/index.php\/2024\/05\/28\/28m-international-action-day-for-womens-health\/?lang=en","title":{"rendered":"28M International Action Day for Women\u2019s Health"},"content":{"rendered":"

The feminist agenda takes the 28<\/span>th<\/span> of May as the International Day for Women\u2019s Health, based on debates held in Colombia in 1984, on May 28<\/span>th<\/span>, when feminist activists had decided to create the Latin and Caribbean Women health network.<\/span><\/p>\n

Three years later, the fifth Women and Health International Meeting, held in San Jose, Costa Rica, in May, 1987, approved the declaration acclaiming the 28<\/span>th<\/span> of May as the International Day for Women\u2019s Health.<\/span>
\n<\/span>The patriarchy and capitalism generate health problems for women and gender dissidents in the mental, labor and reproductive spectrum. Some of these issues are only experienced by women. Other problems, that are universally present, are accentuated for women for our unequal and precarious condition as workers, lack of health and social security, gender discrimination and violence.<\/span><\/p>\n

This situation is followed by the capitalist governments as they take money away from public services of health and education so they can act in favor of private corporations. Nevertheless, women have been fighting throughout time and have accomplished some universal achievements, universally or national wise, such as the legal abortion in Argentina, Colombia and other countries.<\/span><\/p>\n

However, patriarchy and the crisis of capitalism are vigorous in their effort to take away all the accomplishments achieved. An example of this comes from Dina Boluarte\u2019s government which classifies seven of the gender identities as mental disorders, including transsexuality and travestism.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The ultra right-wing, with its hateful language, damages women\u2019s and girl\u2019s mental health as they stimulate hate crimes, which generates insecurity, fear, stress, depression and violent killings, just like it has recently happened in Argentina, where three women were brutally murdered and had their house set on fire because these women were lesbians.<\/span><\/p>\n

On this May 28<\/span>th<\/span>, we restate the need to keep organizing to mobilize, independently from governments and from the bourgeoisie parties to defend our achievements and fight for our rights.<\/span><\/p>\n

From the International Workers Unity \u2013 Fourth International (IWU-FI), on this May 28<\/span>th<\/span>, we unite to the actions for women\u2019s health and proclaim respect for our right to decide.<\/span><\/p>\n