Zapatistas' Revolutionary Law for Women

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(idea) by ideath (1.9 mon) (print) ? (I like it!) 1 C! Fri Mar 03 2000 at 0:41:08

Laws adopted in March 1993 by the Clandestine Revolutionary Indigenous Committee, as arrived at through discussions with indigenous local women. The "first Zapatista uprising."

Women, regardless of their race, creed, skin color or political affiliation, have the right to participate in the revolutionary struggle, in the place and to the degree their willingness and ability permit.
Women have the right to work and receive a just pay for their labor.
Women have the right to decide the number of children they will bear and care for.
Women have the right to participate in community affairs and hold political office if they are elected freely and democratically.
Women and their children have the right to PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE in health and food issues.
Women have the right to education.
Women have the right to choose their spouses and not to be forced into marriage.
No woman may be hit or be physically abused neither by relatives or strangers (sic?). Rape assaults and actual rapes will be severely punished.
Women may hold leadership positions in the organization and hold military rankings in the Revolutionary Armed Forces.
Women have all the rights and obligations set by the revolutionary laws and obligations.

Zapatista	They're only words	Don't force your not forcing one's philosophy on others philosophy on me	Key inconsistencies in retelling of the Arthurian Legend
EZLN	The Seneca Falls Declaration on Woman's Rights - 1847	Zapatista Anthem	Viva Zapata!
The Tale of the Pink Shoelaces	Iranian bearded terrorist	Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan: Statement on the Terrorist Attacks in the US	Legally Black or White
Ska-P	The International Tribunal on Crimes Against Women	Law as a science	Battle of Seattle
Poison Arm Samurai	sic	Ute Lemper	Charlie Haden

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