As we process the results of the US election and grapple with a future four years of President-elect Trump and a Republican-lead Congress and Senate, we brace ourselves for a backlash on the gains made for women and girls in the United States and worldwide. As feminists advocating for sexual and reproductive justice, economic, ecological and social justice in countries of Asia, Africa, Latin America, Europe, the Middle East, and the Pacific, we rise today stronger and more determined than ever to ensure that there will be no regression on the respect for the human rights of all women and girls.
President-elect Trump has made it clear that he does not respect the human rights of people who routinely experience violence and discrimination, namely, people of color, indigenous peoples, women, migrants, the LGBTQI community, Muslims, and people with disabilities. We have work to do. Now is the time for us all to join together and turn our fears into powerful and organized movements for gender, environmental and economic justice to hold to account elected officials and strive to support public servants who ferociously respect, protect and fulfill all of our human rights and the wellbeing of our planet.
We stand against the structures of power that Donald Trump represents: those that ignite hatred of “the other” and those with deep fear of losing their white privilege: systems that exacerbate income inequality and favor a small wealthy minority. We stand with our ecological and environmental justice allies in challenging any attempt to roll back agreements for environmental and ecological justice and sustainable development. We will continue to fight for progress that defends human rights for all, acts to redistribute wealth and power, and promotes peace and equality.
Today, and every day for the next four years, we will stand in solidarity, to protect, embrace and fight hand in hand with those who seek equality and justice for all. We will persistently and unequivocally fight to uphold sexual, reproductive, ecological and economic justice in the United States, at the United Nations, and in our of own countries and communities. We will continue to nurture and build resilient social movements to resist all forms of discrimination, racism, sexism, hatred and oppression.
SIGNATORIES
- RESURJ – Realizing Sexual Reproductive Justice – Global
- Diverse Voices and Action (DIVA) for Equality – Fiji
- Haus of Khameleon – Pacific
- Samoa Faafafine Association Inc., – Samoa
- ILGA Oeania Incorporated – Australia
- Anis – Instituto de Bioética, Brazil
- Sosaiete O Fa’afafine I Amerika Samoa (SOFIAS) Inc.,
- The Society of Transsexual Women of the Philippines (STRAP) – Philippines
- The Torchligh Collective – Global
- Oceania Rainbow Network – Australia
- The YP Foundation – India
- Women’s Global Network for Reproductive Rights (WGNRR)
- Sexuality Policy Watch – Brazil
- Vecinas Feministas – Latin America and Caribbean
- SPECTRA – Rwanda
- Coletivo Mangueiras – Brazil
- Equis Justicia para las Mujeres – Mexico
- Instituto de Liderazgo Simone de Beauvoir – Mexico
- Balance – Mexico
- Samoa Australia Fa’afafine Association
- International Women’s Development Agency – Australia
- HELP Resources – Papua New Guinea
- Pacific Sexual Diversity Network
- Tonga Leiti’s Association
- Camari Serau – Fiji
- ILGA World Trans* Secretariat
- West African Network of Young Women Leaders
- FRIDA | The Young Feminist Fund
- Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice – Global
- ATHENA Network – Global
- Uganda Network of Young People living with HIV – Uganda
- Reseau Musonet – Mali
- Malawi Human Rights Resource Centre
- The Association of Non-Governmental Organizations in the Gambia (TANGO)
- Tororo Forum for People Living with HIV Networks – Uganda
- Point of View – Mumbai, India
- Ghiwa Sayegh, Kohl: a Journal for Body and Gender Research
- Evelyne Accad, Professor Emeritus, University of Illinois / Lebanese American University
- Khouloud Mahdhaoui, Chouf
- Rima Majed, Assistant Professor of Sociology, American University of Beirut
- Razan Ghazzawi
- Shereen Abouelnaga, Professor of English and Comparative Literature, Cairo Universiy
- Sawsan Abdulrahim, Associate Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences, American University of Beirut
- Roua Seghaier, Associate Editor, Kohl: a Journal for Body and Gender Research
- Alaa Hijazi, Assistant Professor, American University of Beirut
- Nadje Al-Ali, Professor of Gender Studies, SOAS University of London
- Jennifer Nish, Assistant Professor of English, American University of Beirut
- Sherene Seikaly, Assistant Professor, Department of History, University of California
- Arianne Shahvisi, Lecturer in Ethics and Medical Humanities, Brighton & Sussex Medical School
- Sarah Schulman, Writer, US
- Claire Schwartz, PhD Candidate, Yale University, US
- Rachel L. Kaplan, Assistant Professor, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, & Reproductive Sciences, University of California, San Francisco
- Arushi Singh, Independent Consultant – India
- Alice Welbourn, Salamander Trust
- Ethel Pengel, AIDS Activist – Suriname
- Souhaila Bensaid, ICW Global
- Aditi Sharma
- Ishita Chaudhry, Ashoka Fellow and Founder of YP Foundation
- Chelsea Ricker
- Elizabeth Cox
- Naomi Ruzindana
- Amina Doherty, Program Coordinator, AWID
- Serena Umer Khan, Librarian, Ashkal Alwan
- Rania Masri, Associate Director, Asfari Institute for Civil Society and Citizenship, American University of Beiru
- Rosalind Petchesky, Distinguished Professor Emerita, Hunter College & the Graduate Center, City University of New York
- Maria Bordallo, Independent Consultant, Netherlands
