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black,
migrant and refugee women in Europe.
Democracy
in the EU is absent . The EU is an undemocraric structure,
where the Council of Ministers has the highest powers and is
not democratically
controlled. Women are 50% of Europes citizens but their
interests are not
systematically represented. There are not even 50% women in
any of the EU
political structures. We demand full and true democracy,
which includes the interests of women.
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In
the Europe currently taking shape, the emphasis is on
economic growth via the free market. We question the roots
of this economy. We think it is built on the plundering of
nature and natural resources, on the exploitation of the
global South, arms production and trade on an obscene scale
and unequal social relations, including those between women
and men. This economy has no future. We therefore building
active solidarity between women's groups in Europe and
women's groups in the rest of the world in order to look
together for international alternatives. Solidarity between
women in Europe and the rest of the world.
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How to reach the network
women towards a different Europe
The
network Women towards a Different Europe has no central
office and has no paid staff. All groups are connected
through personal e-mail connections and the system of four
regional contact women. These are:
*Mediterranean
region(Spain,Portugal, France, Italy, Greece, Yugoslavia):
Maria Jose Aubet /e-mail:mja.fem@s...
*Nordic region(Denmark,
Norway, Sweden, Finland, Iceland):Ianthe
Holmberg/e-mail:ianthe.holmberg@t...
*Central-Eastern
region(13 countries):Kinga Lohman/e-mail:
kingacom@w...
*Central-Western
region(Netherlands, Belgium, Luxemburg, Germany, UK,
Ireland, Switzerland, Austria:
Gisela
Dütting/e-mail:gisela@x...
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European women from the
north, south, east and west have formed a network for the
building of a different Europe.
Europe
today is ruled by the law of the market and economic
competition, not by human needs. The Economic and Monetary
Union strengthens this process, increasing unemployment,
poverty and social division, policies which especially
affect women.
Decision-making
is being still further removed from democratic control. This
is far from the prosperous Europe that has been presented to
us.
The
network Women towards a different Europe believes that there
are alternative policies to be pursued and will act on the
following platform:
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No to the Economic and Monetary Union
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