WFTU participates in the 68th Session of the Commission of the Status of Women of the United Nations.
The “UNCSW68” takes place in New York and will conclude on March 22, and the WFTU delegation consists of women trade unionists from Brazil, Argentina, South Africa, and WFTU Headquarters.
The theme of this year’s Session is:
Address Poverty, Strengthen Institutions, Maximize Financing, ACHIEVE GENDER EQUALITY!
During the Session, the WFTU delegation carries the voice and positions of the international class-oriented trade union movement. Both through the side events we will participate in during the UNCSW68, and through the meetings our delegation has planned with institutions and organisations, WFTU contributes in every possible way to strengthening the position and role of modern working women.
Excerpt from the speech of c. Anda Anastasaki, Executive Secretary of the WFTU at the Meeting entitled: “Sharing – To eradicate Poverty, Strengthening Institutions, World Education, for Reconciliation and Peace!” :
“… For us in the WFTU, in the class trade union movement, the role of working women is fundamental. The role of women workers in the labour process, in trade unions, in the political struggle, can give additional strength to the class struggles of the present and the future. The class trade union movement has always maintained a firm stand and has consistently fought for equal rights for women workers, for equality at work and in all aspects of life; it has fought for an end to slavery and trafficking in women, for women’s right to vote, for their right to participate in trade unions, in political parties, for their presence in government and state offices, and for women’s participation in social and cultural activities.
… Therefore, the solution and the way out lie in the common struggles of women and men against the social system that creates the exploitation of man by man. After all, it is the task of the class struggle of the trade union movement to fight for small and big problems until the final liberation of our class. This has also been the compass that the WFTU has followed, with special consideration and focus on the organic inclusion of women in the struggles of the class trade union movement, not as a decorative element, but as an integral part and condition of the final triumph of the working class.”
