Brave new world

Welcome to a brave new world
where economy is not rocket science
where women’s empowerment is the rule
and partriarchy the exception

Welcome to a brave new world
where equality tames the beast of
macro militarism,
green economics,
unabated violence,
abject poverty,
relentless capitalism
where equity is the guiding principle
signaling the transformation to…

women owning their bodies, their minds, their souls
women owning their time, their land, their livelyhoods
women owning their earth, their air, their water
women owning their lust, their love, their sexuality
women owning their life without question!

Welcome to a brave new world
where we celebrate feminist spirituality
where we hold the line to the vicious, dehumanizing face of
exclusion, discrimination and inequality

Welcome to a brave new world
Welcome to the new women’s economy!

This poem is based on the first two days of the AWID Forum, which I am attending in Istanbul. Turkey. It was first posted on my blog
http://10-chances-to-change.blogspot.com/2012/04/brave-new-world.html.
This time the forum 'goes into depth on how economic power is impacting on women and the planet, and to facilitate connections among the very diverse groups working on these issues from both human rights and justice approaches so that together we contribute to stronger, more effective strategies to advance women’s rights and justice.' Want to learn more? Go to www.awid.org

Marije Nederveen, consultant at Rights for Change and member of WO=MEN
at Friday, April 20, 2012