Women’s Liberation Aotearoa Statement on Let Women Speak events, March 2023

By: Admin

20 March 2023

Women’s Liberation Aotearoa stands for all women’s right to speak about matters that affect them, including women we don’t agree with, and women we oppose politically.

We recognise the right of our members as individuals, and all other women to attend the events and to speak at them if they choose to do so. We recognise the right of people opposed to these events to demonstrate against them.

We strenuously oppose far right activists using the events to publicise their reprehensible views as we have seen happen in the UK, the USA and most recently in Melbourne. The far right is a danger to women, to people of colour, to Jewish people, to lesbian, gay and other gender non-conforming people, to disabled people and to democracy itself.

We do not hold women responsible for the appearance of these men at Let Women Speak events, but we call on Kellie-Jay Keen-Minshull and the New Zealand organisations and individuals supporting her events to make clear public statements opposing far right and fascist groups and politics, and making it plain that there is no place for such groups at Let Women Speak events.

WLA is not supporting the events in any capacity as an organisation and we encourage our members to consider staying away unless such clear public statements are forthcoming.

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