LISBOA:
08h00/09h00 – Estação do Cais do Sodré
Distribuição de panfletos “Números e Contornos da Desigualdade”

12h00/12h45 - Largo do Calvário (Alcântara)
Distribuição de Panfletos “Numeros e Contornos da Desigualdade”

13H30 - Largo do Chiado
Estaremos na concentração convocada pela União de Sindicatos de Lisboa /CGTP IN (infos aqui: http://www.uniaolisboa-cgtp.pt/ )

14h30 - Chiado – Assembleia da Republica
Participaremos na marcha promovida pela União de Sindicatos de Lisboa/ CGTP IN rumo à Assembleia da Republica (infos aqui: http://www.uniaolisboa-cgtp.pt/ ).

18h00 – Frente à Assembleia da Republica, São Bento
(Des)Construção do muro das opressões

COIMBRA (Iniciativas da UMAR Coimbra e da Republica Marias do Loureiro):

12h00/16h00 Concentração na Praça 8 de Maio com instalações: "Percursos e lutas de mulheres" e "Avanços e recuos dos direitos das mulheres em Portugal"

18h00 as instalações estarão expostas no pop fresh (http://www.facebook.com/pages/Pop-Fresh/127969423936450?fref=ts)

24h00 - FEMFEST - Women rock on - com a DJ Tracy Vandal no pop fresh

AÇORES:

11h00/14h00 - Centro Comercial Solmar (de 8 a 14 de Março)
Exposição de fotografia e uma mostra de vídeos sobre a Marcha Mundial das Mulheres e a Campanha Feminista anti-Austeritária (os vídeos são resultado da recolha de depoimentos de mulheres dos Açores sobre os impactos da crise na sua vida, recolhidos entre Outubro de 2012 e Março de 2013).

13h00 – Matriz de Ponta Delgada Performance “O Muro das Opressões” (depende do estado do tempo)

A ler: Declaração Internacional da Marcha Mundial das Mulheres para o dia 8 de Março http://mulherescontraausteridade.blogs.sapo.pt/8110.html

9 de Março - A rede 8 de Março - rede que a UMAR integra - organiza , em Lisboa, uma mini mostra de cinema feminista , um debate, teatro e festa feminista, a não perder! Programa aqui: http://rede8marco.wordpress.com/

Mais informações em www.umarfeminismos.org
www.mulherescontraausteridade.blogs.sapo.pt

[Brasil]
RS: travesti é morto com sete facadas no centro de Gravataí
Uma pessoa foi morta com sete facadas no centro de Gravataí (RS), região metropolitana de Porto Alegre, na madrugada desta quarta-feira. De acordo com a Brigada Militar, a vítima, ainda não identificada, é um travesti.

[China]
Cave Art in China Shows Earliest Transsexual Orgy Porn, Claim Archaeologists
Kangjiashimenji Petroglyphs found in remote Xinjiang region depict frantic sexual imagery
Ancient rock carvings created thousands of years ago depict scenes of bisexual and transgender activity, according to a report.
If true, the images, dubbed the Kangjiashimenji Petroglyphs, would be the oldest depictions of homosexual activity known to humanity.

[Canada]
Mexico not safe: activists
Activists are calling the Canadian federal government’s decision to add Mexico to its list of safe countries of origin a major concern for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender refugees trying to flee homophobic violence there.

[Australia]
Intersex included in Australian draft anti-discrimination bill
Senate committee recommends new anti-discrimination law be passed listing 'intersex' separately as a protected identity

[Australia]
Gender identity ruling allows child, 12, to start puberty-blocking drug therapy
A 12-year-old child who was born a boy but raised as a girl since "early in life" will be given puberty-blocking drugs.

[CA, USA]
Los Angeles Times' Transgender Prostitution Article Prompts Petition From Community
Transgender advocacy group Gender Justice LA recently delivered a petition to The Los Angeles Times following the publication of a controversial Feb. 4 article titled “Slaying casts light on Hollywood’s transgender prostitutes,” reports GLAAD.

[CA, USA]
The Pride Center and Klotz Health Center make plans to accomodate trans students
The Pride Center and the Klotz Health Center are currently exploring the possibility of having an endocrinologist on campus to help patients with transgender-related health concerns.

[DC, USA]
D.C. Council Introduces Bill Protecting Transgender Identities
The D.C. Council introduced today a bill that would bring city regulations in line with 23 states and the State Department in protecting the identities of individuals who undergo gender transitions.
D.C. Council introduces bill to allow transgender residents to obtain new birth certificates
Washington DC bill could make legal birth certificate gender alterations easier
D.C. bill would ease sex-change legalities

[IL, USA]
Chicago Gender Society facing dissolution proposal
One of Chicago's last transgender organizations is staring down a dissolution proposal after a controversial move by the group's president.

[MA, USA]
Massachusetts now protecting transgender students with non-discrimination laws
In July of 2012 The Transgender Equal Rights Law took effect in Massachusetts, which prohibits discrimination against Transgender persons and includes an amended definition of a hate crime which now includes any crime motivated by one's gender identity.
Massachusetts forces schools to let 'transgender' boys use girls' restrooms, lockers
Massachusetts state education officials release directive to force transgenderism into all schools

[MD, USA]
Dozens rally for bill banning transgender discrimination
Dozens of people rallied in Annapolis on Monday in support of a state bill that would ban discrimination against transgender people.

[MT, USA]
HB 481 would prohibit discrimination of gender identity
Legislators heard a bill today that aims to protect members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered community in the state of Montana.
Montana lawmakers debate gay rights measures

[OK, USA]
Oklahoma: Convicted Rapist Wants Trans Medical Care
A convicted rapist currently imprisoned in Oklahoma said she wants the state to pay for laser hair removal, hormone treatment, and counseling, as part of her transition procedure.

[Ecuador]
La candidata que quiso romper las estructuras
Diane Rodríguez no ha tenido la vida fácil. Nunca es fácil para quienes se rebelan ante lo socialmente establecido. La historia de las mujeres en el principio de la historia, y luego la de los indígenas, de los afro, y ahora de las personas GLBTI han sido historias de lucha, una lucha que no termina.