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The US Women & Cuba Collaboration is an association of women and organizations working in coalition with women in Cuba to build bridges within and between our nations that foster inclusive and progressive women's movement and networks for justice, real security and women's rights.
We educate ourselves and others about legislative issues, cultural issues, and political issues relevant to the Cuba – US relationship and to ending the US blockade of Cuba.
We also work in global alliances, supporting and learning from the work of women in a variety of countries, most recently Venezuela, Mexico, Canada, and Thailand.
"Mujeres & Mojitos" NY Reception for UN/CSW 2005, hosted by the Collaboration
and the Cuba Mission at the Cuba Permanent Mission, United Nations
Events
CUBA CONSULTATION
Save the Dates (Tentative)
March 5–6, 2009, Washington, D.C., sponsored by LAWG and WOLA, with one day for strategizing and another for Hill meetings. More information to follow.
CONFERENCE
The Measure of a Revolution:
Cuba, 1959–2009
Understanding the Past, Considering the Future
May 7–9, 2009
Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
The "Measure of a Revolution: Cuba 1959-2009" conference is jointly organized by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Havana University, Boston University and Queen's University.
CONFERENCE
VII Taller Internacional: Mujeres en el Siglo XXI
18 al 25 de mayo del 2009
en La Habana
La Cátedra de la Mujer de la Universidad de La Habana y la Dirección Nacional de la Federación de Mujeres Cubanas convoca al VII Taller Científico Internacional "MUJERES EN EL SIGLO XXI" que se realizará del 18 al 25 de mayo del 2009 en La Habana; con el coauspicio de COSUDE, OXFAM, ACSUR Y ACPA.
El propósito general de este encuentro es propiciar el intercambio, actualización y evaluación: del quehacer académico sobre Feminismo y Género; los Estudios de Mujeres; el trabajo con mujeres y el movimiento feminista y de mujeres contemporáneo.
VENEZUELA DELEGATION
POSTPONED TO FALL/WINTER 2009
Sponsored by the
US Women & Cuba Collaboration
Watch for Future Details
We invite the participation of women interested in global justice issues, women's human rights, Latin American issues, and peace and social justice movements at the grassroots level. This delegation will be as diverse as possible with some scholarship funds available for low-income applicants.
Co-founders of the US Women & Cuba Collaboration have been leading successful women's delegations to Cuba and other nations in Latin America for over 15 years.
Tentative Program Highlights:
- Exchange ideas with women working to increase women's political participation in participant countries
- Share impacts and outcomes of elections in Venezuela and the US
- Visit economic development coops
- Exchange ideas with women in the media, including representatives of Telesur
- Visit the BancoMujer and InaMujer to see how women are participating in development projects and in government
- Develop commitments for work back in the US to impact US policy toward Venezuela and Cuba
Hurricane Actions
HURRICANE PALOMA NEWS
Hurricane Paloma wrecks hundreds of homes in Cuba
By Anne-Marie Garcia,
Camgauey, Cuba, Sunday Nov 9, 2008 (AP)
Hurricane Paloma
Reports about Hurricane Paloma from Susana Hurlich in Havana
Friday, Nov 7, 2008
Hurricane Paloma
Dear Friends,
The effects of Hurricanes Gustav and Ike, and now Hurricane Paloma, have had grievous effects on Cuba and their effects persist even when news coverage does not. According to the Cuban government, the hurricanes have caused more than $5 billion in damage across the island, and 444,000 houses have been impacted with 63,000 completely destroyed. Every resource in Cuba has suffered damage. There have been incapacitating losses of food crops and farm animals, electricity and water services, as well as destruction of institutional structures including schools and hospitals.
The Cuban people are known worldwide for their international solidarity with other peoples in their times of need. Today, the Cuban people are in need of our solidarity both in terms of humanitarian aid and a change in U.S. policy to Cuba. Please take action immediately in both of these areas. For more information, please see the column following.
The U.S. Women and Cuba Collaboration works closely with the following three organizations and particularly encourages your support of their humanitarian aid drives.
MEDICC (Medical Education Cooperation with Cuba)
¿Como ayudar a Cuba — How to help Cuba?
Sandra Levinson,
slevinson@cubanartspace.net
Susana Hurlich Writes from Havana:
Detailed Hurricane Ike Reports
Susana Hurlich is a Canadian free-lance journalist based in Havana
Reports from September 7 through September 17
Hurricane Ike
Latin American Working Group Action Alert
lawg.org, Sept 11, 2008
LAWG Action Alert on Cuba Hurricanes
Sign a petition: US assistance to Cuban hurricane victims
News
Cubans hope Obama's win means 'better times ahead'
By Mary Murray, NBC News Havana Bureau Chief
Wednesday, November 05, 2008 4:05 PM
HAVANA - It didn't take long for Cubans to hear about the success of Barack Obama.
The girl's dorm at Havana's V.I. Lenin High School broke into cheers after 17-year-old Gabriela Sanchez received a cell phone text message from her mom watching the U.S. election results on satellite TV.
Housewife Rosa Llanos heard the news on short wave radio and thought about her daughter and grandchild living in South Florida. She wants Obama to stick to his promise to lift current U.S. restrictions that limit family visits to once every three years.
More . . .Obama Has Historic Opportunity to Improve Ties With Latin America Center for Economic Policy and Research, November 6, 2008
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Center for Economic and Policy Research joins a consensus of experts on the region in welcoming the opportunity for improved relations between the United States and Latin America, which have deteriorated enormously over the past eight years.
"President-elect Obama is being welcomed with open arms and great hope from leaders across the political spectrum in Latin America," noted CEPR’s co-Director Mark Weisbrot. “But he will face obstacles -- not from the South, but rather from influential sectors of Washington’s foreign policy establishment,” he added.
More . . .VIO Venezuela Weekly News Roundup
Friday, November 7, 2008
PRESIDENT CHAVEZ CONGRATULATES OBAMA ON 'IMPORTANT VICTORY'
Messages of congratulations continue to roll in from around the world after Tuesday's Obama victory in the U.S. elections. In a statement released Wednesday, Venezuela's Foreign Ministry called it an "important victory" and reaffirmed the commitment of the Chavez government to building better ties with the U.S.
It reads: "we are convinced that the time has come to establish a new relation between our countries and with our region based on the principles of respect for sovereignty, equality and real cooperation."
Documents from the Federation of Cuban Women/
Documentos de la federación de mujeres cubanas
October/octubre 2008
Letter responding to US terms for hurricane aid
2008 UN Report
Why Can Cuba Do It?
Jose A. De La Osa
Havana, Saturday, 18 October, 2008. Year 12 / Number 291
Why is Cuba, a poor country in economic terms, capable of providing free medical attention to all pregnant women and even offer them personalized assistance when their pregnancy is considered high risk, asked UNICEF representative in Cuba, Juan Ortiz Bur, in the presentation of the book on childhood and maternal mortality.
Ortiz said it's because the health rights of the mother and child as well as education are not an issue of economic resources but the political will of governments.
Why Can Cuba Do It?This Page
- Events
- Tentative Cuba Consultation (DC)
- Conference (Kingston, Ontario)
- Conference (La Habana, Cuba)
- VZ Delegation (Fall/Winter 2009)
- Hurricane Actions
- News
New on Website
Love, Loss, and Longing: The Impact of U.S. Travel Policies on Cuban-American Families continues to raise awareness about the travel ban. Contact Latin America Working Group: Cuba Policy Network if you are interested in setting up a book party in your community. Listen to an interview on Pacifica Radio with Mavis Anderson and author Dr. Jeanne Lemkau from a recent book tour in California on the LAWG website, and look at the book link following.
The US Women and Cuba Collaboration gratefully acknowledges the permission of Deborah Shnookal of Ocean Press to publish on our website: Vilma Espin's Cuban Women Confront the Future, ed. Deborah Shnookal.
Copyright © Ocean Press, 1990.
See Also
Mission Statement
Our mission is to build a strong US women's movement dedicated to ending the US government blockade of Cuba and to creating mutually beneficial US – Cuba relations; our work is rooted in the concept of universal human rights, racial and economic justice, and women's rights.
Campaigns
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Promoting the Right to Travel:
Help us work to end the travel bans on Cuban Americans and other US citizens for travel to Cuba, and on Cubans who cannot secure US visas to visit the US. - Educating About the Reality of Cuban Women's Lives:
Learn about impressive public policy advances of Cuban women, and also about the harsh impacts of the US blockade on the lives of Cuban women and children. - Advancing Global Feminisms:
Join us as we learn how to share the lessons of global women's networks to advance the status of women globally and to build a strong US women's movement. - Organizing Women's Delegations:
Plan with us for return delegations to Cuba and Venezuela, opportunities for dialogue with women in their home countries that are educational and inspiring to both our local and global visions.
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Contact Us
Join the US Women & Cuba Collaboration. Contact us to be added to our mailing list, and you will automatically receive notices of news, action items, and upcoming delegation opportunities by email (not more than one mailing a month).
info@womenandcuba.orgProject Co-Chairs:
Cindy Domingo
yoson66@hotmail.com
Jan Strout
peacewomen4ever@yahoo.com
US Women & Cuba Collaboration
P.O. Box 15202
Seattle, WA 98115
Photo Archive
(Under Development)
US Women and Cuba Collaboration Leadership Summit, Seattle, April 2004
Cuba Mission Reception, New York, February 2005
Cuba Day, Washington, DC, April 2005
Cuba Travel Challenge Delegation, July 2005