Afro-political women from Latin America join the Black Women’s March in Brasilia

Brasilia.– Representatives from various Latin American and Caribbean countries participated this Tuesday in the March of Black Women for Reparations and Good Living, a historic mobilization held in Brasilia that seeks to make visible the demands for justice, dignity, and recognition for Afro-descendant women in the region.

In a joint statement, the Afro-Political Women of Latin America and the Caribbean pointed out that their presence in the Brazilian capital responds to the conviction that the political representation of Afro-descendant women is an inalienable right, essential to achieve dignity and justice in all areas. The manifesto highlights that the Second Decade for People of African Descent finds Black women in a situation even more aggravated by systemic racism, exclusion, poverty, violence, and denial of rights, which is why this march takes on an urgent and democratic character to demand Reparatory Justice, Recognition, Development, and Power. The participants emphasized that the presence of Afro-descendant women in formal structures of power is essential to promote the reparations agenda and guarantee a future with dignity. They also stated that the intergenerational trauma derived from racism and the remnants of slavery must be addressed as an essential condition for the well-being of their communities.

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“We convene here as a political act that claims that political participation in all spaces of power is an indispensable requirement for robust democracies, peace, equality and justice,” they expressed in the document.

Regional solidarity and recognition for the Brazilian organizers The afropolitical movement expressed a special greeting to the Brazilian women who organized the march, recognizing their courage, commitment, and love in articulating a call that has allowed for the pooling of efforts, the weaving of alliances, and the projection of a common vision towards a new social pact based on equality, freedom, sustainability, rights, and peace. The participating organizations reaffirmed that they will continue to promote the political agenda of Afro-descendant women in the region, convinced that without their leadership and presence in decision-making, it is not possible to build just and egalitarian societies.