International Women's Day

  • Why Sunila Abeysekera loved March 8

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    I visited Sunila around 8th March 2013 to spend some time with her after she'd been diagnosed with Stage IV cancer. Sunila was to me, as she was to many of us, the clearest, sharpest light that I'd turn to any time I needed to help understand some knotty aspect of the women's movement. I decided to ask Sunila a few questions about her thoughts of International Women's Day, her own journey in the women's movement, and the place the international women's movement was at. I thought I'd share these recordings with others as a way of remembering her especially on this 20th year past the Beijing World Conference on Women.

    - Susanna George, current Chair of the Board of and former Executive Director of Isis International

    Why I love International Women's Day sound
    Full interview with Sunila Abeysekera sound