CAFRA joins anti-war cry

The Caribbean Association for Feminist Research and Action (CAFRA) yesterday joined the anti-war outcry expressing its dismay with the United States and Britain’s plans to start a war with Iraq.

In a media release yesterday CAFRA said the unleashing of weapons of mass destruction will destroy the livelihoods of many Iraqi women, men and children. It will also devastate the lives of members and their families of American and British military engaged in the proposed war. CAFRA said today—92 years after International Women’s Day was first established, there are many more worthwhile battles especially in relation to women’s rights and the poor rather than engage in the self-interested preemptive war. It referred to the disregard for agreements reached in the Beijing Platform for Action to honour women’s rights and put programmes in place to improve their lives as the poorest of the poor. CAFRA congratulated CARICOM for its position against the war against Iraq. “The power of the military must be reduced and the resources allocated into implementing the high goals of the Beijing Platform for the Advancement of Women and similar developmental peace instruments.” CAFRA said the world needs to spread peace and prosperity more than war and weapons of destruction.