Robbed of our voice by the violence that strikes us every day

On the day of March 8th, we women:

• Feel that we are robbed of our voice by the violence that strikes us every day, by the exclusion from work, by the impoverishment of our schools.
  
• Feel deprived of choice about our bodies, about our country, about our future.
  
• Don't want to sit by, as silent spectators, at the construction of yet another military base, at the airport of Dal Molin, which devastates our city - a UNESCO heritage site - in order to export war to other countries.
• Don't want to see our water sources contaminated, our city robbed of its last green area.
• All together, from different points in our region, from different backgrounds and with different world visions, we want to act for the good of our city.
  
  

With these words, the women of the permanent protest "No Dal Molin" extended an invitation to all interested women in experiencing their city as protagonists to spend international women's day with them first in a silent march through the streets of the city and then before the gates of the civilian airport of Dal Molin, for testimonies about war, an exhibition of photographs and a theatrical performance.

The Women in Black from Padua and Verona accepted the invitation . This year, it wasn't possible to go into the Peace Park to tend the plants , as they had done last year. . But they sang, talked, listened to the intervention by a local historian on the relationship between women and war. With coloured ribbons, they wove the message NO DAL MOLIN on the surrounding fence. Once again they met their friends from the protest, with their tenacity, their creativity, and their affection.